[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2022-06-28 Thread postix
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2022-05-05 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Nate Graham  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

   Version Fixed In|5.23|5.25
  Latest Commit|https://invent.kde.org/plas |https://invent.kde.org/plas
   |ma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48 |ma/kwin/-/commit/376ee357db
   |e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1f |c50fec3b6e71c40938171ddb2e7
   |d   |26a

--- Comment #97 from Nate Graham  ---
It turns out the Overview effect won't replace Present Windows after all.
Instead, Present Windows has been rewritten to use the same modern,
maintainable backend technology found in the Overview effect.

One advantage of this is that the bug here gets fixed automatically. No more
darkening for unselected windows! It's been done by Marco Martin with
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/376ee357dbc50fec3b6e71c40938171ddb2e726a!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2022-02-08 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #96 from Leonardo  ---
Well, the bug can be closed 10 years after. A long journey!
KDE 5.24 has released the overview functionality.

In my opinion the thumbnails are a little small.
And there is no option to hide krunner or the virtual desktops.

But it works pretty well.

Thanks

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-14 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #95 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> Plot twist: Plasma 5.23 is apparently a "prestige" anniversary release and 
> they
> are going to chisel and polish it for further MONTHS before this fix is
> available to end users.
Well, actually that turns out to be wrong. It got released today (that is, in
KDE Neon).

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-13 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #94 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
No, actually the problem is that the issue is 9 years old, the decision to
implement the dimming was undisputedly and objectively wrong, and people
responsible for it not being correctly fixed on DAY ONE have actively,
maliciously harmed KDE and should be fired.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-13 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #93 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> What do you mean? Nate said the effect is being shipped with Plasma 5.23 
> though 
> it "may" (which I guess is now "will") not replace it until later. Is this 
> wrong?
The problem we're talking about is that it will take even longer for this
usability issue to be fixed, due to Plasma 5.23 getting additional months of
polishing and QA.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-13 Thread Michael D
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #92 from Michael D  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #90)
> Plot twist: Plasma 5.23 is apparently a "prestige" anniversary release and
> they are going to chisel and polish it for further MONTHS before this fix is
> available to end users.

What do you mean? Nate said the effect is being shipped with Plasma 5.23 though
it "may" (which I guess is now "will") not replace it until later. Is this
wrong?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-13 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #91 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> Plot twist: Plasma 5.23 is apparently a "prestige" anniversary release and 
> they 
> are going to chisel and polish it for further MONTHS before this fix is 
> available to end users.
Yeah, if developers had acknowledged what an annoyance this dimming is, they
could just have commented out the problematic line and release an updated
package nine years ago, or they could have merged PR 885 five months ago...
It appears that fixing usability issues is just regarded as an unimportant
side-effect of the Present Windows replacement; primarily it's just the move to
a different underlying technology.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-10-12 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #90 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
Plot twist: Plasma 5.23 is apparently a "prestige" anniversary release and they
are going to chisel and polish it for further MONTHS before this fix is
available to end users.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-20 Thread hvm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-20 Thread hvm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #89 from hvm  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #82)
> > Therefore you just need to stop posting comments. There is nothing to be
> > gained by more comments, really. Just stop posting comments. The change is
> > in progress, just be patient and stop posting comments. Did I mention to
> > stop posting more comments? Really. Be patient for another few weeks. It's
> > not that hard. C'mon guys. You can do it. I have faith in you.
> 
> To mock is the job of a clown.

Yep, I wanted to say something similar :D

And yes, it's great that it got fixed but it could have been done without power
trips and mocking.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #88 from Nate Graham  ---
(In reply to Manuel Geißer from comment #86)
> Wow, thanks!
> When approximately will the QML present windows land in Neon User, and how
> does one activate it?
The new effect will be shipped in Plasma 5.23. It will be called "Overview".
Currently its keyboard shortcut is Meta+Ctrl+D.

Currently it is shipped alongside the existing Present Windows effect and
disabled by default while we sort out a few remaining issues to bring it up to
feature parity. If we manage to make it in time, the existing effect will be
replaced completely by the new one, with the same keyboard shortcut and
everything. If not, then this will probably happen in Plasma 5.24 while we
refine it over the next 3 or 4 months.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #87 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #84)
> The new QML-based Present Windows effect has been merged for Plasma 5.23,
> and it does not dim the inactive/un-hovered windows. :) See
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/
> 6132329c2c48e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1fd
> 
> Good things come to those who wait. :)

Now, would be great some rude people saying thanks

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #86 from Manuel Geißer  ---
Wow, thanks!
When approximately will the QML present windows land in Neon User, and how does
one activate it?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Michael D
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #85 from Michael D  ---
hallelujah!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Nate Graham  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

