Oh snap, that was it! Thank you Brian, really appreciate that!

I had no idea what the hell it even was or what it was intended to do.

So toggling it on and off now that I know what key sequence did it, it does go away automatically now clicking away from it, but mine would be stuck every time I did it, and just hung around like an annoying modal thing you couldn't get rid of. I also got a bar on the top to x out of it this time, that I didn't before either. Weird, but most KDE widgets tend to be weird, or just behave badly that I don't use them.

Thanks again, this was really getting on my nerves.

-mb

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 7:24 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

That looks like the activities switcher. You're probably pressing Meta+Q. It shouldn't be getting stuck on your screen though. On my system simply clicking anywhere inside the activities bar and then clicking outside of it causes it to go away. You should be able to press Meta+Q again and that should get rid of too though.

Activities are great if you need them. They allow you to have separate layouts for different work flows. I always make a presentation activity on all my laptops so that I can have a clean layout with no personal information showing as well as easy access to my presentations via a custom folder view of my presentations folder. I also add a larger clock so that I can keep track of time.

Brian Cluff

On 4/19/21 6:50 AM, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote:
Could it be the window switcher? Try the windows key. Just a guess.

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 6:18 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

Hi all, curious if anyone's seen this before, or know how to get rid of this plague.

Somehow I randomly trigger this KDE widget board "feature" on the entire left side of my primary display, shows a "Default" desktop display, but no idea what it is, or what it is supposed to do as it does nothing far as I can tell. I can't get rid of it, I can't identify it, and it stays on top of most everything, effectively removing about 20% of my desktop when I trigger it with some unknown hotkey accidentally. I don't even know what to call it to google "how to get rid of x".

It's super frustrating, this is like the 3rd time I've done it, and all I can do is restart the desktop to be rid of it.

Whoever included this as a "feature" was smoking crack at the time. See below for a screen shot.

Thanks in advance for clues!

-mb

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