[plasmashell] [Bug 499637] Lockscreen sometimes prompts for password immediately after locking, and sometimes doesn't

[fhortner]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499637

--- Comment #9 from fhortner <fhortner at yahoo.de> ---
(In reply to Marc Payne from comment #8)
> I've been seeing this 'immediate password prompt' issue on several systems,
> all running Arch. I've compared package versions between affected and
> not-affected systems and have concluded that it is the update of Qt 6.8.1 ->
> 6.8.2 causing this.

That would fit with what I experienced, since I have the issue since the
upgrade of Qt to 6.8.2

> I added some additional logging output to LockScreenUi.qml
> (/usr/share/plasma/shells/org.kde.plasma.desktop/contents/lockscreen/) and
> it seems that Item::MouseArea::onPositionChanged is being called immediately
> even when the system is idle (no mouse movement), setting uiVisible = true.
> A quick search of the Qt 6.8.2 release notes finds QTBUG-127122 - this is an
> intentional change emitting the positionChanged event in response to a
> QEvent::HoverEnter event. No matter where the pointer is positioned, it will
> enter the newly created full-screen MouseArea when the lock screen is
> displayed and onPositionChanged will be called.

Amazing work that you could tackle it down, thank you!

Wouldn't it be an idea to file a Qt bug about this regression?

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