  Component|effects-window-management   |effects-present-windows

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Nate Graham  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

   Version Fixed In|https://invent.kde.org/plas |5.23
   |ma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48 |
   |e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1f |
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Nate Graham  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

  Latest Commit||https://invent.kde.org/plas
   ||ma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48
   ||e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1f
   ||d
 Resolution|NOT A BUG   |FIXED
   Version Fixed In||https://invent.kde.org/plas
   ||ma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48
   ||e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1f
   ||d

--- Comment #84 from Nate Graham  ---
The new QML-based Present Windows effect has been merged for Plasma 5.23, and
it does not dim the inactive/un-hovered windows. :) See
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1fd

Good things come to those who wait. :)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-18 Thread Vlad Zahorodnii
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #83 from Vlad Zahorodnii  ---
Git commit 6132329c2c48e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1fd by Vlad Zahorodnii.
Committed on 19/08/2021 at 06:30.
Pushed by vladz into branch 'master'.

Add Overview effect

This effect is meant to be as a replacement for the present windows and
the desktop grid effect. It is written using QML.

So far, this effect implements only the basic features of the present
windows effect. Desktop management features will be added later.
Related: bug 295775

M  +5-0autotests/test_builtin_effectloader.cpp
M  +4-0src/effects/CMakeLists.txt
M  +17   -0src/effects/effect_builtins.cpp
M  +1-0src/effects/effect_builtins.h
A  +7-0src/effects/overview/CMakeLists.txt
A  +794  -0src/effects/overview/expolayout.cpp [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +142  -0src/effects/overview/expolayout.h [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +20   -0src/effects/overview/kcm/CMakeLists.txt
A  +79   -0src/effects/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.cpp [License:
GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +12   -0src/effects/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.desktop
A  +32   -0src/effects/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.h [License:
GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +70   -0src/effects/overview/kcm/overvieweffectkcm.ui
A  +20   -0src/effects/overview/overviewconfig.kcfg
A  +9-0src/effects/overview/overviewconfig.kcfgc
A  +326  -0src/effects/overview/overvieweffect.cpp [License:
GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +94   -0src/effects/overview/overvieweffect.h [License: GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +110  -0src/effects/overview/qml/ScreenView.qml [License:
GPL(v2.0+)]
A  +339  -0src/effects/overview/qml/WindowHeap.qml [License:
GPL(v2.0+)]
M  +5-0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/kwinscreenedgesettings.kcfg
M  +5-0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/kwintouchscreensettings.kcfg
M  +16   -0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.cpp
M  +1-0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/main.h
M  +16   -0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/touch.cpp
M  +1-0src/kcmkwin/kwinscreenedges/touch.h

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/commit/6132329c2c48e22d48a37e7ec40028f6faefa1fd

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-18 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #82 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
> Therefore you just need to stop posting comments. There is nothing to be
> gained by more comments, really. Just stop posting comments. The change is
> in progress, just be patient and stop posting comments. Did I mention to
> stop posting more comments? Really. Be patient for another few weeks. It's
> not that hard. C'mon guys. You can do it. I have faith in you.

To mock is the job of a clown.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-18 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #81 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
> There is absolutely nothing constructive or helpful in this bug report.

This is a lie.

> Closing.

Retaliatory closing is a whole new low.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #80 from Nate Graham  ---
David is simply frustrated that nobody will just shut up and let us do our work
in peace. All the inflammatory comments people post here end up in our inboxes
and depress us. ...Pointlessly so, because the QML replacement that implements
the proposed change is in progress and close to completion, which is what you
all want! When the change is merged, this bug report will be marked as fixed.

Therefore you just need to stop posting comments. There is nothing to be gained
by more comments, really. Just stop posting comments. The change is in
progress, just be patient and stop posting comments. Did I mention to stop
posting more comments? Really. Be patient for another few weeks. It's not that
hard. C'mon guys. You can do it. I have faith in you.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #79 from Manuel Geißer  ---
Once the new QML Present Windows without dimming effect is merged, I would be
fine with closing the report, but as long as this is not the case, it should be
kept open.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #78 from Manuel Geißer  ---
* Developer's -> Developers'

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #77 from Manuel Geißer  ---
In any case, closing this report and claming it were not a bug is wrong.
You need to acknowledge that too strongly dimmed windows clearly are a
usability issue, there can be no doubt whatsoever. Since this issue is not
fixed, you may not close the bug report.
@NateGraham, or any other unbiased KDE developer: Please reopen. Keeping this
bug open can only be in your own interest to avoid further duplicates (no one
searches the closed issues).

