Bug 489870 - Panel fades in only to abruptly vanish when exiting overview to fullscreen window
Summary: Panel fades in only to abruptly vanish when exiting overview to fullscreen wi...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kwin
Classification: Plasma
Component: effects-overview (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.1.2
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWin default assignee
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Reported: 2024-07-07 12:29 UTC by raibo.quadrofus
Modified: 2024-08-12 13:21 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.2.0
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Description raibo.quadrofus 2024-07-07 12:29:39 UTC
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SUMMARY
Panel fades in only to abruptly vanish when exiting overview to fullscreen window.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have one or more panels, this is certainly reproducible with the default panel;
2. Open a fullscreen window;
3. Open the overview;
4. Close the overview or click on a fullscreen window in the overview;
5. Observe.



OBSERVED RESULT

Panels have a nice animation (although blur abruptly appears and disappears, see https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478083) that makes them fade out when opening the overview and fade in when exiting the overview.

However, if the window that the overview is exited to is fullscreen, the panels will nicely fade in, but the moment the animation is finished they will abruptly disappear without any animation.

EXPECTED RESULT

Either panels also have a fade out animation similar to the one visible when opening the overview or, preferably, the panel shouldn't even start fading in  if a window is fullscreen, as it will be invisible when the overview effect has been closed anyway.
This would avoid the abrupt and jarring visual.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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Linux/KDE Plasma: 
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KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Comment 1 Bug Janitor Service 2024-07-17 13:00:05 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6123
Comment 2 Marco Martin 2024-08-12 13:20:08 UTC
fixed by https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/6165