Created attachment 151411 [details] The yellow line shows the alignment position the widgets should have stayed aligned to SUMMARY When logging in, right before the task manager panel appears at the bottom, all the widgets shown on the screenshot are loaded first and they appear in their right positions, as set previously before rebooting/relogin. However right after the bottom task manager panel appears, they become misplaced or misaligned, almost as if they would seem to "jump" out of position. This is on the third screen/display. All three displays are one next to the other in an horizontal fashion, the widgets are placed in the one to my right side. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Place widget to their desired positions. 2. Log off and login, or reboot and login. OBSERVED RESULT Observe the widgets become misplaced right after the bottom task manager is loaded. EXPECTED RESULT The widgets remain in their specified position as they were placed before rebooting. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0 Qt Version: 5.15.5 Kernel Version: 5.19.1-zen1-1-zen (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz Memory: 15.5 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION See screenshot. The yellow line shows the alignment position the widgets should have stayed aligned to. Also running 2 instances of conky for 2 information "panels". The widgets that become misplaced are mainly "System Monitor" widgets, but I also had this issue with an assortment of "Digital Clock" widgets that I had previously placed on that same screen showing the time on different cities, and the constant repositioning after a reboot required to make them useful was too frustrating so I just removed them. The widget's size is also slightly altered. Could be related to "425368", though there's very little information on that one.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 413645 ***
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > > *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 413645 *** Hello, I've seen that in bug 413645 this has been marked as fixed with 5.26. I am now running 5.26 and I'm afraid this behavior as described in this bug report persist. Issuing plasmashell --replace restores the widgets to their intended position (previous to reboot). Thank you,
*** Bug 460672 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We're getting reports that this remains broken but only for X11. Which makes sense for why I can't reproduce it, because I'm on Wayland. And probably the developers who worked on the fix are on Wayland too. For anyone able to reproduce on X11, can you try the following: 1. Log out of your X11 session 2. Log into a wayland session 3. Arrange widgets how yo want 3. Log out of the wayland session 4. Log into it again Thanks!
Created attachment 153030 [details] Widgets after rebooting using wayland. Digital clock widgets showing wrong size, but better overall.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > We're getting reports that this remains broken but only for X11. Which makes > sense for why I can't reproduce it, because I'm on Wayland. And probably the > developers who worked on the fix are on Wayland too. > > For anyone able to reproduce on X11, can you try the following: > > 1. Log out of your X11 session > 2. Log into a wayland session > 3. Arrange widgets how yo want > 3. Log out of the wayland session > 4. Log into it again > > Thanks! I've done this and it seems to be less messy overall. Almost all widgets retain their proper positioning, except for 2 of the digital clock ones. This can be observed in the screenshot I've uploaded (comment 5 I think). And the webslice widget is now displaying a dark grey color instead of the contents of the website. (can also be seen on screenshot) This of course also brings other problems with using wayland, such as the webslice widget issue, Kmail's blank emails on the reading pane, etc. But it seems to not misalign most of the widgets as opposed to X11.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4) > We're getting reports that this remains broken but only for X11. Which makes > sense for why I can't reproduce it, because I'm on Wayland. And probably the > developers who worked on the fix are on Wayland too. > > For anyone able to reproduce on X11, can you try the following: > > 1. Log out of your X11 session > 2. Log into a wayland session > 3. Arrange widgets how yo want > 3. Log out of the wayland session > 4. Log into it again > > Thanks! Everything seems to be working fine for me on Wayland (all widgets now keep their positions and size) Thanks!
Awesome. Widget *sizing* is a different thing, I think. So it seems like the original issue is now fixed on Wayland but still broken on X11.
Can those of you experiencing this on X11 try again with Plasma 5.26.2, or current git master, or with c344410a061862dd4802581a1ac3b9a09758ace0 and f33cd92fbfb765299018bddc2a86ac5326731231 in plasma-workspace applied? Aaron just committed a further fix.
*** Bug 460778 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(waiting for confirmation that it's still an issue in the X11 session for Plasma 5.26.2, for the people who were experiencing it in 5.26.0)
Plasma 5.26.2 stable, X11 session, Arch/Garuda Linux Issue is still there on Desktops with Panels/Latte on top of the screen, on Desktops with Panels on side/bottom or without Panels, all Widgets keep their positions.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #11) > (waiting for confirmation that it's still an issue in the X11 session for > Plasma 5.26.2, for the people who were experiencing it in 5.26.0) I regret to report that this is still happening running 5.26.2, no change in behavior whatsoever.
(In reply to Damian C from comment #13) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #11) > > (waiting for confirmation that it's still an issue in the X11 session for > > Plasma 5.26.2, for the people who were experiencing it in 5.26.0) > > I regret to report that this is still happening running 5.26.2, no change in > behavior whatsoever. Oh and now it seems, plasmashell --replace doesn't put them back to their proper place.
Thanks for the info.
I have an issue with desktop with right side panel. Widgets change position during panel init, they move left.
https://pic.li/9rgd(In reply to Dmitry from comment #16) > I have an issue with desktop with right side panel. Widgets change position > during panel init, they move left. screenshot https://pic.li/9rgd
Dmitry, that's a different thing, and currently intentional. If you think it's a big problem, feel free to file a new bug report against plasmashell | Panel. Thanks!
Created attachment 154992 [details] Example with multiple plasmashell reloading I can reproduce on X11. It seems that the widgets are restored to the saved position before the panels show up, (but their position was saved taking into account the previous panel) Then, as the panel shows up, they're rearranged to re-accommodate to the smaller desktop area. What happens to every individual widget is slightly different, so I guess that has to do with the different heuristics of resizing. These small example shows what happens when sequentially restarting plasmashell, which would be equivalent to successive loggings.
This should be fixed in the final Plasma 5.27 release.
Confirmed, the issue is no longer happening. Thank you!