Bug 511322 - 'Show item information on hover' regression that steals focus from whatever is currently focused and raised when hovering over a file
Summary: 'Show item information on hover' regression that steals focus from whatever i...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 511631
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: view-engine: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 25.08.2
Platform: EndeavourOS Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2025-10-29 14:17 UTC by malformedneutron
Modified: 2025-11-08 00:15 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description malformedneutron 2025-10-29 14:17:23 UTC
SUMMARY
'Show item information on hover' option in View>General>Miscellaneous steals focus from anything else when hovering over a file. For example, if you click on an .mp4 file and it opens mpv, great, mpv now has the focus and is raised over Dolphin. However, when hovering over a file, mpv gets lowered to the background beneath dolphin and loses focus entirely. This is NEW behavior, a regression, and it worked flawlessly before KDE Plasma 6.5.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. In System Settings under Window Behavior, ensure that 'Focus stealing prevention' is set to low. This is the default for KDE Plasma, and I haven't changed it even from the start of KDE Plasma 6.
2. Click on any file which opens a new window that is NOT maximized. I.E. Open a .mp4 file with mpv and ensure Dolphin is still visible so you can hover over a random file. 
3. mpv opens and has focus and layers over dolphin, which is expected behavior.
4. Hover over a file.
5. mpv loses focus, and gets sent beneath dolphin to a point that the user must reclick that window twice to raise it back to the front.

OBSERVED RESULT
Focus of other windows/applications is lost, and the window/application is seemingly minimized, upon hovering over an item in dolphin.

EXPECTED RESULT
Focus of other windows should not be affected by dolphin item hovering, as it used to be before 6.5.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: EndeavourOS with linux-cachyos kernel 6.17.5-1
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1 (but bug is also present in 6.5)
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Changing 'Focus stealing prevention' to other options besides low does NOT affect this bug. I have tried everything and nothing will make Dolphin stop doing this. This bug is incredibly infuriating, because hovering can be by complete accident as well.
Comment 1 MathieuM 2025-10-30 09:39:04 UTC
Hi, could reproduce it on my end, it should indeed not behave as such. Marking as confirmed.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-11-08 00:15:46 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 511631 ***