Created attachment 170342 [details] window rules configuration & old plasma feature to change window type SUMMARY https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1be7nkp/plasma_6_firefox_pictureinpicture_not_in_alttab/ I've got kde window rules set up to my preference for Firefox's Picture-in-Picture feature. I have skip switcher set to force no But despite this configuration it doesn't behave as intended. the picture-in-picture window doesn't appear in the task switcher menu when I alt+tab, nor when I invoke the overview effect. This used to work on previous plasma 5. I have tried logging out and back in, restarting kwin / plasmashell / firefox. but none works. If anyone can advise on how to go about reporting this issue, or solving, I'd appreciate! ps/ Thanks KDE for the hard work on Plasma 6, I'm enjoying the improvements. We're on our way to having an Epic DE once the rough edges get smoothed! --- I see plasma used to be able to change window types but not anymore. Perhaps someone knows the entry to put into ~/.config/kwinrulesrc to get this to work? https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1155 STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. configure kwin rules 2. open PiP in Firefox 3. Alt-Tab & see that the PiP window doesn't appear amoung other windows OBSERVED RESULT Alt-Tab & see that the PiP window doesn't appear among other windows EXPECTED RESULT Alt-Tab & see that the PiP window does appear among other windows SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: EndeavourOS KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.2.0 Qt Version: 6.7.1 Kernel Version: 6.9.3-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: X11 Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics Memory: 15.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 82HU System Version: IdeaPad Flex 5 14ALC05
Can you test force the opacity to 50%. If the opacity doesn't change, it means the problem is identifying the window, if it does the problem is in the applying side.
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #1) > Can you test force the opacity to 50%. > If the opacity doesn't change, it means the problem is identifying the > window, if it does the problem is in the applying side. Hi David, I've included the force opacity property in addition to the others and the opacity changes appropriately. but the window doesn't appear in the alt-tab windows. I suspect it's because the PiP is a toolbar / utility window type and is filtered out of alt-tabbing
I've achieved the desired feature in a roundabout way (now Plasma 6.1.2) using an odd behaviour: 1. Activate Firefox PiP (Ctrl+Shift+]). 2. Fullscreen the PiP window (F). 3. Switch to another window (Alt+Tab). 4. Click back onto the PiP window. After these steps, the PiP window now appears in the task switcher (Alt+Tab) menu, which is actualy what I want as opposed to the default behaviour of it not being available. It's just a rather convoluted method to There's another similar behavior: 1. Activate Firefox PiP (Ctrl+Shift+]). 2. Fullscreen the PiP window (F). 3. Activate overview (Meta+W). Now, the PiP window appears among the overview effect and similar window presentation menus.