https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454988
Bug ID: 454988
Summary: (Older?) widgets in the panel make plasmashell
misbehave
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.24.5
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Panel
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: sergio.calleg...@gmail.com
CC: niccolo.venera...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
I am trying to use the system load viewer widget
(https://store.kde.org/p/1474921). This is indicated as usable in plasma <=5.20
because it relies on ksysguard that is phased out. However, arch and manjaro
provide ksysguard with plasma 5.24.5 and the widget seems to actually work.
What is strange is that the widget causes weird issues with the rest of plasma:
- Often at startup the system does not load the background image if the widget
is on the panel. Restarting the plasmashell causes the background image to load
correctly;
- The "add widget" action stops working if the widget is in the panel. No left
area with the available widgets is shown.
All this is not nice. Either, plasmashell should refuse to install code for a
widget that is not supported or, if it allows installing a widget then it
should not misbehave in these weird ways.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add widget
2. Download and install widget "System load viewer"
3. Add widget to the bottom panel
4. log out and log in again
5. Try "add widget"... It does not work.
OBSERVED RESULT
Adding the widget to the panel causes weird and apparently unrelated faults in
plasma.
EXPECTED RESULT
Plasma should either refuse to install a widget or provide some error info if a
widget misbehaves, but should not behave itself erratically because of a widget
that may be coded according to older standards.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma:
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.94.0
Qt Version: 5.15.4
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