https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435095
Bug ID: 435095
Summary: hide autohiding panel on mouseover
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: Panel
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
a) The default and only behavior was to show an auto-hide panel as long as any
window wants attention - effectively interrupting the workflow and forcing the
user to switch to that window.
b) With bug 394119 there will be an option, to suppress "show-on-notification"
completely.
I like to discuss an middle-ground ideas between a) obtrusive and b) silenced
notification:
1. Dismiss on timer - notification auto-revokes after a few seconds
2. Dismiss by mouse-over - specifically the mouse-exit will take precedence on
hiding the panel irrespective of any notification status. See also
https://phabricator.kde.org/D12916#500345
3. Suppress panel unhide like b) but instead show notification bubble with
window-icon + title and a click will bring the window to front
Questions:
I. Will notifications be lost, that the user might want to review later? Then
the autohide should be decoupled from notification present, so that on next
mouse-over the window in the taskmanager should still display a highlight to
signal, it still wants attention.
II. Notification bubbles already offer a timer, that stops on mouse-over - same
mechanism could be a applied to the panel. Only the panel may not show an X to
"close" because we will not want to "terminate" the panel. Instead the icon
could be an arrow in direction to the screen-edge the panel is attached to, to
signify the go-away notion.
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