On Tuesday 30 March 2021, James Knott wrote:
On 2021-03-26 3:46 a.m., Michael Hamilton wrote:
I've turned off Show Previews, so I'll have to see how it goes now, but the Compositor one didn't make any difference.
To turn off the window preview tooltips, the ones that pop up when you hover over a task bar item:
1) Hover over an area of clear space in the task bar, 2) right mouse and choose Configure Task Manager, 3) select the Appearance tab, 4) uncheck Show tooltips, 5) click OK or Apply as you prefer.
Turning off tooltips worked and I'm finally rid of that nonsense. However, tuning off show previews didn't do anything. I still get all those small windows all over the desktop.
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. Michael