Bug 510784 - Network manager's Wi-Fi password field loses focus if the mouse is moved outside of the widget and the turn back to it
Summary: Network manager's Wi-Fi password field loses focus if the mouse is moved outs...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Networks widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2025-10-19 12:04 UTC by kaminata
Modified: 2025-10-24 21:05 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description kaminata 2025-10-19 12:04:06 UTC 
SUMMARY
Network manager's Wi-Fi password field loses focus if the mouse is being moved out of the NM boundaries and it touch it again. Example - start typing a password in a found network. Move the mouse out of the NM boundaries and touch the NM interface again. It loses focus and you can't continue to type the password and you have to click on the field again to obtain the focus back. This behavior isn't present anywhere in KDE - file manager, Kicker, etc. Only in Network manager.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start typing a password in a found network. Move the mouse out of the NM boundaries and touch the NM interface again. It loses focus and you can't continue to type the password and you have to click on the field again to obtain the focus back.
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OBSERVED RESULT
It loses focus and you can't continue to type the password and you have to click on the field again to obtain the focus back.

EXPECTED RESULT
The password field should not lose focus at maouse movement.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.3-arch2-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 32 × Intel® Core™ i9-14900KF
Memory: 64 GiB of RAM (62.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Manufacturer: ASUS
Comment 1 Kai Uwe Broulik 2025-10-19 13:45:26 UTC 
I can confirm that moving the mouse out of the list item and moving it back in makes the password field lose focus.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-10-24 04:01:33 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 454523 ***
Comment 3 kaminata 2025-10-24 08:28:16 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 454523 ***
Hello,
Excuse me but this bug is different. There's no problem when moving the mosue over other elements in the networks list at all. You have to go out of the network list completely and there's still no problem. The problem appears when you turn back to the Wi-Fi list. So the two problems are completely different. I don't have the mentioned problem at all.
Comment 4 TraceyC 2025-10-24 17:47:02 UTC 
Can still confirm this in Plasma built from git-master with the original steps to reproduce