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #76 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> There is absolutely nothing constructive or helpful in this bug report. 
> Closing.
No. This is completely wrong (and quite instuling towards the reporters). There
have been lots of constructive, reasoned and elaborate comments. I would like
to list some of them:

> I feel that enlarging the thumbnail under the mouse is a sufficient 
> indication 
> of focus, and there is one big argument against graying out: it reduces 
> thumbnails' visual similarity to the windows they represent. I think this 
> defeats the purpose of Present Windows, which is to let the user quickly
> visually locate the desired window *by what it looks like*.

> When the thumbnails are grayed out, the user's brain must perform additional 
> processing to ungray them for comparing with the image of the desired window 
> held in memory.

> It harms the ability to locate the desired window visually

> Dimming as a GUI idiom should be applied to things that are irrelevant to the 
> task being currently performed by the user. When the user is being tasked 
> with 
> examining multiple items and choosing one of them, then ALL the items are 
> relevant, and dimming must not be applied.

> you DON'T dim things that are SPECIFICALLY RELEVANT to user's current 
> activity, you dim ALL THE OTHER THINGS

> Highlighting is of rather minor importance. It is already pretty clear which 
> window is in focus by the change in size and the mouse cursor.
> The darkening, however, is a considerable annoyance to many users

> The issue of darkened windows being too hard to distinguish is way more 
> problematic than the highlighting issue; you really cannot set both on the 
> same level. User resonance [8 duplicates] on this bug should have made it 
> pretty clear after all.

> The darkening presents a major usability issue while the lack of highlight on 
> hover is pretty minor.

> Enlarging the window like it's currently done is super enough. I mean it's 
> animation. It MOVES. Its BREATHES IN in frantic anticipation of being 
> selected.

--

> I'm sure you're annoyed by this but being disrespectful towards developers is 
> not very nice (or clever).
This is not the full reality. Developer's behaviour towards users has not been
very respectful, either. Sometimes I have the impression that you don't
actually read or don't think about what we are writing - we are merely ignored
or silenced.

> > **But please, please, please do NOT get the terrible idea of adding a 
> > dimming effect to the new QML Present Windows.**
> Noted.
Thanks.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

David Edmundson  changed:

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 Status|RESOLVED|CLOSED

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-06 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

David Edmundson  changed:

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 Resolution|--- |NOT A BUG
 Status|CONFIRMED   |RESOLVED

--- Comment #75 from David Edmundson  ---
There is absolutely nothing constructive or helpful in this bug report.
Closing.

>**But please, please, please do NOT get the terrible idea of adding a dimming 
>effect to the new QML Present Windows.**

Noted.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-05 Thread Felipe Kinoshita
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Felipe Kinoshita  changed:

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 CC||kinof...@gmail.com

--- Comment #74 from Felipe Kinoshita  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #72)
> (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #69)
> > Heh, as it turns out, a QML-based replacement is actually in active
> > development over here:
> > https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1177.
> 
> How long between "initial bits of QML-based present windows effect" and
> "final bits that will allow it to be merged"? My prediction: INFINITY. This
> project will be abandoned before the next fashionable technology of the day
> arrives to supplant QML, at which point it will be restarted with the new
> technology, and this will continue long after we all return to the
> ecosystem. 
> 
> COMMENT OUT THE OFFENDING LINE OF C++ CODE THAT DIMS THE WINDOWS. OR SET THE
> END VALUE OF THE OPACITY ANIMATION OF THE DIMMING OVERLAY TO 0 JUST LIKE THE
> START VALUE. OR WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED AND
> WHICH NECESSARY CHANGE WILL BE TRULY MINIMAL. JUST STOP DIMMING THOSE
> WINDOWS. STOP. DO STRICTLY LESS THAT YOU CURRENTLY DO. DON'T START NEW A NEW
> PROJECT FOR THIS. DON'T DO ANYTHING NEW. JUST STOP DOING SOMETHING OLD AND
> TIRED AND UNIVERSALLY VISCERALLY HATED. JUST STOP.

With this MR the windows aren't dimmed though, you can check this here:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1177#note_279987

I'm sure you're annoyed by this but being disrespectful towards developers is
not very nice (or clever).

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-05 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #73 from Manuel Geißer  ---
I agree that dimming should be disabled (or at least there should be an option
added to do so) in the classical Present Windows, as it will yet take time
until the new QML replacement is ready for use. It would be a pity to leave
Present Windows in the unusable state it is in right now. I would (again) vote
for rolling back to Commit ff3cb599 and merging in PR 885.
However, the videos shared by Vlad Zahorodnii look really promising, and the
code of the old Present Windows seems somewhat messed up, so in general I think
this is the right path forward. **But please, please, please do NOT get the
terrible idea of adding a dimming effect to the new QML Present Windows.**

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-08-04 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #72 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #69)
> Heh, as it turns out, a QML-based replacement is actually in active
> development over here:
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1177.

