Fix UI lag when switching virtual desktop

Fixes the UI lag caused by the floating panel animation

sonic-desktop-interface/sonic-desktop-interface-6.6.4-x11-panel-lag.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From: Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 10:47:00 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] desktoppackage: disable panel floating/opacity animations
+
+Disable the floating and opacity transitions so the panel changes state instantly and stays fluid.
+This fixes the UI lag, when switching virtual desktops.
+
+References: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484501 and https://github.com/orgs/Sonic-DE/discussions/20
+---
+ desktoppackage/contents/views/Panel.qml | 8 +++-----
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/desktoppackage/contents/views/Panel.qml b/desktoppackage/contents/views/Panel.qml
+--- a/desktoppackage/contents/views/Panel.qml
++++ b/desktoppackage/contents/views/Panel.qml
+@@ -133,19 +133,15 @@
+     }
+ 
+     // Floatingness is a value in [0, 1] that's multiplied to the floating margin; 0: not floating, 1: floating, between 0 and 1: animation between the two states
+-    readonly property int floatingnessAnimationDuration: Kirigami.Units.longDuration
++    // Disable the panel geometry animation: animated resizes of the panel
++    // window cause synchronous compositor work that stalls the desktop during
++    // virtual-desktop switches.
++    readonly property int floatingnessAnimationDuration: 0
+     property double floatingnessTarget: 0.0 // The animation is handled in panelview.cpp for efficiency
+     property double floatingness: 0.0
+ 
+     // PanelOpacity is a value in [0, 1] that's used as the opacity of the opaque elements over the transparent ones; values between 0 and 1 are used for animations
+     property double panelOpacity
+-    Behavior on panelOpacity {
+-        NumberAnimation {
+-            duration: Kirigami.Units.longDuration
+-            easing.type: Easing.OutCubic
+-        }
+-    }
+-
+     KSvg.FrameSvgItem {
+         id: translucentItem
+         visible: root.floatingness === 0 && root.panelOpacity !== 1

sonic-desktop-interface/sonic-desktop-interface.spec

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Name:    sonic-desktop-interface
 Summary: Plasma Desktop shell
 Version: 6.6.4
-Release: 11%{?dist}
+Release: 12%{?dist}
 
 License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND CC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-only AND (GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only)
 #URL:     https://invent.kde.org/plasma/%{name}
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ Source20:       breeze-fedora-0.3.tar.gz
 # Do not remove this as it breaks Fedora's QA policy
 Patch101:       hide-virtual-keyboard-indicator-on-sddm.patch
 
+# Disable panel floating/opacity animations. Animated panel resizes cause
+# synchronous compositor work that stalls the desktop when switching virtual
+# desktops, so make the panel state changes instant instead.
+Patch102:       sonic-desktop-interface-6.6.4-x11-panel-lag.patch
+
 ## upstreamable patches
 
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig(libusb)
@@ -393,6 +398,10 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/applications/kaccess.desktop
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 02 2026 Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com> - 6.6.4-12
+- Disable panel floating/opacity animations to avoid stutter when the panel
+  changes state (e.g. switching virtual desktops).
+
 * Fri Apr 10 2026 Steve Cossette <farchord@gmail.com> - 6.6.4-1
 - 6.6.4
 

sonic-workspace/sonic-workspace-6.6.4-x11-panel-lag.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From: Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:40:00 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] shell: handle zero-duration floating panel animation
+
+The QML side now disables the floating panel animation by setting
+floatingnessAnimationDuration to 0. With a zero-duration
+QPropertyAnimation the valueChanged signal may not be emitted, so update
+m_floatingness and the QML property synchronously before doing the
+geometry/mask/strut updates.
+
+References: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=484501 and https://github.com/orgs/Sonic-DE/discussions/20
+---
+ shell/panelview.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/shell/panelview.cpp b/shell/panelview.cpp
+--- a/shell/panelview.cpp
++++ b/shell/panelview.cpp
+@@ -1782,6 +1782,13 @@ void PanelView::updateFloating()
+     m_topFloatingPadding = rootObject()->property("fixedTopFloatingPadding").toInt();
+     m_bottomFloatingPadding = rootObject()->property("fixedBottomFloatingPadding").toInt();
+ 
++    const bool instantAnimation = m_floatingnessAnimation.duration() == 0;
++    if (instantAnimation) {
++        // Skip the animation; jump straight to the target value.
++        m_floatingness = m_floatingnessAnimation.endValue().toDouble();
++        rootObject()->setProperty("floatingness", m_floatingness);
++    }
++
+     positionAndResizePanel();
+     updateExclusiveZone();
+     updateShadows();
+@@ -1789,6 +1796,10 @@ void PanelView::updateFloating()
+     // positionPanel and updateMask are called by m_floatingnessAnimation
+     if (m_floatingnessAnimation.targetObject()) {
++        if (instantAnimation) {
++            updateMask();
++            return;
++        }
+         m_floatingnessAnimation.start();
+     }
+ }

sonic-workspace/sonic-workspace.spec

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Name:    sonic-workspace
 Summary: Plasma workspace, applications and applets
 Version: 6.6.4
-Release: 13%{?dist}
+Release: 14%{?dist}
 
 # Automatically converted from old format: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND CC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only) AND MIT - review is highly recommended.
 License: BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause AND CC0-1.0 AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND LGPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only) AND (LGPL-2.1-only OR LGPL-3.0-only) AND MIT
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ Patch106:       plasma-workspace-5.27.80-enable-open-terminal-action.patch
 # default to enable the lock/logout actions
 Patch107:       plasma-workspace-5.27.80-enable-lock-logout-action.patch
 
+# Handle zero-duration floating panel animation now that the QML side disables
+# the animation entirely.
+Patch108:       sonic-workspace-6.6.4-x11-panel-lag.patch
+
 # udev
 BuildRequires:  zlib-devel
 BuildRequires:  libGL-devel
@@ -690,6 +694,10 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Jul 02 2026 Anders da Silva Rytter Hansen <andersrh@users.noreply.github.com> - 6.6.4-14
+- Handle zero-duration floating panel animation so the panel can switch states
+  instantly without stutter.
+
 * Fri Apr 10 2026 Steve Cossette <farchord@gmail.com> - 6.6.4-1
 - 6.6.4