https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=403272
Bug ID: 403272
Summary: Desktop icons do not respond to clicks
Product: frameworks-plasma
Version: 5.12.0
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: libplasma
Assignee: notm...@gmail.com
Reporter: z...@zwz.cz
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
When the user arranges desktop icons in a certain way and reboots, the UI will
make the icons frozen and inaccessible. The background does respond to the
right click.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make sure the icons sort in rows. Background right click > Custom desktop
settings (not sure, I don't use the English version.) OK as necessary.
2. Drag some icons to the lowest row close to the taskbar. (The desktop in
question has ~70 files; don't judge, not my fault.)
3. Reboot, login.
4. Try to use icons.
If it's of any relevance, the monitor is 1920x1080 and the bottom row of icons
seems to almost touch the taskbar with the text. I have a suspicion that this
bug might only happen when the icons align with the taskbar like that.
OBSERVED RESULT
Icons do not respond to mouse events.
EXPECTED RESULT
Icons should become tinted when clicked and run a file viewer when
double-clicked.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Kubuntu 18.04, Plasma 5.12
KDE Plasma Version: 5.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.44
Qt Version: 5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
When you switch the icon arrangement to columns (like Windows), the bug changes
a lot:
It is triggered by placing an icon to the rightmost column.
After reboot, the icon(s) you put to the right will jump one grid position to
the right becoming hidden, but you can access them by using a blue scrollbar
that has appeared just above the taskbar. However, the glitches have only
started: Once you try to move said icons left to be on the normal desktop, they
disappear! (They don't get deleted, the files still exist.) And, worst of all,
the bottom row of icons closest to the taskbar also disappears! They re-appear
after reboot.
I have read several threads about this bug online, the oldest being from 2011.
This gives me little hope since only a small fraction of users seems to be
affected. It's a fresh install though.
My temporary solution is to have the "columns" setting active and avoid the
right edge of the desktop.
Sorry for any inaccuracies in this bug report, I'm not so knowledgeable about
KDE.
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