Annoying KDE feature

[Michael Butash]

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 at 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 at 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
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
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