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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-58403

wayland does not allow basic usage, or documentation is bad

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • P1: Critical
    • None
    • 5.8.0
    • QPA: Wayland
    • None
    • arch linux, which just upgraded to qt-5.8.0

    Description

      5 problems can be seen with VLC:

      • systray does not work, it stays a real window.
      • the right button menus are scattered all over the place.
      • in fullscreen, the progress bar can be moved around and remembers its position. not any more with wayland.
      • there is a DVD menu normally, which is not visible at all here.
      • preferences window is not properly refreshed any more

      the developers of VLC say QT is guilty by offering no API to make the GUI as before:
      https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/17910

      would you be able to clarify? basically the message is QT platform abstraction (QPA) is useless.

      (marking critical as i saw the detached menu placement with other applications as well, for wayland i guess it would be blocker)

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