https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=473106
Bug ID: 473106 Summary: Hovering over inactive window's widget which plays sound places the popup into an unfortunate location Classification: Plasma Product: plasmashell Version: 5.27.1 Platform: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: normal Priority: NOR Component: Panel Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org Reporter: mikhail.kru...@seznam.cz CC: niccolo.venera...@gmail.com Target Milestone: 1.0 Created attachment 160793 --> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=160793&action=edit bad popup example SUMMARY Live example (screenshots to follow): If you have Firefox playing YT in background, and want to switch to it using the panel icons, there's a popup which previews your window which pops up when you'd hover mouse over Firefox icon. In normal circumstances, this popup is placed above the panel. However, specifically for inactive windows which play sound in background, it is placed on the bottom of your screen, which, given bad enough timing, makes you click on the sound bar and change volume of your program instead of switching to it. This is a bug which persists for years. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Have Firefox play YT 2. alt tab to another window 3. Hover over firefox icon in your panel 4. Wait for ~0.5-1 seconds. 5. Click OBSERVED RESULT When you click, if timing is bad enough, you click on the sound volume widget. Which lowers the volume (or mutes the application). EXPECTED RESULT The position of the sound volume widget should never be "right below your mouse". SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.103.0 Qt Version: 5.15.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION see two screenshots attached: bad_popup is what happens when there's audio played by an application, good_popup is what should happen (& what happens to active windows playing audio or background windows not playing audio) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.