https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484902
Bug ID: 484902 Summary: Regression: "Switch to Screen" shortcuts stopped working after upgrade to Plasma 6.0 Classification: Plasma Product: kwin Version: 6.0.3 Platform: Other OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: multi-screen Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org Reporter: g...@section9.follonica.org Target Milestone: --- SUMMARY After upgrading to Plasma 6.0, "Switch to Screen" shortcuts stopped working. Although this seems to be intentional as per https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/5102, I find the way that the setting "active screen follows mouse" has been dropped and forcibly enabled to be unfair to the user. I have been using switch to screen shortcuts since the inception of Plasma 5.0 and after upgrading to Plasma 6.0 discovered that this functionality got removed. Apparently there has been some consensus "to drop "active mouse screen" option and stick with last interacted screen approach instead" in the late Plasma 5.0 times but I have not been able to find any discussion about the reasoning that brought to the demise of this functionality. I can't believe that the developers of KDE Plasma, whose main focus has always been on configurability, unconditionally dropped such a feature in front of old time users just to alleviate complaints from users who inadvertently disabled "active screen follows mouse" or that were unaware of its consequences. If this is actually the case, then IMHO there is something wrong with the way that this setting has been implemented in the UI or the lack of a clear warning about its consequences and not something wrong with the feature itself as I find the ability to have the screen focus independent from the mouse a key feature for multi-screen workstations and have always been fond of it. Take i.e. multiple Konsole windows (but obviously it can be any application) open on different sceens. With "Active Screen Follows Mouse" disabled, "Separate Sreen Focus" enabled and "Switch To screen" shortcuts configured you can quickly switch between multiple Konsole windows on different screens without having to resort to the task switcher and hence without having to remember how many times to type TAB in alt+tab to switch to that particular konsole window you were on before. You just type the shortcut corresponding to the screen that particular window is on. This is especially useful when you have three or more monitors and when you can interact with application windows without the mouse. These can be Konsole windows, browser windows with Vivium extension enabled or whatever. Luckily the option itself has not been dropped, so adding "ActiveMouseScreen=0" in [Windows] group in kwinrc actually re-enables "Switch to Screen" shortcuts but I am afraid that this feature will be definitely dropped in Plasma 6.1. I really hope not so. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. In Window Management kcm, under Window Behavior, select "Separate Sreen Focus" 2. In Shortcuts kcm, under KWin, add Meta+F2 as a shortcut to "Switch to Screen 1" to actually switch to your second monitor. 3. Press Meta+F2 OBSERVED RESULT The focus will not be switched to your second monitor and a popup appears: "The window manager is configured to consider the screen with the mouse on it as active one. Therefore it is not possible to switch to a screen explicitly. " EXPECTED RESULT The focus should be switched to "Screen 1". SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 39 KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.