On Thursday 01 April 2021, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-03-29 3:26 p.m., Michael Hamilton wrote:
Without a better description I'll have to guess what you're seeing. It could be a "Present Windows" edge effect. If the "small (preview) windows pop up when your mouse is near a screen edge, then that would confirm it.
Edge effects can be disabled via Launcer -> System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Screen edges. For any active edge, right mouse on the edge and set the action to "No action".
The default KDE is rich with features, but the UI can be customised to the nth degree. Your nonsense is another persons dream feature. If you'd prefer a no frills experience, perhaps start with openbox - it doesn't get much simpler than that - much like using an X Terminal from 1990.
No Action is already set for all edges, so that's not it. I'll try to describe the issue better. When I move near the top left corner, everything that's open collapses and I see a bunch of thumbnails scattered over the display. I haven't found a way to make it happen on demand.
Your description exactly matches what would happen if the top left edge is active and set to one of the Present Windows option. If the top left edge in the settings page is not highlighted in blue, then yes No Action would be what's supposed to happen. If it is the case that no edges are set active, failing any other misunderstandings on either side, then it's possible that some config file somewhere is corrupt. In which case, you might just set the top left edge to something totally different, hopefully that might shake things up. If that works, then try setting it back to No Action. Another test of user config corruption would be to create a new user, login, confirm the top left edge behaviour, then use settings to disable the top left edge, and see if that works. If it works for the new user, then it is most likely some config error in the original users login. At which point you could investigate further or raise a bug and someone might point out which files to check. Michael