SUMMARY When minimizing an active window, the decoration changes to inactive color during the animation. This creates a flash at the beginning of the animation, making it less smooth than minimizing an inactive window. Is it possible that window decoration doesn't change color during the minimzing animation? SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.18.5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Can confirm; the rest of the window goes inactive too. The issue here seems to be that the window become inactive the moment the minimize animation starts playing, not after it finishes. You can see the same issue in reverse when you un-minimize a window: it's already visibly active during the animation.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > You can see the same issue in reverse when you un-minimize a window: it's already visibly > active during the animation. I think the current un-minimizing behavior is ok. Otherwise, if the window changes state at the end of the animation, it happens right before my eyes.
Yeah, that actually makes total sense.
We want the window to be marked inactive immediately so the next window can be activated. Changing it so the window is kept as active will be challenging and I'm not sure it's worth it, because we can end up regressions like windows getting stuck with frozen contents, etc. As is, this is intentional.