Here is a patch that brings back LMB actions when the applets are locked.
With unlocked applets LMB is needed for editing, and I didn't want to spend
too much time on it.
Read here for some discussion:
https://phabricator.kde.org/D24748
But better than nothing, isn't it? ;)
Place it into /etc/portage/patches/kde-plasma/plasma-workspace/ and
reemerge plasma-workspace.
--- plasma-workspace-5.17.4/components/containmentlayoutmanager/appletslayout.cpp.org 2020-01-04 08:43:18.958318856 +0200
+++ plasma-workspace-5.17.4/components/containmentlayoutmanager/appletslayout.cpp 2020-01-04 08:51:56.229879126 +0200
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@
void AppletsLayout::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
{
+ if (!m_editMode && m_editModeCondition == AppletsLayout::Locked) {
+ event->setAccepted(false);
+ return;
+ }
+
forceActiveFocus(Qt::MouseFocusReason);
if (!m_editMode && m_editModeCondition == AppletsLayout::Manual) {
