Created attachment 165560 [details] a picture of bug SUMMARY *** NOTE: If you are reporting a crash, please try to attach a backtrace with debug symbols. See https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Debugging/How_to_create_useful_crash_reports *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. put panel on left side 2. switch panel to doge window mode 3. open another app like: Dolphin 3. switch activity with super+Q OBSERVED RESULT panel is under the aforementioned app (i.e Dolphin) so it looks like activity switcher is floating EXPECTED RESULT panel would be on top of aforementioned app (i.e Dolphin) SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: - macOS: - Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora Linux 40 (KDE Plasma) x86_64 (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.93.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.249.0 Qt Version: 6.6.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION was running on mare metal
Can also reproduce with the Widgets Explorer. Seems to affect all full-height sidebars. Auto-Hide mode works fine.
Similar issue to Bug 488929. Ultimately maybe we should make these side panels also be floating.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/2881
Git commit 12e658537ee6cb531176b688cdc3a43642b44d0c by Niccolò Venerandi. Committed on 13/03/2025 at 20:15. Pushed by niccolove into branch 'master'. Use entire screen to place sidebars when not in edit mode We previously made sure that the sidebar would avoid panels to allow for easier drag and drop from the widget sidebar, since that's only supposed to happen in edit mode we only consider panels in edit mode, and instead use the entire screen otherwise. If we try to avoid panels when outside edit mode, we won't be able to know if dodge window panels are visible, and if they're not the sidebar will be visually broken. M +10 -3 desktoppackage/contents/views/Desktop.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/12e658537ee6cb531176b688cdc3a43642b44d0c
Git commit 12d73b182940e9f081da7c043204033af6526027 by Niccolò Venerandi. Committed on 13/03/2025 at 20:15. Pushed by niccolove into branch 'Plasma/6.3'. Use entire screen to place sidebars when not in edit mode We previously made sure that the sidebar would avoid panels to allow for easier drag and drop from the widget sidebar, since that's only supposed to happen in edit mode we only consider panels in edit mode, and instead use the entire screen otherwise. If we try to avoid panels when outside edit mode, we won't be able to know if dodge window panels are visible, and if they're not the sidebar will be visually broken. (cherry picked from commit 12e658537ee6cb531176b688cdc3a43642b44d0c) Co-authored-by: Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com> M +10 -3 desktoppackage/contents/views/Desktop.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/12d73b182940e9f081da7c043204033af6526027
Created attachment 180204 [details] bad activity switcher position
(In reply to Niccolò Venerandi from comment #5) > Git commit 12d73b182940e9f081da7c043204033af6526027 by Niccolò Venerandi. > Committed on 13/03/2025 at 20:15. > Pushed by niccolove into branch 'Plasma/6.3'. > > Use entire screen to place sidebars when not in edit mode > > We previously made sure that the sidebar would avoid panels > to allow for easier drag and drop from the widget sidebar, > since that's only supposed to happen in edit mode we only > consider panels in edit mode, and instead use the entire > screen otherwise. If we try to avoid panels when outside > edit mode, we won't be able to know if dodge window panels > are visible, and if they're not the sidebar will be visually > broken. > > > (cherry picked from commit 12e658537ee6cb531176b688cdc3a43642b44d0c) > > Co-authored-by: Niccolò Venerandi <niccolo@venerandi.com> > > M +10 -3 desktoppackage/contents/views/Desktop.qml > > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/ > 12d73b182940e9f081da7c043204033af6526027 Sorry but this change completely broke the positioning of the widget on my multi-monitor setup. The widget now opens in an apparently random and unusable position, as you can see from the attached screenshot in the previous comment. IMHO KDE should implement some sort of tests for multi-monitor layouts before every single point release because what I can see is that most regressions I stumble upon are related to windows or widgets positioning/geometry.
That's tracked with Bug 502656 or Bug 502375.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #8) > That's tracked with Bug 502656 or Bug 502375. Thanks, I completely missed these!