Bug 515622 - Intense flickering when dragging and dropping items on top of folders
Summary: Intense flickering when dragging and dropping items on top of folders
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Desktop icons & Folder View widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.5.5
Platform: CachyOS Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: accessibility, usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-02-06 14:11 UTC by Fernando Marcelino Muniz
Modified: 2026-02-06 14:12 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue in Plasma 6.5.5 [Epilepsy warning] (788.78 KB, video/x-matroska)
2026-02-06 14:11 UTC, Fernando Marcelino Muniz 		Details
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Description Fernando Marcelino Muniz 2026-02-06 14:11:55 UTC 
Created attachment 189283 [details]
Issue in Plasma 6.5.5 [Epilepsy warning]

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Drag and drop an item inside of a folder.

OBSERVED RESULT
Intense flickering every time it is done.

EXPECTED RESULT
No flickering.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: CachyOS Linux 
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.18.8-2-cachyos (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11300H @ 3.10GHz
Memory: 9 GB of RAM (8.1 GB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Graphics Processor 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82MG
System Version: IdeaPad Gaming 3 15IHU6

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
It happens on a fresh account:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507079#c10