How long between "initial bits of QML-based present windows effect" and "final
bits that will allow it to be merged"? My prediction: INFINITY. This project
will be abandoned before the next fashionable technology of the day arrives to
supplant QML, at which point it will be restarted with the new technology, and
this will continue long after we all return to the ecosystem. 

COMMENT OUT THE OFFENDING LINE OF C++ CODE THAT DIMS THE WINDOWS. OR SET THE
END VALUE OF THE OPACITY ANIMATION OF THE DIMMING OVERLAY TO 0 JUST LIKE THE
START VALUE. OR WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON HOW IT IS CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED AND
WHICH NECESSARY CHANGE WILL BE TRULY MINIMAL. JUST STOP DIMMING THOSE WINDOWS.
STOP. DO STRICTLY LESS THAT YOU CURRENTLY DO. DON'T START NEW A NEW PROJECT FOR
THIS. DON'T DO ANYTHING NEW. JUST STOP DOING SOMETHING OLD AND TIRED AND
UNIVERSALLY VISCERALLY HATED. JUST STOP.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-24 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #71 from Manuel Geißer  ---
Interesting. Thanks for sharing it.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-23 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #70 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #69)
> Heh, as it turns out, a QML-based replacement is actually in active
> development over here:
> https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1177.
> 
> So this may get fixed to *everyone's* satisfaction sooner rather than later.
> :) Let's see how that plays out. If it looks like it's getting stuck, I can
> nudge it if need be.
> 
> I know we're asked for a lot of patience, but I think the end is in sight
> soon here. :)

Thanks dude!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-23 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

Nate Graham  changed:

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   See Also||https://bugs.kde.org/show_b
   ||ug.cgi?id=295775

--- Comment #69 from Nate Graham  ---
Heh, as it turns out, a QML-based replacement is actually in active development
over here: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/1177.

So this may get fixed to *everyone's* satisfaction sooner rather than later. :)
Let's see how that plays out. If it looks like it's getting stuck, I can nudge
it if need be.

I know we're asked for a lot of patience, but I think the end is in sight soon
here. :)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-14 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #68 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #67)
> >I just don't wanna make him waste time.
> 
> Then please don't.
> 
> We have decided we want an outline or some other clear visual
> representation. There is a lot of active work going into making long term
> solutions to do things properly.

Ok, no problem. 
gonna wait

(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #67)
> >I just don't wanna make him waste time.
> 
> Then please don't.
> 
> We have decided we want an outline or some other clear visual
> representation. There is a lot of active work going into making long term
> solutions to do things properly.

Okay, no problem.
Let's wait

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-14 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

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--- Comment #67 from David Edmundson  ---
>I just don't wanna make him waste time.

Then please don't.

We have decided we want an outline or some other clear visual representation.
There is a lot of active work going into making long term solutions to do
things properly.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-14 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #66 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #59)
> (In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #56)
> Hmm, that's true. I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for bringing it up.
> Maybe it would be okay after all.

@Nate

Talking about that project:
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/885

STARTING
1 - And if it starts with all thumbnails not showing effect(not dimming) it
gets easy and very fast to find your target thumbnail. (as already happens in
the mentioned project). 
2 - And if it starts with all thubnails not showing it's names and icons.


THEN
Now if "on mouse over" the SELECTED thumbnail:
1 - Dims
2 - Shows the icon
3-  Shows the window name 
4 - Increases it's size (as already happens in the mentioned project)


I'm talking to the dev and if you say yes he will work on it.
I just don't wanna make him waste time.

Is it enought to accept the fix and the merge request?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-14 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #65 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Manuel Geißer from comment #64)
> @hvm @Leonardo
> Apparently there is a little misunderstanding...


Ok, got.

So maybe we could hope a 10 years birthday gift. I mean a fix from KDE.



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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-13 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #64 from Manuel Geißer  ---
@hvm @Leonardo
Apparently there is a little misunderstanding. I don't mean to develop/maintain
a fork of Present Windows, I just intend(ed) to compile the version without
dimming locally (from the rejected PR, which to my understanding was finished).
However, I looked into it and I think it would indeed require
compiling/installing the whole kwin, but I am reluctant to tamper with
essential system components.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-12 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #63 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Manuel Geißer from comment #58)

> Therefore, I'll look into building Present Windows myself, the version I
> like. I hope this procedure is documented and does not involve compiling the
> whole KWin.
> 
> 
> Thanks Szczepan for your continued commitment to this issue.

