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(In fact the fix for https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427542 was already backported!)
(Add https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767546 (Firefox windows activated by KDE apps don't get brought forward due to lack of support for the Activation protocol))
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== Quality-of-life issues caused by 3rd-party apps ==
== Quality-of-life issues caused by 3rd-party apps ==
* 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
* 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
* Firefox windows activated by KDE apps don't get brought forward due to lack of support for the Activation protocol: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1767546
* In native Wayland mode, Firefox has an invisible animation that forces the screen to constantly repaint, spiking kwin_wayland's CPU use: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1754810. Workaround: set 'widget.wayland.vsync.enabled' to 'false' on its about:config page
* In native Wayland mode, Firefox has an invisible animation that forces the screen to constantly repaint, spiking kwin_wayland's CPU use: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1754810. Workaround: set 'widget.wayland.vsync.enabled' to 'false' on its about:config page
* Installed Chrome apps do not show up as a unique app but instead assume the Chrome icon, in Icon-Only Task Manager: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358277
* Installed Chrome apps do not show up as a unique app but instead assume the Chrome icon, in Icon-Only Task Manager: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358277

Revision as of 18:35, 12 September 2022

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

Blocked on required upstream changes

Quality-of-life issues caused by 3rd-party apps

Fixed already in Qt 6 but not backportable or backported to Qt 5