Bug 513474 - Unable to use a stylus to switch to a workspace by touching it to an area with a window
Summary: Unable to use a stylus to switch to a workspace by touching it to an area wit...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Pager widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2025-12-17 11:55 UTC by Sebastian Parborg
Modified: 2025-12-18 21:01 UTC (History)
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Description Sebastian Parborg 2025-12-17 11:55:29 UTC
SUMMARY

When using a drawing tablet, you can use the workspace widget to switch workspaces if the workspace is empty. However if there is a window in the workspace, you need to tap on an empty area as it will other wise grab the window and move it around (and not switch to that workspace).

With a mouse, you have to click and hold to select and drag the window around. However with a tablet, it seems like there is no click/tap grace time and it always grabs if there is a window.

This makes it impossible to switch to busy workspace or workspaces with fullscreen windows.
Even on non busy workspaces, it is really annoying as you then have tab between the windows to switch.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add a workspace widget to the taskbar and create a few workspaces.
2. Populate the workspaces with a few windows and try to switch back and forth between them with a tablet pen.
3. Notice that if you tab on any of the window outline that you can't switch workspaces

OBSERVED RESULT

Unable to switch workspaces unless you tap in an empty area

EXPECTED RESULT

A short tap of the pen should switch the workspace no matter where you tap. Only when pressing and holding the pen should the window be grabbed and workspace not be switched.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Gentoo Linux 2.18
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.12-gentoo-dist (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.2 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Comment 1 David Redondo 2025-12-17 15:34:49 UTC
Can confirm sometimes it works though, maybe if I try to tap super quick?