Intermittent Steam Tray Menu Popup without User Input

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6423 · opened 2019-07-31 by Myrddin-Wyllt · updated 2022-01-14 · 2 comments · github

MMyrddin-Wyllt 2019-07-31 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): Aug 6 2019
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

I'm uncertain whether this issue lies with KDE's kwin or Steam's tray icon, but about 3-5 times a day; the Steam Desktop client will become unresponsive for a moment before the Tray menu pops up without being clicked. It happens when switching windows on the taskbar. I suspect the issue is related to compositing, but I can't be sure. I do have some compositing blocks set up through kwin for certain Steam windows so that the right-click isn't invisible (separate issue), so this could be related. While I was reporting this issue it happened ~3 times where clicking on the taskbar is stolen by the Steam Tray icon.

My ~/.config/kwinrulesrc file contents:

[1]
Description=Steam Keyboard
above=true
aboverule=3
acceptfocus=false
acceptfocusrule=2
clientmachine=localhost
clientmachinematch=0
fsplevel=4
fsplevelrule=2
noborder=true
noborderrule=3
skippager=true
skippagerrule=3
skipswitcher=true
skipswitcherrule=3
skiptaskbar=true
skiptaskbarrule=3
title=Steam Keyboard
titlematch=1
wmclass=steam
wmclasscomplete=false
wmclassmatch=1
[2]

Description=Steam Properties

blockcompositing=true

blockcompositingrule=2

clientmachine=localhost

clientmachinematch=0

title=Properties

titlematch=2

types=1

wmclass=steam

wmclasscomplete=false

wmclassmatch=1
[3]

Description=Steam Information

blockcompositing=true

blockcompositingrule=2

clientmachine=localhost

clientmachinematch=0

title=Information

titlematch=2

wmclass=steam

wmclasscomplete=false

wmclassmatch=1
[4]

Description=Steam Settings

blockcompositing=true

blockcompositingrule=2

clientmachine=localhost

clientmachinematch=0

title=Settings

titlematch=1

wmclass=steam

wmclasscomplete=false

wmclassmatch=1
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Someone using Gnome, Xfce, LXQt, MATE, Cinnamon, et al. could help by corroborating this is indeed a Steam Tray issue.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

Use KDE with window rules as above? (unsure whether this is necessary to reproduce)
Open many sub-windows & configuration windows within Steam
Switch between them and other system applications using the taskbar
Occasionally, the Tray menu will popup stealing focus

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-12-10 github

Hello @Myrddin-Wyllt, are you still experiencing this issue on an up to date system?

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2022-01-14 github

Closing pending feedback.

Nothing extracted yet.