https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386278
Bug ID: 386278
Summary: Need warning when zooming is initiated
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-various
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: richard....@xs4all.nl
Target Milestone: ---
By accident I just hit the key combination <meta>+= and suddenly my screen is
very very unpleasant to work; the KDE desktop was too big to fit in the monitor
area!
As this just occured after upgrading to KDE-5.39 I expected something was wrong
in the new kde packages.
After using different desktops (icewm, gnome), logging into other KDE user
desktops none of them showed the issues. So it really seemed to be a KDE thing
in my user environment. Spending some time, moving away files and putting them
back one by one I was in the end able to restore the situation.
Using the backup I have; in the end it appeared that the ~/.config/kwinrc
contained the culprit.
The setting InitialZoom was set to 1.2
[Effect-Zoom]
InitialZoom=1.2
With help of
https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/527862-After-upate-KDE-screen-no-longer-fits-in-monitor-screen
I'm now aware that is a zoom factor, and can be reverted using the combinatie
<meta>+-
May I asked for a popup window that shows up when those (type of) buttons are
activated, at least when the <meta>+- is activated.
The popup should inform the user, that the zooming can be undone using <meta>+-
The popup should have the option "do you want to see this window next time".
When it is not possible to tell the user how to undo the zooming as the unzoom
combination is configurable, ask the user: "are you sure to zoom in? Do you
want to continue?" Zooming can be undone with the correct key combination.
I hope I get my message across. Make sure that users that are hitting this key
combination by accident (in my case I was looking for another key combination),
are informed what is going to happen, that it can be undone, and especially
where to look for information about this feature (desktop zooming).
I consider this a bug, although the software is working correctly, but it
results in a desktop that is no longer useful and I had to use my backup to
restore the old situation!
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