https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=438906
Bug ID: 438906
Summary: Don't darken panel in Present Windows effect (revert
64c72157 and a2ed8cb9)
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-window-management
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: geisse...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
Next Present Windows issue:
Some time ago I was happy the panel darkening got removed from Present Windows.
Despite not interactive, the light panel made it a lot easier for me to get an
overview of the open windows. I always found it unsuitable the panel got
dimmed.
The fact that the panel cannot be interactive does not necessarily mean we need
to hide it behind a half-transparent black overlay. Users will quickly realise
and accept that it is not interactive.
Now the dimming is back :(. Rather than making a ping-pong game of adding and
removing the panel darkening, I suggest to make it optional and configurable in
the settings. (I'd prefer if it were deactivated by default, but that's your
choice.)
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Trigger Present Windows
OBSERVED RESULT
The task bar panel will be dimmed and is therefore more or less invisible.
EXPECTED RESULT
It would be nice if the panel was not dimmed, so that it is easier to get an
overview of open windows, which - to my understanding - is the purpose of this
effect.
Operating System: KDE neon 5.22
KDE Plasma Version: 5.22.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.83.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-55-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 7.2 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4000
SUGGESTION
Revert commits 64c72157 and a2ed8cb9 / make panel dimming optional
To indicate the panel is non-interactive, show the pointing finger cursor
rather than the arrow cursor (revert c9a719e1)
BACKGROUND
I am a user who usually is in a light room with rather low monitor brightness,
so all kinds of dimming effects are annoying and arduous for the eyes.
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