Processed: Re: Bug#597635: plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > severity 597635 normal Bug #597635 [plasma-widgets-workspace] plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop Severity set to 'normal' from 'critical' > retitle 597635 Device notifier configuration dialog should be modaless Bug #597635 [plasma-widgets-workspace] plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop Changed Bug title to 'Device notifier configuration dialog should be modaless' from 'plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop' > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 597635: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=597635 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#597635: plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop
severity 597635 normal retitle 597635 Device notifier configuration dialog should be modaless thanks Hello, On antradienis 21 Rugsėjis 2010 18:26:00 Braun Gábor wrote: > Package: plasma-widgets-workspace > Version: 4:4.4.5-3 > Severity: critical > Justification: breaks the whole system > > > 1) I right-click on the device notifier icon on the panel > and select "Beállítások" (Settings) from the menu. > 2) I select the second icon from the top in the left pane: > "Eszközműveletek" (Actions) > 3) Now in the right, I see actions like > "Megnyitás a fájlkezelővel" (open with file manager). > I select an action and click on the middle button "Szerkesztés" > (Edit) below. Yes, so a new dialog opens which is modal. By definition, a modal dialog absorbs all input from the other dialogs or GUI widgets which the same application has opened. Unfortunately, in this case, the app opening this modal dialog is a main KDE plasma shell (plasma-desktop) so the dialog blocks it, i.e. your whole desktop. > At this point, the desktop darkens and the items on the desktop > (panels, widgets on the desktop etc) become unresponsive. > No switching to minimized window, no logout, KDE menu unavailable. > Only the window manager actions remain: eg moving/resizing windows, > using the icons on windows, switching to another displayed window. Yes, the only unresponsive application is plasma-desktop. Too bad it happens to manage the whole KDE desktop. > A new dialog appears where one can edit the actions. > By closing the dialog, the desktop returns to normal color and > the widgets are responsive again. Yes, that's what happens when modal dialog is closed. The parent application starts reacting to input events as usual. > But if I minimize the dialog window, I don't see any way to return, > so I am stuck with a hardly usable desktop. It is not true. You can use Alt+Tab. Alt+Tab is served by window manager. > In my opinion, making the desktop widgets unresponsive > is a critical bug because they are essential for using the system > (starting applications, logging out, switching between applications > etc). I would like to stress one thing here -> you willingly minimized the dialog when the rest of the desktop was darkened. So you as a user did a mistake but you still have a way out of it (Alt+Tab). Therefore, this bug is by no way critical as it does not affect anywhere majority of users nor it's consequences are severe. Actually, it is a usability issue so it is merely of normal severity. Generally, I would call it minor but I agree that your arguments against modal dialogs hold in this case. Users may run into such corner cases by accident. -- Modestas Vainius signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#597635: plasma-widgets-workspace: Device notifier configuration dialog freezes desktop
Package: plasma-widgets-workspace Version: 4:4.4.5-3 Severity: critical Justification: breaks the whole system 1) I right-click on the device notifier icon on the panel and select "Beállítások" (Settings) from the menu. 2) I select the second icon from the top in the left pane: "Eszközműveletek" (Actions) 3) Now in the right, I see actions like "Megnyitás a fájlkezelővel" (open with file manager). I select an action and click on the middle button "Szerkesztés" (Edit) below. At this point, the desktop darkens and the items on the desktop (panels, widgets on the desktop etc) become unresponsive. No switching to minimized window, no logout, KDE menu unavailable. Only the window manager actions remain: eg moving/resizing windows, using the icons on windows, switching to another displayed window. A new dialog appears where one can edit the actions. By closing the dialog, the desktop returns to normal color and the widgets are responsive again. But if I minimize the dialog window, I don't see any way to return, so I am stuck with a hardly usable desktop. In my opinion, making the desktop widgets unresponsive is a critical bug because they are essential for using the system (starting applications, logging out, switching between applications etc). Best wishes, Gábor Braun -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=hu_HU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=hu_HU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages plasma-widgets-workspace depends on: ii kdebase-runtime 4:4.4.5-1runtime components from the offici ii libc6 2.11.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libkdecore5 4:4.4.5-1the KDE Platform Core Library ii libkdeui5 4:4.4.5-1the KDE Platform User Interface Li ii libkio5 4:4.4.5-1the Network-enabled File Managemen ii libkunitconversion4 4:4.4.5-1the Unit Conversion library for th ii libkutils4 4:4.4.5-1various utility classes for the KD ii libkworkspace4 4:4.4.5-3library for the kdebase workspace ii libplasma3 4:4.4.5-1the Plasma Library for the KDE Pla ii libplasmaclock4a4:4.4.5-3library for Plasma clocks ii libqt4-dbus 4:4.6.3-1+b1 Qt 4 D-Bus module ii libqt4-webkit 4:4.6.3-1+b1 Qt 4 WebKit module ii libqt4-xml 4:4.6.3-1+b1 Qt 4 XML module ii libqtcore4 4:4.6.3-1+b1 Qt 4 core module ii libqtgui4 4:4.6.3-1+b1 Qt 4 GUI module ii libsolid4 4:4.4.5-1Solid Library for KDE Platform ii libsolidcontrol44:4.4.5-3library for Solid based network ma ii libstdc++6 4.4.4-8 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-62:1.3.3-3X11 client-side library ii libxcomposite1 1:0.4.0-3X11 Composite extension library ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.1-4X11 damaged region extension libra ii libxfixes3 1:4.0.3-2X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio ii libxrender1 1:0.9.4-2X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxss1 1:1.1.3-1X11 Screen Saver extension library ii plasma-dataengines-workspac 4:4.4.5-3KDE Plasma data engines plasma-widgets-workspace recommends no packages. plasma-widgets-workspace suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
