https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478676
Bug ID: 478676
Summary: Activities menu missing for ALL windows
Classification: Plasma
Product: kwin
Version: 5.27.8
Platform: Ubuntu
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: activities
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: william.full.m...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: ---
Created attachment 164268
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=164268&action=edit
More Actions with Activities menu
SUMMARY
Normally when one clicks on the "More actions" icon at the top-left of a window
the menu shows Desktops and Activities (see screenshot 1. "Activities Menu as
Expected").
Instead that menu has valished! See second screenshot (2. "Activities Menu No
Longer Exists").
That is a BIG change. Even if it is a purposed change, it is definitely not OK
without some announcement or something in my assessment. Also, it is not a bug
fix or patch it is a NEW UI feature and should have a feature version number
like 5.29.x or something. No not even a 5.28.x because it is a completly new
UI implenentation.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make sure you have the latest desktop installed (this is Kubuntu 23.10)
2. Open any window
3. Click on the "More actions" icon
3. Other menu items like Deskops are still there
OBSERVED RESULT
5. Activities menu item as shown in first screenshot is Absent!
6. There was/is no configuration or setting available to put the Activities
menu back (see "Window Decorations / Titlebar buttons" for example of where
that kind of thing might be provided for users).
7. A search so far to find out how to restore the menu has Not proven fruitful.
I'd expect something writte-up in help or a man page or something...
EXPECTED RESULT
8. Expect and want the Activities menu that was there 4 hours ago when I logged
on this morning.
9. I expect the have facility show the same window on two or more Activities
using the activity checkbox on the menu. I can not do that at the moment.
10. I expect to have some method to share a window between 2 or more Activies
on command line or with some tool or configuration or somehow. Just to
completely obliviate such an important capability is very, very dissapointing.
11. I have not found a method to make an equivalent setting or way to see the
same window on more than one activities.
12. I expect that I could still allow a window to be shown on All Activities as
a fall-back alternative to the absence of selective checkboxes. Check-boxes
are prefered, just looking for something to get my workflow back on track while
this error is sorted out.
13. Without the checkboxes for Activities at least having way to show a window
on "All Activities" I'll need some way to manually present the same consistient
view betwen different activitiestrying to manually mirror a document or window
-- Often that is not even a possibility without Activities.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
Operating System: Kubuntu 23.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.8
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.110.0
Qt Version: 5.15.10
Kernel Version: 6.5.0-14-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: llvmpipe
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: B450 AORUS PRO WIFI
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
* The activities menu was working this morning. I have not had and update
since this morning, but I did reboot.
* Using Wayland -- After this I will check to see if the problem is on X.11
too. This moring the menu was there and I was using Wayland.
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