Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Vanishing menus in KDE core components

+1
−0

Some context menus in my KDE installation show the following problem:

When the menu is opened it shows normally.

the context menu of an audio device in KDE, showing various profiles to select from

But as soon as I move the cursor over the menu, it becomes transparent and whatever is behind it appears again, just the border stays.

the same menu, with some entries showing and some invisible

When I move the cursor over the entries in the invisible menu, they reappear.

again the same menu, now with all entries visible again

(everything except the divider line with Profile is back)

I can use the menus, it's just a nuisance I would like to get rid off.

This seems to only apply to QT components, but it doesn't behave that way in all menus.

  • context menus in Dolphin for example are fine sometimes affected
  • the output device selection is affected
  • the shutdown menu in the application starter menu is affected
  • non QT components are fine

Installed versions:

  • Debian 12.8 (bookworm)
  • KDE Plasma version: 5.27.5
  • KDE-Frameworks version: 5.103.0
  • QT version: 5.15.8
  • Kernel version: 6.11.5
  • Graphics adapter: Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • Graphics platform: Wayland

I'd prefer to use the packages shipped by the OS instead of installing another KDE version via third party repositories or even compile it myself. Maybe someone ran into this issue as well and found a way to fix it.

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

1 comment thread

Seems to be a known bug (1 comment)

1 answer

+0
−0

Turns out this is a known bug in QT 5 that has been fixed in QT 6.

It only happens in the following constellation, which I hit exactly:

  • Wayland
  • Two or more screens
  • different scaling per screen

Sadly, Debian 13 will supposedly still ship with KDE Plasma 5.27, and there are no plans to backport the fix to QT 5, so I guess I'm going to be stuck with this bug for at least the next three years.

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.

0 comment threads

Sign up to answer this question »