Bug 464280 - Virtual window behaviour does not work as expected
Summary: Virtual window behaviour does not work as expected
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 462996
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_kwinvirtualdesktops (show other bugs)
Version: 5.26.5
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2023-01-14 14:58 UTC by Peter Humphrey
Modified: 2023-01-14 15:47 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Humphrey 2023-01-14 14:58:28 UTC
SUMMARY
Virtual window behaviour has changed in this release and now it does not work as expected.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1.  Open System Settings and go to Window Management | Window Behaviour | Advanced.
2. Select the desired Virtual Desktop behaviour, then save and exit.
3. Click a link somewhere.

OBSERVED RESULT
Wherever the browser happens to be at present, it is brought to the current desktop and sits on top of whatever is there already, regardless of the choice at 2 above. This is what I'd expect if the browser were not already running on another desktop.

EXPECTED RESULT
The window behaviour should be as advertised.

There should also be a third option: to keep the previous behaviour and leave all windows where they are. (If I'm opening a series of websites while reading, say, Gentoo news release notes, I do not want to have to keep moving windows around when I haven't told them to move.)

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Gentoo ~amd64; base system release 2.9
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel version: 6.1.5-gentoo-r1
Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2023-01-14 15:12:31 UTC
> There should also be a third option: to keep the previous behaviour and leave all windows where they are. (If I'm opening a series of websites while reading, say, Gentoo news release notes, I do not want to have to keep moving windows around when I haven't told them to move.)

Please file a separate report for this

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 462996 ***
Comment 2 Peter Humphrey 2023-01-14 15:47:50 UTC
I did search for duplicates but none showed up.

New bug 464283 opened to request the third option.