Bug 508124 - Folder previews are affected by keyboard shortcuts which manipulate windows
Summary: Folder previews are affected by keyboard shortcuts which manipulate windows
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.4
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-08-11 18:04 UTC by Samuele
Modified: 2025-12-02 23:42 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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One can close folder previews with a keyboard shortuct (635.24 KB, video/webm)
2025-08-11 18:05 UTC, Samuele
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One can manipulate folder previews with keyboard shortcuts (957.42 KB, video/webm)
2025-08-11 18:05 UTC, Samuele
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One can move folder previews to different virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts (1.06 MB, video/webm)
2025-08-11 18:06 UTC, Samuele
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Description Samuele 2025-08-11 18:04:28 UTC
SUMMARY
It seems like folder previews shown when hovering over a folder in a folder widget get treated as windows, therefore, through keyboard shortcuts, I can:
- close them with a shortcut
- maximize, fit and minimize them
- move to another virtual desktop

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Place a folder view on the desktop
2. Hover over a folder in such folder view
3. Launch a keyboard shortcut which manipulates windows

OBSERVED RESULT
Keyboard shortcuts apply to folder previews.

EXPECTED RESULT
Folder previews should not be affected by keyboard shortcuts.

Sistema operativo: Fedora Linux 42
Versione di KDE Plasma: 6.4.4
Versione di KDE Frameworks: 6.17.0
Versione di Qt: 6.9.1
Versione del Kernel: 6.15.9-201.fc42.x86_64 (64 bit)
Piattaforma grafica: Wayland
Processori: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memoria: 16 GiB di RAM (15,4 GiB utilizzabili)
Processore grafico: llvmpipe
Produttore: LENOVO
Nome del prodotto: 7052A9G
Versione di sistema: ThinkCentre M91p

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I suppose the problem is not that they are affected by keyboard shortcuts, rather that they are treated as normal windows at all.
Comment 1 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:05:07 UTC
Created attachment 183958 [details]
One can close folder previews with a keyboard shortuct
Comment 2 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:05:38 UTC
Created attachment 183959 [details]
One can manipulate folder previews with keyboard shortcuts
Comment 3 Samuele 2025-08-11 18:06:05 UTC
Created attachment 183960 [details]
One can move folder previews to different virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2025-08-11 20:24:33 UTC
Well they are windows, so on a technical level this make sense.

From a UX level, yeah, this is not intentional and we should prevent it.