# Icons-Only Task Manager not showing program names on mouse hover

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850>\
**Category:** Plasma\
**Created:** [April 11, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850 "2024-04-11T22:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jc1685/32/84161_2.png) [@jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jc1685)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/1 "2024-04-11T22:30:50Z")

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It used to do this, right? I re-created my panels today and there’s no longer a program name showed.

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**Author:** ![anon93652015](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@anon93652015](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon93652015)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/2 "2024-04-11T23:35:35Z")

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Did you edit the icons-only task manager settings as well? You may actually need to edit the settings.

If you’re on KDE, this may be a Wayland issue as well, so consider launching your desktop with x11 to see if the issue occurs there too.

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**Author:** ![jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jc1685/32/84161_2.png) [@jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jc1685)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/3 "2024-04-11T23:37:11Z")

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No, I didn’t edit anything.

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**Author:** ![UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/unclespellbinder/32/127055_2.png) [@UncleSpellbinder](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/UncleSpellbinder)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2024, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/4 "2024-04-11T23:42:22Z")

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I’m on KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland). For me, this is what happens…

Icons only task manager:

- Hovering over any closed application shows application name.
- Hovering over any open applications shows preview.

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**Author:** ![jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/jc1685/32/84161_2.png) [@jc1685](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/jc1685)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/5 "2024-04-12T00:02:12Z")

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Well it turns out it’s my own fault. I turned off `Show small window previews when hovering over Tasks` in the Icons-only Task Manager settings, because I didn’t want the window previews. I didn’t know that would also turn off the app name when hovering. Mea culpa.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9ea52f9fd5ef8e609e593c362d61a36295f48be8.png) [@system](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/icons-only-task-manager-not-showing-program-names-on-mouse-hover/53850/6 "2024-04-14T00:03:02Z")

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Closed on April 14, 2024, 12:03am UTC

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