Middle Click Desktop Menu Isn't Working

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I’m going to narrow issues down to two Desktop Configuration Mouse action issues. Case 1 has a solution. Case 2 currently does not.

Case 1 - MidButton is now MiddleButton

Steps:

  1. Create a new user

  2. head -n 5 $HOME/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc

    The output is:

    ActionPlugins][0]
    MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
    RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu
    wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=org.kde.switchdesktop

    The MidButton will not work.

  3. Right click > Configure Desktop and Wallpaper > Mouse Actions

  4. Click the button with the text “MiddleButton”, and input the action for middle button (i.e., click the wheel). Apply it.

  5. Repeat Step 2. There will be a new line added.

    MiddleButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste

NOTE: The old one remains and will appear in the Mouse Actions window.

Case 2 - Mouse wheel does not work as a Mouse Action on Folder View Desktop

  1. Create a new user

  2. Right click > Configure Desktop and Wallpaper

  3. Confirm the default Wallpaper Layout is “Folder View”. The wheel works if the Layout is “Desktop”.

  4. Goto Mouse Actions and confirm “Vertical-Scroll” is “Switch Desktop”

  5. Try rolling the mouse wheel on the desktop. It does not work.

  6. Try rolling the mouse wheel on the Pager. It works.

The wheel works to switch virtual desktops on a Folder View Desktop, in a current OpenSuse Tumbleweed at the same levels of plasma, framework, qt as Manjaro.
There is a bug report, #419867.

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