https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463840
Bug ID: 463840
Summary: Applications with a single window don't open (without
error message)
Classification: Plasma
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.26.4
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Task Manager and Icons-Only Task Manager
Assignee: plasma-b...@kde.org
Reporter: fw.smi...@gmail.com
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
Some applications allow only one main window. When opening them from another
virtual desktop, you get the loading animation, but it doesn't move the
application to the current desktop, nor does it switch to that virtual desktop.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Make sure to have at least 2 virtual desktops
2. On desktop 1, open Elisa
3. On desktop 2, try to open Elisa again (from the task manager or application
launcher)
OBSERVED RESULT
There is a loading animation, but nothing happens
EXPECTED RESULT
I expect one of 2 things:
(1) I switch to the virtual desktop that has this application and the
application is put on top
(2) The application moves to the current virtual desktop
I'm not quite sure which one is better, they are both not ideal. I would
probably go with (1) and add a setting for allowing a single window on
multiple virtual desktops. But implementing just option (1) would already
improve the situation.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 36
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.7
Kernel Version: 6.0.15-200.fc36.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 12 × Intel® Core™ i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz
Memory: 15,4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP ZBook Studio G5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. Applications that allow just one main window specify this in their desktop
files. There seem to be multiple names for this setting, but it's something
like:
SingleMainWindow=true
2. This can also be reproduced with just a single virual desktop, but then it's
only possible when trying to open the application from the application
launcher, which is less common. There is also the visual indication of the
application already being there in the Task manager.
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