Created attachment 175930 [details] showcase SUMMARY Loading animation is not displayed when opening a second instance of the app STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open first instance of the app (loading animation is displayed) 2. Open second instance of the app -> Loading animation is not displayed -> BUG OBSERVED RESULT Loading animation is not displayed EXPECTED RESULT Loading animation is displayed SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.7.0 Qt Version: 6.8.0 Kernel Version: 6.11.6-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland
Details: When opening any app, there is a loading animation in its icon in the taskbar. If you open a second window of the same app, there is no loading animation on the icon Can confirm with git-master Open Firefox with KRunner - click on Firefox - loading animation shown Open it a second time from the menu - new Firefox window is shown but no loading animation What *does* happen is a dot appears under the icon, indicating there is more than one window This happens with any application I launch This may be intentional behavior. I'll let the developers more familiar with this behavior clarify
Indeed, this would be intended at the moment; the loading indicator is only intended for when the app isn't running and gets launched. I suppose there's no reason why we couldn't add it for the additional instance use case, but by the same token, I'm not sure I see a strong reason to do it, either. What's the proposed rationale for doing it?
Honestly, I don't have any rationale for it. I don't really look at it. Most of the apps open really fast or have some splash screen anyway. I just thought if it was displayed for the first instance, it might be supposed to be displayed for the second and so on so that the user can know that the app is still loading if it takes a long time. I'm okay with closing this as "resolved intentional".
Thanks for your understanding. :)