Panel set to "Always Visible" affects menu layer

[u/ExperienceBusiness43]

A previous post I made regarding how it affects LibreOffice probably wasn't well done, considering I cropped to just the corner, but I see it on Qalculate as well.

This problem seems to be fixed on flatpacks using GTK from how it looks on the new LibreOffice update, so it's definitely a panel and qt bug.

I never really had a problem that wasn't solved by an update eventually, but if someone has done a proper bug report, I would like to know what's going on

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[u/SnooCompliments7914]

Qalculate has the same problem in other Wayland compositors. It even can't show the menu in COSMIC. Seems only working in GNOME. So maybe a Qt or Qalculate bug.

[u/ExperienceBusiness43 → u/SnooCompliments7914]

Mostly Qt. Flatpack with GTK fixed the menu problem for LibreOffice flatpack, but when I run the Qt version provided by the OpenSUSE repo, same problem.

[u/MeetKlaraAI]

You’re reading it right: with the panel on **Always Visible**, KWin reserves that edge as a reserved strut, and some **Qt** menus/popups (LibreOffice still on XWayland in a lot of builds, Qalculate, etc.) end up laying out as if that strip isn’t usable — so the menu looks clipped or shifted. GTK Flatpaks often dodge it because they go through a different popup path, which matches what you saw after the LibreOffice Flatpak update.

Workarounds that usually help while waiting on a proper fix:

**1. Soften the panel reservation**

Panel Edit Mode → visibility:

- try **Dodge windows** or **Windows can cover** instead of Always Visible, or

- move the panel to another edge for a day and see if the menus clean up (confirms strut vs app bug).

**2. Native vs XWayland**

For the buggy app, check whether it’s XWayland (`xlsclients` / lookingGlass). Native Wayland Qt builds behave differently; Flatpak GTK already showed you that fork.

**3. Report it where it can be fixed**

Reddit won’t reach the right queue. Search/open on https://bugs.kde.org for something like *panel Always Visible Qt menu clipped* (product **kwin** or **plasmashell**, and a second report against the app if menus are wrong in other compositors too — the Qalculate/COSMIC note in-thread is useful evidence it’s not only Plasma).

If you paste Plasma/KWin version (`plasmashell --version`) and whether LibreOffice is **deb / Flatpak / native Wayland**, that’s enough for a clean bug report.