The show/hide speed of the panel (task bar) should be independently configurable from the general animation speed setting. Current Behavior: Panel show/hide speed is tied to the global animation speed setting (hide has an addition static 500ms delay). No option for instantaneous show/hide (speed value of 0). Proposed Changes: Implement a separate configuration option for panel show/hide speed. Allow a speed value of 0 for instant show/hide. Rationale: This change would provide users with more granular control over the panel behavior, improving user experience and customization options. Potential Implementation: Add a new configuration option in the panel settings. Modify the panel show/hide logic to use this new setting instead of the global animation speed. Ensure that a value of 0 results in instantaneous show/hide. This feature would be particularly useful for users who prefer quick panel responses but want to maintain other system animations.
This level of hyper-specific customization isn't something we generally want to support, sorry. The ability to opt out of systemwide settings results in a cascading tree of conditional behaviors that can be very challenging to understand. No can do, I'm afraid.
I just see it as a completely different thing than system animations, it is a UX issue. At the very least, an option to instantaneously show it, should be there. I like system animations, but I would have to fully disable them to make the panel work for me, which I don't think should be a preferable solution. The following system will allow changing the speed, that I know of: Latte Dock Cairo Dock MacOS Windows But I have found a bug report (which I did not find per search), where I funnily enough already commented in the past: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267277 , so this is a duplicate. I will open a new bug report, to remove the 500ms hide delay, as that makes no sense if animations are set to 0.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 267277 ***