https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449892
Bug ID: 449892
Summary: Plasma 5.24 - minimized windows show on effects
without content for a while, then suddenly they are
visible
Product: kwin
Version: unspecified
Platform: Manjaro
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-window-management
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
After update, all switching window animations, overview and other animations
tied to window management show only preview of ONE, ACTIVE WINDOW, the rest is
just the frame. It looks odd and is highly impractical.
There is only one active window, this means, the rest will be hidden. If I have
more separate browser windows, I will have no possibility to differentiate
which is which, at least not by the content's preview. I would have to read the
lengthy titles of the windows. This is bad, really bad. Besides, if I am
switching window, the new one will be active, so the fact which one is inactive
is beyond the point. At the moment, it feels like I'm choosing windows blindly.
Super irritating, and it feels like a bug, especially that effect looks really
awful - only frame, blurred inside, blurred outside and some weird background
around the window.
I was happy that cover and flip effect is back, but at the moment it's
horrible because of that. I can't see any settings that would enable miniatures
preview.
EDIT: It turned out that somehow the miniatures showed up with some windows,
others were still empty frames, and then all windows had miniatures. What is
happening? All I did was writing description of this bug and trying to switch
windows. Maybe the bug is that there is a problem with updating the miniatures,
and it lasts many minutes (up to 10 minutes) till they show up? I've seen this
kind of delay or odd, accidental behavior with other kwin effects. For example,
appmenu was once visible for some apps, for others not, then they switched, the
ones that had working appmenu weren't visible and the ones without appmenu had
appmenu, then after reboot all apps have appmenu.
Maybe it's not about the lack of miniatures, but some cache of new effects? The
new Plasma 5.24 feels buggy and unpredictable. I'm not really sure what is
happening and what is the real nature of the bug. Additionally, some overlay
windows of some browser plugins have issue to disappear properly. As if this
was a driver issue. Maybe a Nvidia bug with new kwin? This wasn't happening
before the update, thou. As if with time all was coming back to normal but for
the first hour, various effects were not properly showing up.
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