From 501136b222e1600d0e284c26c9b9e1780b631422 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ivan tkachenko <me@ratijas.tk>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 02:40:09 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] effects/windowview: Animate the placeholder just like the
 search field

FIXED-IN: 5.26
---
 src/effects/windowview/qml/main.qml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/effects/windowview/qml/main.qml b/src/effects/windowview/qml/main.qml
index 87a44e884c..1ae6af4880 100644
--- a/src/effects/windowview/qml/main.qml
+++ b/src/effects/windowview/qml/main.qml
@@ -93,7 +93,15 @@ Item {
     PlasmaExtras.PlaceholderMessage {
         anchors.centerIn: parent
         width: parent.width - (PlasmaCore.Units.gridUnit * 8)
+
         visible: heap.activeEmpty
+        // Otherwise it's always 100% opaque even while the blurry desktop background's
+        // opacity is changing, which looks weird and is different from what Overview does.
+        opacity: container.organized ? 1 : 0
+        Behavior on opacity {
+            OpacityAnimator { duration: container.effect.animationDuration; easing.type: Easing.OutCubic }
+        }
+
         iconName: "edit-none"
         text: effect.searchText.length > 0 ? i18nd("kwin_effects", "No Matches") : i18nd("kwin_effects", "No Windows")
     }