https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486066
Bug ID: 486066
Summary: Window management broken
Classification: Applications
Product: kate
Version: 24.02.2
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: sessions
Assignee: kwrite-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: priv...@jfuhlemann.de
Target Milestone: ---
The window management of Kate has changed recently. It completely breaks
working with multiple projects on multiple virtual desktops simultaneously.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open a document with Kate on virtual desktop 1
2. Switch to another virtual desktop, say 2
3. Open a document there
OBSERVED RESULT
The document opens in the already existing kate instance on virtual desktop 1.
The window manager switches back to virtual desktop 1.
EXPECTED RESULT
A new kate window appears on virtual desktop 2 with the newly opened document.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Arch
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.1.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
X11
Also tested on XFCE/KWin and on LXQT. Also tested with a fresh user account to
rule out any odd settings.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I've been using Kate for more than 10 years now. The changed window management
makes it absolutely impossible to use Kate on multiple virtual desktops with
multiple open projects. When clicking a file in dolphin it shouldn't matter if
there is an open Kate window on *some other* virtual desktop with *a completely
unrelated* project open.
Consider you're working on some C project on virtual desktop 1. You created a
.kateproject to manage files, set up the lsp server and have lots of .c and .h
open in the Kate window.
Now you switch to another virtual desktop and need to look in a piece of python
that is in no way related to the C project. Maybe you got a phone call and
someone is asking. So you open up dolphin, navigate to the project and click
the .py file you want. It suddenly appears in your open C project somewhere
between the 10 open tabs you were working on before. Also you're suddenly back
on virtual desktop 1.
Also the "Behaviour -> Open each document in its own window" option doesn't
help as Kate now opens a new window even if you drag a file onto an existing
Kate window. The option makes it impossible to have more than one tab.
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