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gi1242

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Registered: 2022-07-07

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[Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

Hi All,

I just updated to Plasma 6. I noticed that after upgrade I'm unable to walk through desktops using Meta+Tab / Meta+Shift+Tab.

It was working before. I looked at System Settings → Shortcuts → Kwin → Walk Through Desktops, and cleared the shortcut and set it to Meta+Tab. Never worked.

Most of my other keyboard shortcuts work (Meta + 1, etc)

Thanks in advance,

GI

Last edited by gi1242 (2024-03-07 21:17:21)

AlexMV12

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Registered: 2024-03-07

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Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

Hi gi1242,

I have exatly the same problem (funnily enough, I also set the same exact shortcuts as you).
However, it looks like it is something related to Plasma, not to Arch.

Indeed, on a fresh installation of KDE Neon, it looks like that options (Walk through desktops) is missing: https://imgur.com/XzXWfSZ

So, I don't think there is anything Arch can do. We can try to look on the bug tracker of KDE.

EDIT:

Ok, I found that actually the `Walk through desktops` option has been dismissed: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/me … uests/3871

Last edited by AlexMV12 (2024-03-07 16:13:30)

gi1242

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Registered: 2022-07-07

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Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

Great minds think a like! Thanks so much for pointing me to the Plasma source. I use this feature so much it completely breaks my workflow. I'll ask them (grovel on hands and knees) and hope I can get it back.

gi1242

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Registered: 2022-07-07

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Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

I found this script: https://github.com/NoahHakansson/kwin-last-used-desktop

Unfortunately I couldn't install it. I needed to create a metadata.json, which I did:

{
    "KPlugin": {
        "Name": "Last used desktop",
        "Description": "KWin script to switch to the last used desktop.",
        "Icon": "preferences-system-windows",
        
        "Authors": [
            {
                "Email": "null@null.null",
                "Name": "Noah H"
            }
        ],
        "Id": "last-used-desktop",
        "Version": "1.0",
        "License": "GPLv3",
        "Website": "https://github.com/NoahHakansson/kwin-last-used-desktop"
    },
    "X-Plasma-API": "javascript",
    "X-Plasma-MainScript": "code/main.js",
    "KPackageStructure": "KWin/Script"
}

And then install it using

kpackagetool6 --type=KWin/Script -i .

After this the shortcut "Last used desktop" shows up. However, it doesn't work -- pressing the modifier does nothing.

Any ideas?

AlexMV12

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Registered: 2024-03-07

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

https://invent.kde.org/vladz/switch-to-previous-desktop

What about this? I cannot try this now.

gi1242

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Registered: 2022-07-07

Posts: 24

Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

Yep, this works perfectly!! Thanks

How did you find it? I searched, but this never showed up.

AlexMV12

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Registered: 2024-03-07

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Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

Someone suggested it on Reddit.

I think we are okay now.

superstoned

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Posts: 268

Re: [Solved] Walk through desktops shortcut not working in Plasma 6

That's not much of a solution if you have more than 2 virtual desktops - it doesn't bring back the walk-through-desktops feature. If anyone knows of a way to do that, I'd love to find it... Virtual desktops just became unusable for me.

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