There’s been an ongoing issue with HTML wallpapers where mouse click events aren’t registering properly in interactive wallpapers. Well, I may have found something that could lead to a fix—or at least point us in the right direction.
I’ve posted a video and opened a bug ticket on the GitHub page for the Wallpaper Engine KDE plugin:
Mouse click is not captured on HTML wallpapers · Issue #406 · catsout/wallpaper-engine-kde-plugin · GitHub
In the video, you’ll notice that when I click on the desktop, I get the standard drag box—so the desktop registers the click—but the wallpaper itself doesn’t receive the click event. (For example, you should be able to click and drag to move the camera in some wallpapers.) Interestingly, when I click and drag in the top panel space, it works as expected. This was an accidental discovery, but as you can see from my post, I’ve been trying to figure this out for a while.
For context, I have the wallpaper plug-in set to Folder View layout. The Desktop layout doesn’t register any mouse events.
Here are a couple of wallpapers you can use to test:
- Aquarium – You should see ripples when clicking:
Steam Workshop::Aquarium - Wallpaper from the video – You should be able to drag and turn the camera:
Steam Workshop::Endless Structure
I’m not sure how to formally request a fix or suggest a modification to the KDE Plasma developers, so any guidance would be greatly appreciated.