https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=488725
Bug ID: 488725
Summary: Clicking on a window should raise/focus that window
instead of canceling the switching operation
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 6.1.0
Platform: Neon
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: tabbox
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: spikespie...@gmx.de
Target Milestone: ---
This applies to all switchers except Cover Switch and Flip Switch.
SUMMARY
If "Show selected window" is enabled in the switcher KCM, selecting a window in
the switcher will raise that window. If the user now (left-)clicks that window,
the whole operation is cancelled, and the window that the user started with is
raised and focused.
This is not intuitive, as left-clicking something should select that thing; if
a mouse click based way to cancel an operation is required, this should be
bound to the right click.
(The same holds if the user clicks an unrelated window that is still visible;
that window should be raised and focused, and the switcher should close. This
can only happen if "Show selected window" is disabled, I think)
(The reproduction step below activate switchers using Alt-Tab for simplicity in
replication, but this is particularly annoying with mouse-only operation by
binding the task switcher to a screen edge.)
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Select a switcher that is not Cover or Flip Switch in the Task Switcher KCM;
enable "Show selected window" if it is not already enabled.
2. Open several windows, press alt-tab, keep holding tab.
3. Left-click one of the visible windows (that is not the window that the user
originally pressed alt-tab on)
OBSERVED RESULT
The window that the user originally pressed alt-tab on is raised and focused,
the switcher closes.
EXPECTED RESULT
The window that the user left-clicked is raised and focused, the switcher
closes.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Current Neon with Plasma 6.2 Dev; but from my light testing, Plasma 2.27.11 in
Kubuntu 24.04 has the same behavior.
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.4.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Windows:
macOS:
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version:
KDE Frameworks Version:
Qt Version:
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