Bug 2669

Summary:	plasma launchbutton locks plasma desktop
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Cédric Bortolussi <cedbor>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	AL13N <alien>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	alien, balcaen.john, lewyssmith, nic, rwobben
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	plasma-applet-launchbutton-0.0.4-1.mga1.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Cédric Bortolussi 2011-09-08 13:09:14 CEST

Description of problem:

When an application is launched with this applet , using "Use custom command" method, the whole plasma desktop is locked. Even the clock isn't refreshed!!!!!

when another plasmoid is clicked, nothing happens, until the first app is closed, then all the clicks/actions fire at the same time...

Solution is easy : add "&" at the end of the line.
But i think it should be the default behavior of the applet because it's very tricky, not that easy to find...and very annoying.

Steps to Reproduce:
 1. add plasma-launchbutton on kde desktop
 2. add some program command in "Use custom command" field, without "&" at the end.
 3. launch program by clicking launchbutton

Manuel Hiebel 2011-09-08 16:51:12 CEST

CC: (none) => balcaen.john, maarten.vanraes

Comment 1 AL13N 2011-09-08 21:01:33 CEST

Wow, i had no idea someone was actually using my applet :-), thanks!

I have noticed this issue, but more importantly, this also happens with the filedialog, and i think the issue lies in there... i would like someone knowing more of KDE developement to help me with this though...

I'll ask around, though this can take a while to be fixed :-S.

Comment 2 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-12 21:29:26 CET

Set version to cauldron:
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Triage_guide#Enhancement_requests

Version: 1 => Cauldron

Comment 3 AL13N 2011-11-13 00:23:56 CET

ugh, i really need to get this fixed... i'll try to find someone more knowledgable with KDE development than myself to help...

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:09:17 CEST

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 5 Cédric Bortolussi 2012-06-13 10:26:27 CEST

Still valid with Mageia 2.

Idea is cool, but needs a lot of work to gain usability (dbus,file selection, app management).

Comment 6 AL13N 2012-06-13 12:57:51 CEST

it's on my todo list.

- file selection is there.
- what do you mean by app management
- dbus is still only half working but it's not really one of my priorities

Comment 7 Cédric Bortolussi 2012-06-13 14:51:55 CEST

I meant :
 - there's no possibility to open the kde file selector. Useful to launch a script or program in ~/.
 - you can't choose an app from the kde menu, as with quicklaunch applet.
 - handy dbus selector is what i'm looking for :(

Comment 8 AL13N 2012-06-13 15:35:31 CEST

> - there's no possibility to open the kde file selector. Useful to launch a
> script or program in ~/.

you mean a file selector for scripts in the command part? hmm, i guess it could be nice to have... not that important imho.

an App selection, that might be nice, maybe i should look at how other stuff does it.

the dbus selector is partly there (although i think i disabled it, since it didn't work well yet)

but i think app would be more important than dbus selector.

Comment 9 roelof Wobben 2013-01-08 09:01:45 CET

Removed Needinfo because the requested info is given.

Roelof

CC: (none) => r.wobben
Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 10 AL13N 2013-01-08 19:57:05 CET

thus:
 - change root window so that when app is running and blocking the applet, it doesn't block plasma completely (hopefully)
 - fix dbus selector
 - look into an app selector as other apps do it.
 - possibly a browse button next to custom command
 - fix right and bottom border

Comment 11 Nic Baxter 2015-02-23 23:53:09 CET

Still valid?

CC: (none) => nic

Comment 12 AL13N 2015-02-24 19:21:26 CET

well... i kinda am hoping to reimplement this in QML for KF5 ...

Comment 13 Lewis Smith 2019-04-04 20:07:42 CEST

@AL13N
This bug is terribly old, can you say whether it still applies or can be closed OLD? I am unaware of the applet in question to try it with M6/7.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 14 sturmvogel 2022-03-16 16:17:40 CET

MGA 5 was the last release which shipped plasma-applet-launchbutton.

Closing OLD.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD