SUMMARY *** The current behavior, while intentional, deviates from the standard used by Latte, DashToDock and MacOS. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use the "Floating Panel" and "center aligned" options for the main tray, leaving some room on either side. 2. Move cursor to screen edge where "empty" space is 3. Grope around until you find the panel. OBSERVED RESULT Panel does not un-hide unless the cursor hits the area where the panel is. Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m8AhEK9JtxFNq1RyV9bMym7WKN4R-LFd/view?usp=drivesdk EXPECTED RESULT Panels should un-hide when cursor hits anywhere on the screen edge, unless otherwise specified, e.g. in the case of a miniature clock or media player plasmoid on the side. Current behavior doesn't make sense for a main panel, and deviates from the behavior of other popular panels like Latte, DashToDock and MacOS. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 22.10 KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0 Qt Version: 5.15.6 Kernel Version: 5.19.0.30 Graphics Platform: X11 and Wayland ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Bonus points for a configurable "Intelligent Auto-hide" ability, where the user can select whether to show the panel unless a window takes the space etc.
You said, "Panel does not un-hide", but you didn't mention configuring the panel to be auto-hide. Can you confirm that the panel is set up to be auto-hide, and that whether it's set to "Floating Panel" mode or not is irrelevant to this behavior?
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > You said, "Panel does not un-hide", but you didn't mention configuring the > panel to be auto-hide. Can you confirm that the panel is set up to be > auto-hide, and that whether it's set to "Floating Panel" mode or not is > irrelevant to this behavior? Correct, it's set to automatically hide. This report is the cleaned up, wishlist version of another report, as requested. https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464162 Let me know if this is clear.
(In reply to tim from comment #2) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > > You said, "Panel does not un-hide", but you didn't mention configuring the > > panel to be auto-hide. Can you confirm that the panel is set up to be > > auto-hide, and that whether it's set to "Floating Panel" mode or not is > > irrelevant to this behavior? > > Correct, it's set to automatically hide. This report is the cleaned up, > wishlist version of another report, as requested. > > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464162 > > > Let me know if this is clear. Ugh, I really wish there were a way to edit these. Yes, I definitely should have mentioned that. My bad.
Thanks. Re-titling for clarity.
I think this makes sense -- currently having both screen edge actions and a auto-hiding panel on the same edge is broken anyways. One concern is that this might degrade the ability to interact with other UI elements near screen edges, like scroll bars on the right. Another question is whether we want to support multiple auto-hide panels on the same edge.
(In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #5) > One concern is that this might degrade the ability to interact with other UI > elements near screen edges, like scroll bars on the right. It's already an issue, so at least that wouldn't be a regression. > Another question is whether we want to support multiple auto-hide panels on > the same edge. That's a good point. My first thought is that if there's only one auto-hide panel, make its activation zone span the entire screen edge. And if there's more than one, don't, and give each one an activation zone linked to its shape.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #6) > (In reply to fanzhuyifan from comment #5) > > One concern is that this might degrade the ability to interact with other UI > > elements near screen edges, like scroll bars on the right. > It's already an issue, so at least that wouldn't be a regression. I think this would be a regression if such an auto-hide panel has small length. Currently it only interferes with the part of the edge corresponding to its shape, but with this change it will interfere with interactions on the whole edge.
True. I wonder how often people put a single small auto-hide panel on a screen edge though.
*** Bug 484589 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***