Please, don't forget to share.

Or why not help this project and share? (It seems to be almost done.)
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/885

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-12 Thread hvm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #62 from hvm  ---
(In reply to Manuel Geißer from comment #58)
> > If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
> > and we will get bug reports about *that*.
> It was designed to be optional. No one will bother to file a bug report.
> I wonder whether it is really the MR that was "half-baked" or rather the
> developers' decision.
> 
> I find it awkward that you [the developers] argue on an issue with 8
> duplicates and lots of comments, that you *might* *possibly* get bug reports
> when disabling dimming and making it *optional* in the settings.
> As I already suggested repeatedly, if you fear introducing new issues (which
> is an extremely unlikely scenario), then make it disabled by default.
> 
> > All the talk in the world won't change that, sorry.
> Anyway, this discussion is getting a waste of time, as you [the developers]
> (apparently) will not do anything, despite lots of good arguments and
> constructive criticism.
> Therefore, I'll look into building Present Windows myself, the version I
> like. I hope this procedure is documented and does not involve compiling the
> whole KWin.
> 
> 
> Thanks Szczepan for your continued commitment to this issue.

Can we still make our own though? If you start this project, let me know, I
would like to help.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-12 Thread Michael D
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #61 from Michael D  ---
If I can unproblematically select windows on my workspace without any hover
animation, why wouldn't I be able to do the same when present windows is
invoked? Because the windows might appear smaller? If they were button-sized,
okay, but...

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-12 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #60 from Manuel Geißer  ---
Lol, we've repeatedly mentioned this before. It's in the issue description,
second sentence:
> I feel that enlarging the thumbnail under the mouse is a sufficient 
> indication of focus
But if you're considering it now I'm certainly happy with it ;))

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-12 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-11 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #59 from Nate Graham  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #56)
> > Yes, that's the easy part, but then there's not enough of a visual highlight
> > for the hover or selected window
> 
> Enlarging the window like it's currently done is super enough. I mean it's
> animation. It MOVES. Its BREATHES IN in frantic anticipation of being
> selected.
Hmm, that's true. I hadn't thought about that. Thanks for bringing it up. Maybe
it would be okay after all.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-11 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #58 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
> and we will get bug reports about *that*.
It was designed to be optional. No one will bother to file a bug report.
I wonder whether it is really the MR that was "half-baked" or rather the
developers' decision.

I find it awkward that you [the developers] argue on an issue with 8 duplicates
and lots of comments, that you *might* *possibly* get bug reports when
disabling dimming and making it *optional* in the settings.
As I already suggested repeatedly, if you fear introducing new issues (which is
an extremely unlikely scenario), then make it disabled by default.

> All the talk in the world won't change that, sorry.
Anyway, this discussion is getting a waste of time, as you [the developers]
(apparently) will not do anything, despite lots of good arguments and
constructive criticism.
Therefore, I'll look into building Present Windows myself, the version I like.
I hope this procedure is documented and does not involve compiling the whole
KWin.


Thanks Szczepan for your continued commitment to this issue.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-10 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #57 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
> I understand that you're upset, but insulting the people with the power do do
> what you're asking may not be the most effective technique. :)

Do you really have that power though, or do you only have veto power, i.e. the
power to prevent what we're asking to from being done? Because if the latter is
the case, then maybe that power should be taken away from you.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-07-10 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #56 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
> Yes, that's the easy part, but then there's not enough of a visual highlight
> for the hover or selected window

Enlarging the window like it's currently done is super enough. I mean it's
animation. It MOVES. Its BREATHES IN in frantic anticipation of being selected.

> If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
> and we will get bug reports about *that*. :)

Then you'll revert the commit and I will apologize profusely, but I'm
99.9% sure it won't happen.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread postix
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #55 from Manuel Geißer  ---
"We know that this change *will* result in a usability issue" <-> "If something
is not a direct improvement we stick to the status quo."

Contradiction in terms?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #54 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> We know that this change *will* result in a usability issue, I know that I 
> will 
> get more feedback.
If something is a disimprovement, why not stick to the status quo?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #53 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> We made a very minor changes that were purely visuals and you opened 2 bug
> reports immediately
The sole purpose of the Present Windows effect is visuals. I opened bug reports
because I saw the appearance changes as disimprovements, and I expect I'm not
the only one. Espeically the overlays issue is not exactly minor.

