Bug 512118 - Task switcher disappears if external display is attached and cursor is moved among displays
Summary: Task switcher disappears if external display is attached and cursor is moved ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: multiscreen
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Reported: 2025-11-15 09:55 UTC by FishBoneEK
Modified: 2025-11-21 19:29 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description FishBoneEK 2025-11-15 09:55:18 UTC 
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Have 2nd display attached
2. Have windows on both displays
3. Win+Tab to summon Task Switcher, hold Win
4. Move mouse cursor to the other display 

OBSERVED RESULT
Task Switcher is gone to the background

EXPECTED RESULT
Task Switcher should remain at top

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Arch Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0
Kernel Version: 6.17.7-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

Additional Info
Comment 1 TraceyC 2025-11-21 19:29:10 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. I can reproduce this on Plasma 6.5.2, but not on Plasma built from git-master. This means the problem is fixed, and will be available when your system updates to 6.6.0 after it's released.

If you can still reproduce this in 6.6.0, feel free to set this to REOPENED.