Bug 500379 - Widget explorer can not be scrolled with finger on a touchscreen
Summary: Widget explorer can not be scrolled with finger on a touchscreen
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 474929
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Widget Explorer sidebar (show other bugs)
Version: 6.3.0
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2025-02-19 08:10 UTC by BOF
Modified: 2025-02-19 19:31 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
scrolling in widget menu on touchscreen (1.16 MB, video/mp4)
2025-02-19 08:10 UTC, BOF
Details

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description BOF 2025-02-19 08:10:00 UTC
Created attachment 178569 [details]
scrolling in widget menu on touchscreen

SUMMARY
When you open the desktop widget manager on a touchscreen you can not scroll through the menu. If you try to move the list the icon which you touched to move the view is grabbed like you move it onto the desktop 

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open desktop widget manager
2. Scroll through the widget list with your finger

OBSERVED RESULT
Icon is grabbed instead moving the list 

EXPECTED RESULT
Scrolling through the list.
In my opinion the solution could be to press and hold the widget if you want to drag it onto the desktop. It works like this on Android and iOS as well so people should be familiar with this behaviour.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
No idea if this is really the right component, but kpersonalizer sounded like the right application even though I wasn't able to find it in the general bug issue list even though it is listed in the browsing overview.
Feel free to move it to wherever it actually belongs in!

I also found this bug on a test device, but I wasn't able to record it (so I didn't report it). Then I saw the same issue mentioned in a review on YouTube which explains the issue quite good so I don't have to bother to try to get a device with a touch screen just for this issue.

Link to the review on YouTube: https://youtu.be/C0gxI_cSfaU?si=EWGSwGRU9YzvaucR&t=633
Attached video is a segment of this video at ~ 10:33
Comment 1 BOF 2025-02-19 08:18:22 UTC
I read a comment by Nicco that he apparently fixed this problem - questionmark?
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-02-19 19:31:59 UTC
Yup, he already fixed it for Plasma 6.4.0. :)

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 474929 ***