https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=513400
Bug ID: 513400
Summary: Enable mouse wheel to scroll window thumbnail strip
for a single task (Wayland)
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version First 6.5.4
Reported In:
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager widgets
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 187666
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=187666&action=edit
window thumbnails
Description:
On Plasma 6 (Fedora 43, Wayland), when there are many windows of the same
application grouped in the Task Manager / Icons-Only Task Manager, a horizontal
strip of window thumbnails is shown. With a touchpad, it is possible to scroll
this strip left/right using horizontal scrolling gestures. With a mouse, the
scroll wheel currently only cycles through windows (according to the “Mouse
wheel” setting of the Task Manager) and does not scroll the thumbnail strip
itself, so the user must use the small scrollbar at the bottom.
It would be very helpful to have an option to map the mouse wheel to scroll the
thumbnail strip (ideally vertical wheel → horizontal scrolling of the strip)
when the window previews for a single task are open. This would make working
with many windows of the same app much more convenient for mouse users,
especially on Wayland where xinput-based workarounds are not available.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Use Plasma 6 on Wayland (e.g. Fedora 43 KDE).
2. Open many windows of the same application (e.g. 10+ browser windows).
3. Hover over the task in the Task Manager / Icons-Only Task Manager to show
the window thumbnails.
4. Try to scroll through the thumbnails with the mouse wheel.
Current behavior:
The mouse wheel cycles through windows or does nothing (depending on Task
Manager settings); the thumbnail strip is only scrollable via the small
scrollbar or touchpad gestures.
Expected behavior:
There is an option to use the mouse wheel to scroll the window thumbnail strip
(e.g. vertical wheel mapped to horizontal scrolling of the strip) when the
thumbnail view for one task is open.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.21.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Kernel Version: 6.17.11-300.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1260P
Memory: 40 GiB of RAM (38.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ProBook 450 15.6 inch G9 Notebook PC
System Version: SBKPFV3
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