Bug 704264

Summary:	update to KDE Plasma 5.17.4 makes left-click on desktop inoperative
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Philip Webb <purslow>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo KDE team <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal	CC:	franz.trischberger
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	UPSTREAM
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413104
Whiteboard:	tracking upstream
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Philip Webb 2019-12-30 12:17:37 UTC

Upgrading KDE Plasma to the only stable 5.17.4 leaves left-click on the desktop with no effect ; middle-click + right-click continue to work as expected.

In ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc ,
there is a line under  [ActionPlugins][0] :
  LeftButton;NoModifier=org.kde.applauncher .
This should make a left-click open the applications menu.
In fact, when the left button on the mouse is clicked, nothing happens.

When the applauncher is assigned to RightButton ,
a right-click correctly causes the menu to open.
This offers a work-around, but leaves only  2  buttons functional.

The left button on my mouse continues to work normally otherwise
& other users have reported the same problem on the users' mailing-list.

Comment 1 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2019-12-30 12:22:41 UTC

We don't change anything downstream. If this is a bug, then please submit it upstream.

Comment 2 Franz Trischberger 2020-01-02 11:18:21 UTC

Upstream report:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413104
Known issue since 5.17.0
As reported (also on the mailing list) folder view as desktop plugin works as expected.

Comment 3 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2020-01-02 12:38:47 UTC

Thanks for investigating!

Comment 4 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2020-02-09 21:32:28 UTC

We can only leave this for upstream to solve. Feel free to inform us of any fix we can backport earlier than the release it would appear in.