Hi,
I have configured the Task Manager widget in the KDE panel to show only apps for the current desktop, but I've noticed that a flashing tile for an app from another desktop will appear if KDE detects that that app has performed some action such as a screen update. I suppose this can be a useful feature, but in the case of GNU Emacs it's a bit annoying. If I use a keyboard shortcut to jump to a desktop with a GNU Emacs window, it's 100% certain that I'll see a flashing tile for that window if I land in a different desktop. In other words, I don't even need to _do_ anything in Emacs to cause the flashing tile to appear--I just need to visit its desktop via a keystroke. If I want to leave the Emacs desktop without triggering the flashing tile, I have to use the mouse to select a different desktop from the Virtual Desktops widget.
Note that this behavior began when I upgraded to KDE 4.4.x. I had no such problem with 4.3.x.
Two questions:
1. Is there any way to configure Task Manager to exempt selected apps from the "flashing tile" treatment? Are there any other workarounds that might cut back on this nuisance?
2. If not, any suggestions on how I ought to put together a clear upstream bug report or enhancement request?
Thanks, Dave
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 20:59 -0500, Dave Ulrick wrote:
Hi,
I have configured the Task Manager widget in the KDE panel to show only apps for the current desktop, but I've noticed that a flashing tile for an app from another desktop will appear if KDE detects that that app has performed some action such as a screen update. I suppose this can be a useful feature, but in the case of GNU Emacs it's a bit annoying. If I use a keyboard shortcut to jump to a desktop with a GNU Emacs window, it's 100% certain that I'll see a flashing tile for that window if I land in a different desktop. In other words, I don't even need to _do_ anything in Emacs to cause the flashing tile to appear--I just need to visit its desktop via a keystroke. If I want to leave the Emacs desktop without triggering the flashing tile, I have to use the mouse to select a different desktop from the Virtual Desktops widget.
Note that this behavior began when I upgraded to KDE 4.4.x. I had no such problem with 4.3.x.
Two questions:
- Is there any way to configure Task Manager to exempt selected apps
from the "flashing tile" treatment? Are there any other workarounds that might cut back on this nuisance?
- If not, any suggestions on how I ought to put together a clear
upstream bug report or enhancement request?
Thanks, Dave
I think I saw this bug / feature in all the KDE 4.x releases. No idea how to disable it.
- Gilboa
On Friday 02 July 2010 08:37:59 Gilboa Davara wrote:
On Thu, 2010-07-01 at 20:59 -0500, Dave Ulrick wrote:
Hi,
I have configured the Task Manager widget in the KDE panel to show only apps for the current desktop, but I've noticed that a flashing tile for an app from another desktop will appear if KDE detects that that app has performed some action such as a screen update. I suppose this can be a useful feature, but in the case of GNU Emacs it's a bit annoying. If I use a keyboard shortcut to jump to a desktop with a GNU Emacs window, it's 100% certain that I'll see a flashing tile for that window if I land in a different desktop. In other words, I don't even need to _do_ anything in Emacs to cause the flashing tile to appear--I just need to visit its desktop via a keystroke. If I want to leave the Emacs desktop without triggering the flashing tile, I have to use the mouse to select a different desktop from the Virtual Desktops widget.
Note that this behavior began when I upgraded to KDE 4.4.x. I had no such problem with 4.3.x.
Two questions:
- Is there any way to configure Task Manager to exempt selected apps
from the "flashing tile" treatment? Are there any other workarounds that might cut back on this nuisance?
- If not, any suggestions on how I ought to put together a clear
upstream bug report or enhancement request?
Thanks, Dave
I think I saw this bug / feature in all the KDE 4.x releases. No idea how to disable it.
You can control the flashing behaviour for all KDE apps, but emacs is.... well, emacs.
Anne
On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Anne Wilson wrote:
You can control the flashing behaviour for all KDE apps, but emacs is.... well, emacs.
Just now I've Force enabled the Skip Taskbar property for the Emacs KDE application behavior settings. This removes the Emacs tile from the Task Manager, thus eliminating the flashing tile.
Dave
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