https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428489
Bug ID: 428489
Summary: no obvious way to dismiss Activity Switcher panel
after it accidentally appears
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.19.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Activity Switcher
Assignee: ivan.cu...@kde.org
Reporter: skierp...@gmail.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 132897
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activity panel that appears on my two monitors
SUMMARY
I was trying to open an application menu with the keyboard, and a mystery panel
appeared on the left of my screens showing "Default Currently being used". Huh?
Then I couldn't get rid of this until I searched the web for the Alt+D+A
shortcut.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Accidentally press Alt+D+A , or Meta+Tab
2. Wonder what just happened
3. Wonder how to make it go away.
OBSERVED RESULTs
A mystery panel appears. It doesn't have a title, it doesn't have any
identifying text, it doesn't appear in the list of apps in Task Manager. From
the icon I guessed it might be a desktop switcher (which I've only used by
accident). Clicking the one big icon "Default" revealed a Configure Settings
button which took me to "Activity Settings" which reminded me that KDE has
activities (which I've never used); so I think this panel is the Activity
Switcher. Anyway, I didn't want it, but couldn't make it go away. The big
icon's two buttons did nothing, pressing Esc did nothing, the panel has no
right-click context menu, interacting with KDE Plasma left it up, even `pkill
kactivitymanagerd` left it up.
EXPECTED RESULT
There must be some way to dismiss unexpected panels! E.g. a lightweight close
button. The only way I found to dismiss it is the keyboard shortcut Alt+D+A.
I was repeating this at will a dozen times, and then a couple of times the
panel _was_ getting dismissed by clicking outside it or invoking an app menu,
which I guess is OK behavior for a transient menu. But now it's back to
appearing and staying open.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1, xcb
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I have a dual monitor setup. I upgraded my Fedora KDE Spin to Fedora 33 two
days ago.
Looking in journalctl, there are a few benign messages from
"apps-kcm-activities-blahblah.scope" and various yellow warnings from
file:///usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/windowswitcher/WindowSwitcher.qml
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