https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=482912
Alex Folland <lexlex...@gmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #2 from Alex Folland <lexlex...@gmail.com> ---
Thanks for posting this. Someone on reddit posted a workaround which didn't
work for me
[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/1bwk5lb/alt_tabbing_junkiness_in_full_screen_apps_with/),
but presumably did work at some point for them. I tried unchecking "Click
raises active window" then starting the game, but the alt-tab system was still
super messed up when switching from the game.
Here is my observed behavior with steps to reproduce:
1. Alt-tab once: The panel gets shown, but the next window doesn't get shown
and stays in the background, with the game still visible.
2. If the task manager button (taskbar button) for the window I want to
activate is clicked at this time, KWin just goes back to the game and hides the
panel instead of showing the window I want to see, ignoring what I wanted
completely.
3. If alt-tab is pressed again instead of clicking the task manager button,
KWin also just goes back to the game.
4. The only way out of viewing the game without having to quit the whole game
is executing the following difficult sequence correctly:
1. Alt-tab and release.
- This shows the panel but not the other window, leaving the game still
visible on most of the screen, and the panel on top.
2. Alt-tab and release only tab, then hold shift and press and release tab
again while still holding alt and shift, then finally release all keys.
- This finally results in seeing the intended window on top of the game.
It's a horrible problem and makes just switching between a web browser or text
editor and the game extremely uncomfortable. These are basic desktop actions.
For the record, I've experienced this problem with the last 3 long games I've
played through in the last month, and it's bugged me in every multi-hour play
session. It's as bad as Microsoft Windows which has its own slew of alt-tab
issues with fullscreen games, but at least switching works when the game is set
to "borderless fullscreen", a weird Windows-only hack that the gaming industry
has largely employed to work around Windows' problems with fullscreen games.
I've experienced the issue recently with the following Steam games in KDE
Plasma Wayland:
- Dragon Quest 11 S Definitive Edition
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
- Twilight Survivors
I realize this bug tracker does not support markdown. I am using markdown
still in hopes that it will some day support it.
By the way, why is this marked as "minor"? It's a horrible bug that every
gamer coming from Windows will experience in the first 15 minutes of gaming.
The window manager is expected to be powerful enough to handle basic task
switching without any issues.
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