> If something is not a direct improvement we stick to the status quo. 
Making the darkening optional would be a direct improvement in our opinion.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread David Edmundson
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #52 from David Edmundson  ---
>In particular, I would like to understand why you tend to stonewall our 
>reasoning so much?

We made a very minor changes that were purely visuals and you opened 2 bug
reports immediately

We know that this change *will* result in a usability issue, I know that I will
get more feedback. I do a lot of bugzilla I will have to deal with that. If
something is not a direct improvement we stick to the status quo. 

Vlad and I are also completely rewriting the tech backends on how we draw the
windows so that it will be easier to adjust new effects on top without having
to resort to trade-offs.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-20 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #51 from Manuel Geißer  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #49)
> I understand that you're upset, but insulting the people with the power do
> do what you're asking may not be the most effective technique. :)
Don't get me wrong. I don't want to insult you, and I highly appreciate your
work in general, but I disagree about Present Windows.
Indeed discussing this has been rather frustrating, since it is so obvious from
my/our perspective the darkening effect just ought to be removed, and the
developer responses so far were mostly not cogent and missed the point.
In particular, I would like to understand why you tend to stonewall our
reasoning so much? Locking a conversation shows that you are not open to
consider other views thoroughly and that you only want to enforce your own
opinion...

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #50 from Leonardo  ---
I think insults are not the best way.

But clearly after this
"https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/885"; we will not have our
"dream feature" and there are forces acting against.

It blows my mind just because is a hight demanded feature. 

Huge frustration here!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #49 from Nate Graham  ---
I understand that you're upset, but insulting the people with the power do do
what you're asking may not be the most effective technique. :)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #48 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> All the talk in the world won't change that, sorry.
Many good arguments supporting our point of view have been presented.
What's the point at continuing to ignore them? This would only demonstarte bias
and incompetence.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #47 from Manuel Geißer  ---
(In reply to Michael D from comment #46)

Yep, I concur.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Michael D
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #46 from Michael D  ---
If there is no foreseeable highlight merge request, does it make sense to wait
for one? The darkening presents a major usability issue while the lack of
highlight on hover is pretty minor. Merging half-baked work would constitute a
significant improvement in this case, if you ask me.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #45 from Manuel Geißer  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #44)
> The merge request will be merged once there is a highlight effect to replace
> the darkening effect. If we don't do that, we're just replacing one issue
> with another.
Well, it is a matter of which issue you prioritise.
Highlighting is of rather minor importance. It is already pretty clear which
window is in focus by the change in size and the mouse cursor.
The darkening, however, is a considerable annoyance to many users, for reasons
outlined by Szczepan Hołyszewski and others in great detail.

The issue of darkened windows being too hard to distinguish is way more
problematic than the highlighting issue; you really cannot set both on the same
level. User resonance on this bug should have made it pretty clear after all.

> All the talk in the world won't change that, sorry. We don't merge half-baked 
> work on purpose.
Please, rethink this statement. Please see the view that the half-baked work is
the darkening effect itself, not its removal.

I would like to repeat the following:
> I see you don't want to have it enabled by default, but what about merging it 
> as optional and deactivated by default as a compromise?
This way, users could decide on their own what they prioritise. We do not want
to wait for another year unitl someone manages to implement the outline.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #44 from Nate Graham  ---
The merge request will be merged once there is a highlight effect to replace
the darkening effect. If we don't do that, we're just replacing one issue with
another.

All the talk in the world won't change that, sorry. We don't merge half-baked
work on purpose.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #43 from Manuel Geißer  ---
I honestly don't get it: Since 9 years (!) users are arguing in a very clear
and understandable way that darkening the windows is not a good idea. Someone
sends a merge request to fix it. And what happens? - Nothing. That one
developer who (for whatever reason) insists on dimming windows, despite the
complaints, blocks the MR and locks conversation. Rather impolite, isn't it? I
thinḱ kde should rearrange who has moderating rights...

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #42 from Manuel Geißer  ---
:/

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-19 Thread Manuel Geißer
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

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--- Comment #41 from Manuel Geißer  ---
> "David Edmundson @davidedmundson locked this merge request 3 minutes ago"
Just locking a merge request to fix this issue and silencing users is also a
way of handling bugs (see
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/885)...

