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KDE 5 had a feature in the keyboard shortcuts in settings where you could set a Window Action as a trigger instead of a keyboard shortcut (Documentation in the link). This means that KDE would do something every time a certain window appeared. This was very useful, my use case was changing the TeamViewer authorization prompt to NT logon as I don't use the normal TeamViewer password. I think there should be a workaround if it's truly gone, but for the life of me I can't remember or search for the name of this software that does something every time a certain window is created.

I have a monitor with multiple modes which include "standard" (good for most things) and "movie". I want to conveniently switch modes when I change programs. Ideally giving keyboard focus to mpv or similar programs would switch the video mode to movie and taking keyboard focus away would switch it to standard.

Is there a way to do this in KDE Wayland? I looked at the "Window Rules" section in the settings but that doesn't seem to support such things. I googled it and there are some viable answers for X11 (like have a script that detects window focus and does what I want) but xdotool etc don't run on Wayland.

Lately, I found out that Application Launcher also features all the functionality I use from KRunner.

In my particular experience, Application Launcher is snappier at first launch and also returns results rather quickly. For me, this begs an obvious question.

What's the use case for using KRunner over the Application Launcher?

So far I've noticed that pressing Enter on the Calculator results makes the entry be copied on KRunner, but this does not happen for the Application Launcher. I'm certain there must be something else to it, otherwise people would not be using it (even I found myself using it from time to time, but could not understand why).

If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

1. Ditch Windows
2. Install Plasma
3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

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Since updating to Plasma 6, the keyboard cursor seems to be focused to some unknown location in emojier. I end up having to press tab twice, to get to search, then press enter, and then I'm able to type. However I can't select any particular emoji via keyboard anymore, only by mouse.

Before the update, it used to default to search, and a tab would place you into the emoji box so you could press enter on one to copy it to clipboard.

So I have three separate exploratory questions: I'd like to know if there's any configuration for this utility? And if I can't configure it back to the old behavior, can I fallback to a prior version/how? Is there any alternative software for emoji picking maybe?

I'm using Kalk and when I try to use the letter C to delete the current calculation, it puts 1 C in the calculator, and when I try the delete key, it doesn't do anything. Does anyone know what the shortcut is to delete the current calculation?

Just updated to Plasma 6, and got a question: is there a way to make the bottom panel keep at the bottom (like when fullscreen windows are opened) and not float regardless of windows?

Just always stay there without moving, like in Plasma 5.

Or is it dictated by the theme/hardcoded into Plasma 6?

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Get behind the community that is _really_ fighting to curb climate change:

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This week in KDE: all about those apps

https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/17/this-week-in-kde-all-about-those-apps/

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I have no idea how long this has been a thing, and maybe every clipboard works that way, not just Plasma, and I never realized it. It also lets you do things like Rt-click on it and do the regular operations like Search in Firefox. Spaces aren't preserved unless you specifically select them but search engines seem to be able to sort out the words usually.

I post this in case you haven't been part of the 10,000 this day already, like me.

Edit: seems to work in Firefox and LibreOffice, but not Kate or Okular. I'd love to see this as a general feature, it's handy as heck.

Thanks

... Update: Yes! If you favorite at item, it takes priority in the search results...

I noticed that Spectacle has an option to upload to Imgur and Nextcloud. Is there a way to allow it to upload to an SFTP server?

Ideally I'd like for it to upload the file via SFTP then put the URL on my clipboard, which is what I do with ShareX on Windows.

Hi,

KDE neon is a Linux distribution built on top of the latest Ubuntu LTS release (22.04 at the moment)

— KDE neon

Since 22.04 no longer is the latest Ubuntu LTS, is KDE neon now based on 24.04, or is it still based on 22.04 ?

It would be nice to have this info in About this System, so we wouldn't be in doubt.

Thanks

Hi,

Notice the breeze twilight doesn't follow the color scheme. Trying to achieve a dark panel with light windows but not sure how to this manually?

Tq

Edit 13/5/24 - posted a screenshot. On breeze twilight, the the dark panel doesn't change following the custom colour scheme chosen.

KDE applications have some issues with their icons outside of Plasma. This post shows the current state and what can be done to improve it.

This week in KDE: our cup overfloweth with cool stuff for you

https://pointieststick.com/2024/05/10/this-week-in-kde-our-cup-overfloweth-with-cool-stuff-for-you/

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FOSS - ensuring even new hardware stays in use when vendor-support eventually ends!

Whether or not you install GNU/Linux on it today, your new #Mac will eventually lose #Apple support. Thanks to the impressive work of #Asahi #Linux project (@AsahiLinux), it will not need to end up in the landfill once it does.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/fedora-asahi-remix-40-is-another-big-step-forward-for-linux-on-apple-silicon-macs/

Great to see #KDE #Plasma as the default desktop environment!

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Git repo where I put the current progress

Kdeconnect is very cool but also pretty sensitive. There are many reasons why people would like to turn it off.

I already tried placing an empty autostart file with the same name in ~/.local/share/applications/ (same with discovernotifier) and this didnt do anything.

Another option would be simply closing the firewall (which will be done by default) but I think this doesnt affect bluetooth?

# One time so systemd picks up the new file:
systemctl --user daemon-reload
# to start/stop:
systemctl --user start kdeconnect.service
systemctl --user stop kdeconnect.service
# to enable, which means it is started automatically when you login (and killed when you logout. The --now part also starts/stops it right away
systemctl --user enable --now kdeconnect.service
# and disable
systemctl --user disable --now kdeconnect.service
# output status and log (add e.g. -n 30, if you want to have more log lines)
systemctl --user status kdeconnect.service

Uninstalling is not an option, as on Fedora Atomic desktops users cant reinstall apps that were uninstalled in the image building process.

I am planning a uBlue variant with enhanced security and need to fix this issue. Especially using it via bluetooth is great, but of course also attack surface.

Relevant KDE Discuss post

KDE Bug

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Season of KDE (SoK) participants have improved translations, Kdenlive, LabPlot and more.

SoK is KDE's mentorship program that helps members of the public become active open source contributors.

This year, participants have translated apps into more languages, implemented multi-format rendering and keyframe curve editing in @kdenlive , ported @be4foss testing tools to Windows, added options for importing and exporting data to @LabPlot and much, much more.

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https://mentorship.kde.org/blog/2024-05-09-sok-conclusion/