Plasma/Wayland Known Significant Issues: Difference between revisions

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* User Switching doesn't work: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439873
* User Switching doesn't work: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439873
* When the compositor crashes, all apps die too: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437709
* When the compositor crashes, all apps die too: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437709
* Windows don't get brought forward when activated by another app. The Wayland activation protocol that we proposed has been merged, and now every toolkit needs to add support for it.
** Qt: In review: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtwayland/+/321246; support will come sometime for Qt 6
** GTK: Support with GTK 4.3
** Electron: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/30912
* Very blurry fractional scaling for native Wayland windows due to using a downsampled 2x or 3x pixmap: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/issues/34
* Changes made to cursor theme/size do not take effect in Qt and XWayland software until the session is restarted (takes effect immediately in GTK software though): https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420859
* Changes made to cursor theme/size do not take effect in Qt and XWayland software until the session is restarted (takes effect immediately in GTK software though): https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420859
* Context menus mis-positioned in multi-screen setups: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-85297
* Windows that were closed when maximized will open in the maximized position, but not the maximized state: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437089
* Windows that were closed when maximized will open in the maximized position, but not the maximized state: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=437089
* No color management: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439135 / https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14
* Automatically chosen scale factor on high DPI screens does not effect until manually applied: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433460
* Automatically chosen scale factor on high DPI screens does not effect until manually applied: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433460


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== Drag and Drop issues ==
== Drag and Drop issues ==
* Can't abort drag-and-drop with the Esc key while dropped file is over Plasma panel or desktop: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405267
* Can't abort drag-and-drop with the Esc key while dropped file is over Plasma panel or desktop: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405267
== Qt/Wayland/other upstream ==
* Very blurry fractional scaling for native Wayland windows due to using a downsampled 2x or 3x pixmap: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/issues/34
* No color management: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439135 / https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/14
* KDE app windows don't get brought forward when activated by another KDE app: https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtwayland/+/321246 (in review: ; support will come sometime for Qt 6)
* KDE app windows activated by Electron apps don't get brought forward due to lack of support for the Activation protocol in the toolkit: https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/30912
* Context menus mis-positioned in multi-screen setups: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-85297
* Some context menus are misaligned in Qt apps: https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-68636

Revision as of 17:14, 20 September 2021

This page tracks the Wayland showstoppers throughout the stack. Showstoppers are major bugs, or missing features affecting the Wayland session but not the X11 session. This is part of KDE's Wayland goal.


Login/Session management

KWin/compositing/window management

Plasma

System Settings

Drag and Drop issues

Qt/Wayland/other upstream