On 08/22/2017 06:53 PM, Stephen Dowdy wrote: > > > On 08/22/2017 10:20 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: >> When thunderbird is opened it displays a dialogue to ask for the email >> account password. >> >> While this popup is shown in thunderbird the panel does not autohide >> when changing to another application. > Heinrich, > > i *believe* this is expected behavior. The fun part is when a dialog is > open on another virtual screen the plasma panel STILL remains open and > obscures things. I haven't found any way to determine WHICH > application/window is holding the panel open, though, so i sometimes > have to hunt on all of my virtual screens looking for a dialog. I do > not know if there's a control that can toggle/disable this behavior, > either, but it is common with how MS-Windows does it as well. The idea > is that the system "knows better than you" what's important and needs > your attention. (if only you could figure out *WHAT* the important > thing is immediately. > > --stephen >
Hello Stephen, in Windows the concerned application entry in the task bars starts blinking if there is a modal dialogue. As you correctly remarked KDE does not provide any clue. And the "fun part" exists already on single screen, if the application that opens the dialogue is hidden by another one: KDE autostarts all applications that were open on closing. Thunderbird is still amusing itself while I am already busy in konsole. And suddenly the the panel starts hiding the last line of konsole. That is when I am no longer amused. So one solution could be that KDE also implements blinking the relevant tab of the panel. Best regards Heinrich