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-14 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #40 from Nate Graham  ---
I'd find it reasonable, yeah. However I have no time to work on this and I'm
also not a KWin maintainer.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread hvm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #39 from hvm  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #36)
> (In reply to hvm from comment #35)
> > Is it difficult to reduce the dimming effect? Right now it seems to cut a
> > lot, what if you set it to 20% or so?
> That's easy, but it too doesn't really solve the problem--just reduces its
> magnitude, in proportion to the amount by which it reduces the clarity of
> which window is hovered/selected.
> 
> > Or how about disabling this based on a setting in the Preview Windows panel?
> That's possible.
> 
> However I will mention that KWin's effects are currently being rewritten to
> be able to use interactive 1:1 touchpad gestures, and once the Present
> Windows effect gets this treatment, the UI will be utterly trivial to change
> and we can finally add a damn glow or whatever instead of dimming other
> windows. :)

OK. Well, I understand why you'd wanna focus on the better solution if you
already have it planned. Still, if that will come in, say, 1 year, wouldn't it
make sense to add an option for the 'hack' in the meantime?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #38 from Nate Graham  ---
Sure, I can reach out again. I'd love to have Parachute as essentially a
future-proof, one-stop-shop replacement for the Present Windows and Desktop
Grid effects.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Leonardo
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #37 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #34)
> (In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #31)
> > We literally want the code to STOP doing something that it currently
> > ACTIVELY DOES. It is an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence
> > to say that STOPPING doing something is any more complicated than, well,
> > stopping.
> Yes, that's the easy part, but then there's not enough of a visual highlight
> for the hover or selected window, and implementing that proves to be
> challenging. If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
> and we will get bug reports about *that*. :)
> 
> 
> (In reply to Leonardo from comment #33)
> >  Nate, how about give support to Parachute project? It is an excellent
> > project that fills the gap. Maybe put in KDE incubator. Is stable but there
> > are few bugs and could be a KDE project. The project owner agree about
> > incubator. I could put him in touch.
> I reached out to the author last year and he said he didn't consider the
> code to be in a good enough state to upstream.

e told me about your interest. 
Now the software is more mature and stable. 

He changed his mind and is read for your idea. 
We tried with the brazilian KDE community but they are too resistant to new
suggestions.

Could you try again? 
Or if you prefer, he could reach you.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #36 from Nate Graham  ---
(In reply to hvm from comment #35)
> Is it difficult to reduce the dimming effect? Right now it seems to cut a
> lot, what if you set it to 20% or so?
That's easy, but it too doesn't really solve the problem--just reduces its
magnitude, in proportion to the amount by which it reduces the clarity of which
window is hovered/selected.

> Or how about disabling this based on a setting in the Preview Windows panel?
That's possible.

However I will mention that KWin's effects are currently being rewritten to be
able to use interactive 1:1 touchpad gestures, and once the Present Windows
effect gets this treatment, the UI will be utterly trivial to change and we can
finally add a damn glow or whatever instead of dimming other windows. :)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread hvm
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #35 from hvm  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #34)
> (In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #31)
> > We literally want the code to STOP doing something that it currently
> > ACTIVELY DOES. It is an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence
> > to say that STOPPING doing something is any more complicated than, well,
> > stopping.
> Yes, that's the easy part, but then there's not enough of a visual highlight
> for the hover or selected window, and implementing that proves to be
> challenging. If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
> and we will get bug reports about *that*. :)
> 

Is it difficult to reduce the dimming effect? Right now it seems to cut a lot,
what if you set it to 20% or so?

Or how about disabling this based on a setting in the Preview Windows panel?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Nate Graham
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #34 from Nate Graham  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #31)
> We literally want the code to STOP doing something that it currently
> ACTIVELY DOES. It is an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence
> to say that STOPPING doing something is any more complicated than, well,
> stopping.
Yes, that's the easy part, but then there's not enough of a visual highlight
for the hover or selected window, and implementing that proves to be
challenging. If we don't implement that, then the work is only half-finished
and we will get bug reports about *that*. :)


(In reply to Leonardo from comment #33)
>  Nate, how about give support to Parachute project? It is an excellent
> project that fills the gap. Maybe put in KDE incubator. Is stable but there
> are few bugs and could be a KDE project. The project owner agree about
> incubator. I could put him in touch.
I reached out to the author last year and he said he didn't consider the code
to be in a good enough state to upstream.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Ken Mankoff
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Leonardo
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--- Comment #33 from Leonardo  ---
Yes, Just comment the code.


 Nate, how about give support to Parachute project? It is an excellent project
that fills the gap. Maybe put in KDE incubator. Is stable but there are few
bugs and could be a KDE project. The project owner agree about incubator. I
could put him in touch.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread hvm
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--- Comment #32 from hvm  ---
Agree. Comment out the offending code. Not having an effect to show the active
window is not an issue since, as it is now, this feature is unusable.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-06-11 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
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--- Comment #31 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
> There is every intention to change this, but it's simply not so simple.

