Ubuntu
kdebase-workspace package

Netbook panel retains focus after app switch

Bug #541550 reported by Scott Kitterman
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Scott Kitterman
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
Lucid
Fix Released
High
Scott Kitterman
Ubuntu ubuntu-10.04-beta-2

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase-workspace

When switching applications with the netbook application switcher, focus is supposed to move to the new app and the panel is supposed to autohide. Since it doesn't, the panel remains visible until some other event causes focus to switch as so the U/I appears very inconsistent. This is a significant usability issue with Plasma Netbook.

Upstream committed revision 1077918 to backport the fix for this to the 4.4 branch. If this doesn't fix it, we probably need to consider turning off the autohide by default.

Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → ubuntu-10.04-beta-2
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

I've validated that the change in 1077918 resolves this problem with KDE 4.4. After the beta freeze is over, I'll upload the fix.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kdebase-workspace - 4:4.4.1-0ubuntu6

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kdebase-workspace (4:4.4.1-0ubuntu6) lucid; urgency=low

  [ Scott Kitterman ]
  * Add debian/patches/kubuntu_108_netbook_app_focus.diff so after an
    application switch on netbook, the application gets focus and the panel
    correctly autohides (LP: #541550)
    - Already backported upstream for 4.4.2, so this patch can be dropped when
      the next new upstream is packaged
  * Split libplasmagenericshell out from kdebase-workspace-bin (should have
    been split out from the beginning)
    - Aligns to Debian (doing it now avoids the need for two years of
      conflicts/replaces)
    - Drop libplasmagenericshell symlink for kdebase-workspace-dev and drop
      kdebase-workspace-bin from kdebase-workspace-dev depends

  [ Jonathan Thomas ]
  * Add kubuntu_109_ksplash_netbook.diff to prevent kplash from going away
    before plasma-netbook's done loading (LP: #539627)
 -- Scott Kitterman <email address hidden> Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:04:57 -0400

Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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