The one-to-one animation when switching virtual desktops using 4-finger or 3-finger swipe is linked to the slide desktop effect. I want to switch to a virtual desktops instantly without animation when I use keyboard shortcuts or by clicking on them in the pager but still want the smooth one-to-one animation when using trackpad gesture. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Disable Slide desktop effect 2. switch between virtual desktops using 3-finger or 4-finger swipe OBSERVED RESULT Switches to new desktop at the end of the swipe without any animation EXPECTED RESULT The smooth one-to-one animation Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.106.0 Qt Version: 5.15.9 Kernel Version: 6.3.2-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 6 × AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 7.2 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product Name: VivoBook_ASUSLaptop TP420IA_TM420IA System Version: 1.0
The slide effect is the thing that provides the 1:1 animation for touchpads, so I'm afraid there is no way to disable the effect but still have such a feature. What would be possible is to do one of the following: - add a setting to disable the effect's animations when switching using something other than a touchpad gesture - automatically don't use the effect for switching when using something other than a touchpad gesture But I think these are very niche and would not have broad appeal, requiring a lot of code for little benefit. So I don't think we'll be doing it, sorry.