Bug 461609 - When panel loads, it displaces widgets an amount equal to its height
Summary: When panel loads, it displaces widgets an amount equal to its height
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Containment (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.25.5
Platform: Kubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-11-08 20:16 UTC by dean.yeager4@gmail.com
Modified: 2022-11-17 22:52 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 5.26
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
After reboot widget movement example (635.71 KB, image/png)
2022-11-08 20:16 UTC, dean.yeager4@gmail.com
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Screenshop showint=g starting positions and size of widgets (661.24 KB, image/png)
2022-11-08 20:21 UTC, dean.yeager4@gmail.com
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info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade (46.67 KB, image/png)
2022-11-15 15:53 UTC, dean.yeager4@gmail.com
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Description dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-08 20:16:13 UTC
Created attachment 153599 [details]
After reboot widget movement example

Widgets on bottom half of screen migrate (and possiably shrink to fit) a bit more after each reboot

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. lace widgets
2. reboot
3. 

OBSERVED RESULT
widgets move slightly upward on bottom half of screen

EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.25.5
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.98.0
Qt Version: 5.15.6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
8* AMD Ryzen 7 4700 with Radeon graphics, 15Gb, Renoir graphics processor in SER4 AZW Mini PC
attached image shows the memory, Network, Analog Clock, Digital clock, Fuzzy Clock Widgets and the awireguard.sh icon move upward a bit on each reboot. the Memory widget shrinks to accommodate the Network Widget movement
Comment 1 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-08 20:21:24 UTC
Created attachment 153600 [details]
Screenshop showint=g starting positions and size of widgets
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2022-11-09 20:04:23 UTC
If you make your panel thicker or thinner, does the amount of movement change accordingly?
Comment 3 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-10 20:51:14 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> If you make your panel thicker or thinner, does the amount of movement
> change accordingly?

I do not understand what is panel and how to make thicker/thinner
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2022-11-10 20:52:45 UTC
The panel is the bar at the bottom of the screen with icons on it.

To make it thicker, right-click on it > Enter Edit Mode > change its size via the "Panel Height" spinbox. Make it significantly taller or shorter, then reboot. After the reboot, have the widgets on the desktop moved by an amount that's equal to the new panel height, rather than the old panel height?
Comment 5 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-10 21:29:59 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #4)
> The panel is the bar at the bottom of the screen with icons on it.
> 
> To make it thicker, right-click on it > Enter Edit Mode > change its size
> via the "Panel Height" spinbox. Make it significantly taller or shorter,
> then reboot. After the reboot, have the widgets on the desktop moved by an
> amount that's equal to the new panel height, rather than the old panel
> height?

exactly .. they moved up much further
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2022-11-14 18:49:39 UTC
Thank you. I thought they might. This confirms my theory that it's the panel which is pushing them up when it appears

I *think* we may have fixed with in Plasma 5.26. Any chance yo can use the Kubuntu Backports PPA to upgrade your system to Plasma 5.26?
Comment 7 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-15 15:53:27 UTC
Created attachment 153766 [details]
info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade

info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade
Comment 8 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-15 15:57:28 UTC
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6)
> Thank you. I thought they might. This confirms my theory that it's the panel
> which is pushing them up when it appears
> 
> I *think* we may have fixed with in Plasma 5.26. Any chance yo can use the
> Kubuntu Backports PPA to upgrade your system to Plasma 5.26?

(In reply to dean.yeager4@gmail.com from comment #7)
> Created attachment 153766 [details]
> info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade
> 
> info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade

(In reply to dean.yeager4@gmail.com from comment #7)
> Created attachment 153766 [details]
> info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade
> 
> info panel for plasma 5.26.2 upgrade

I have installed plasma 5.26.2 from current backport of 2022-11-15
after a handful of restarts and reboots, all is well.
Thank you very much
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2022-11-15 16:16:03 UTC
Wonderful!
Comment 10 dean.yeager4@gmail.com 2022-11-17 22:52:23 UTC
BTW & REF  plasma 5.26.3 not only fixed this problem but a problem where sound would not work on reboot - only after a restart
and
where Spectacle randomly, most of the time had the Spectacle widow overlaying the screenshot window or full screen (other mode not tested as the problem went away)