We literally want the code to STOP doing something that it currently ACTIVELY
DOES. It is an extraordinary claim requiring extraordinary evidence to say that
STOPPING doing something is any more complicated than, well, stopping.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-03-10 Thread Leonardo
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--- Comment #30 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Szczepan Hołyszewski from comment #29)

You are a warrior! Almost ten years fighting for what you want.
Szczepan Hołyszewski 2012-07-12 20:55:01 UTC

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-03-10 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
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--- Comment #29 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
There is no such thing as "great workaround". A workaround is at best passable,
by definition.

Please don't detract from the severity of this issue by suggesting workarounds.
This issue **ABSOLUTELY MUST** be fixed "in core".

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-02-26 Thread Leonardo
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--- Comment #28 from Leonardo  ---
Great workaround.
Problem solved!

Just try this:
https://store.kde.org/p/1370195/

More details here:
https://github.com/tcorreabr/Parachute

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-02-03 Thread Leonardo
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--- Comment #27 from Leonardo  ---
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #26)
> There is every intention to change this, but it's simply not so simple due
> to the very old fashioned code involved. Someone submitted a merge request
> about a year ago, but abandoned it after being unable to address issues
> found during testing. If this were an easy thing to do, it would have
> already been done. Your patience is appreciated. :)

Yes Nate we understand. Sometimes the things is harder than it look.
But I have found a bug that eventually/maybe can help. "A good bug"
When we have only one workspace the thumbnails dont dim. Of course i don't know
if it is enough.

So works perfectly with only one workspace.
Easy to use.

We appreciate the KDE team effort

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-02-02 Thread David Edmundson
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-02-02 Thread Nate Graham
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--- Comment #26 from Nate Graham  ---
There is every intention to change this, but it's simply not so simple due to
the very old fashioned code involved. Someone submitted a merge request about a
year ago, but abandoned it after being unable to address issues found during
testing. If this were an easy thing to do, it would have already been done.
Your patience is appreciated. :)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-02-02 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
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--- Comment #25 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
At this point I think the devs are just trolling us. They read this comment
thread and have a laugh.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-15 Thread Jakob Gahde
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Leonardo
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--- Comment #24 from Leonardo  ---
Is there a workaround?
Looks like it is too easy to fix.

I'm not a C++ developer so i can't fix it as shown here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEHC43zMIMc

Could someone attach some script or Solution here?

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Murat Çileli
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread hvm
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--- Comment #23 from hvm  ---
Haha, good point. Well I guess the fate of my bloodline is in the developers'
hands.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Michael D
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--- Comment #22 from Michael D  ---
If we've failed as a species, you shouldn't be having kids! So wait to have
them until this bug gets fixed...I hope it does!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Murat Çileli
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--- Comment #21 from Murat Çileli  ---
Make other windows solid black and scale active window %900. Just a usual KDE
UI/UX design idea. What a waste of time. Glad to switched to GNOME years ago.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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--- Comment #20 from Nate Graham  ---
Counterpoint: if our children's worst problem is inactive windows in KWin's
Present Windows effect being dimmed, we're doing pretty well as a species. :)

Yes, hopefully 2021 will be the year!

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread hvm
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--- Comment #19 from hvm  ---
So will 2021 be the year when this insanely stupid bug gets fixed? When I first
looked up this problem I was just starting university and now I'm at a phase
where I might have kids. If my kids have to search for "kde present windows
disable dimming", I honestly think it means we've failed as a species.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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--- Comment #18 from Nate Graham  ---
(I mean, a bigger enlargement effect, since the current one already enlarges
the selected window slightly)

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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--- Comment #17 from Nate Graham  ---
Tone of dupes over many years; raising priority.

Clearly we need a balance between the request here and the change made in Bug
175521. Perhaps the active window could be slightly enlarged with a large and
obvious glow effect, rather than darkening every other window.

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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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2021-01-08 Thread Nate Graham
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[kwin] [Bug 303438] Don't dim the other windows in Present Windows

2020-10-19 Thread Szczepan Hołyszewski
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303438

--- Comment #9 from Szczepan Hołyszewski  ---
To whoever implemented this originally and still holds the implementation
hostage: you were wrong to implement it in the first place, you shouldn't have
done that, this misfeature is exactly 0% useful and exactly 100% harmful, it
goes completely against the established UI semantic of dimming (you DON'T dim
things that are SPECIFICALLY RELEVANT to user's current activity, you dim ALL
THE OTHER THINGS), and it has no redeeming qualities. Those who want it to stay
are objectively wrong. Those who want it gone are objectively right. This is
not a matter of opinion. Do the right thing. REMOVE IT.

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