feat: option to force always floating dialogs

Author: luisbocanegra

package/contents/ui/code/globals.js

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ const basePanelConfig = {
   "padding": basePadding,
   "border": baseBorder,
   "shadow": baseShadowConfig,
+  "floatingDialogs": false
 }
 
 const baseWidgetConfig = {

package/contents/ui/components/FormWidgetSettings.qml

@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ ColumnLayout {
                     checked: configLocal.blurBehind
                     onCheckedChanged: {
                         configLocal.blurBehind = checked
-                        if (checked) {
-                        }
                         updateConfig()
                     }
                     enabled: isEnabled.checked
@@ -160,6 +158,19 @@ ColumnLayout {
                     }
                 ]
             }
+            RowLayout {
+                Label {
+                    text: i18n("Force floating dialogs:")
+                }
+                CheckBox {
+                    checked: configLocal.floatingDialogs
+                    onCheckedChanged: {
+                        configLocal.floatingDialogs = checked
+                        updateConfig()
+                    }
+                    enabled: isEnabled.checked
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 

package/contents/ui/main.qml

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ PlasmoidItem {
     property string icon: Qt.resolvedUrl("../icons/" + iconName + ".svg").toString().replace("file://", "")
     property bool hideWidget: plasmoid.configuration.hideWidget
     property bool fixedSidePaddingEnabled: isEnabled && panelSettings.padding.enabled
+    property bool floatingDialogs: panelSettings.floatingDialogs
     property bool isEnabled: plasmoid.configuration.isEnabled
     property bool nativePanelBackgroundEnabled: (isEnabled ? cfg.nativePanelBackground.enabled : true) || doPanelClickFix
     property real nativePanelBackgroundOpacity: isEnabled ? cfg.nativePanelBackground.opacity : 1.0
@@ -1189,9 +1190,30 @@ PlasmoidItem {
         Utils.panelOpacity(panelElement, isEnabled, nativePanelBackgroundOpacity)
     }
 
+    onFloatingDialogsChanged: {
+        setFloatigApplets()
+    }
+
+    // inspired by https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/1912
+    function setFloatigApplets() {
+        if (floatingDialogs) {
+            containmentItem.Plasmoid.containmentDisplayHints |= PlasmaCore.Types.ContainmentPrefersFloatingApplets
+        } else {
+            containmentItem.Plasmoid.containmentDisplayHints &= ~PlasmaCore.Types.ContainmentPrefersFloatingApplets
+        }
+    }
+
+    Connections {
+        target: containmentItem.Plasmoid
+        onContainmentDisplayHintsChanged: {
+            setFloatigApplets()
+        }
+    }
+
     onContainmentItemChanged: {
         if(!containmentItem) return
         Utils.toggleTransparency(containmentItem, nativePanelBackgroundEnabled)
+        setFloatigApplets()
     }
 
     // HACK: change panelLayout spacing on startup to trigger a length reload