https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488722
Bug ID: 488722
Summary: Compact switcher raise window and close itself on
click
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 6.1.0
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: tabbox
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: spikespie...@gmx.de
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
With the Thumbnail Grid and Sidebar switchers, when the user clicks them with
the mouse, the window is immediately raised and the switcher closes.
With the Large Icons, Flip Switch, and Cover Switch switchers, when an entry is
clicked, the clicked window is highlighted in the switcher, but the switcher
remains open until the user confirms this with a second click. This makes
sense, as multiple windows of the same application can't be distinguished at
all (for Large Icons), or not all windows are easily accessible so the user may
need to click a different window first to access the one they want to raise
(for Flip/Cover Switch).
The Compact switcher behaves like the second group, but there seems to be no
reason - All windows are immediately displayed, and the window title is clearly
visible. Clicking a list entry should immediately raise the corresponding
window and close the switcher, like the Thumbnail Grid and Sidebar switchers
do.
This is largely not an issue if the switcher is accessed through Alt-Tab, as
releasing the Alt key will function like the second click. It is inconvenient
if the switcher is accessed through binding a corner to "Show Switcher" in the
Screen Edges kcm.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Bind a screen corner to "Toggle Window Switching", open several windows,
then move the pointer to the corner that was bound to the switcher.
2. In the list that appears, left-click one of the windows.
OBSERVED RESULT
The entry in the list is highlighted (and, if the "Show selected window" option
in the Switcher kcm is enabled, the corresponing window is raised), but the
switcher remains open and a click anywhere outside the switcher will cancel the
whole action, returning focus to the window that originally had it before
activating the switcher..
EXPECTED RESULT
The window corresponding to the selected task is raised and the switcher is
closed, allowing the user to continue their task with that window.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Current Neon with Plasma 6.2 Dev; but from my light testing, Plasma 2.27.11 in
Kubuntu 24.04 has the same behavior.
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
One argument against this change would be that it would not allow
disambiguation of windows that have the same title (e.g. several terminals).
But any disambiguation only works if "Show selected window" is active, so if
that is disabled, it seems this is an extra meaningless click. (And the
disambiguation would also be required in the Thumbnail Grid and Sidebar
switchers, as the thumbnail is likely too small to distinguish e.g. the
contents of several Konsole windows in the same directory.
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