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Questions tagged [plasma-5]

Questions related to Plasma 5, the current generation of KDE's Plasma desktop environment

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Problems with Chrome browser after suspending the computer on Ubuntu 20.04

Kubuntu 20.04, 64 bit GPU: Geforce GT610 nvidia-driver-390 Chrome Version 85.0.4183.83 Intel i5-4430, core 4, 4 thread , 3GHz RAM: 16GB Each time I go into suspend mode and then resume, Chrome browser displays the current tab as full of sand of…
christianbueno.1
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In KDE Plasma, how can I switch between virtual desktops using Meta + Tab?

I'm using KDE Plasma 5 right now, and I noticed that the keyboard shortcut Meta + Tab is used to switch between Activities, and Alt + Tab is obviously used to switch between windows. I would like to know if there's a similar way to switch between…
Caleb Hawn
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No archiving/compressing tool in Dolphin context menu (Kubuntu 15.10)

Ark is installed but there is no option to create an archive in the file manager's context menu. There is a /usr/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/ark_servicemenu.desktop.
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How to resize a Folder View widget on the desktop?

It's surely my fault, but I am not able to resize the folder view widgets I've put on the desktop. In the previous release (14.04, KDE 4) the folder view widgets all had auto-appearing hanldes for setup, rotation and resize, among other…
EnzoR
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where should I put my .desktop files in kde plasma?

In the Gnome desktop environment I can create a shortcut to an application by placing the .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/, like this: cat > ~/.local/share/applications/vscode.desktop <
opensas
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Kubuntu 18.10 - How do I change this file picker?

I'm using Kubuntu 18.10 and have the default file manager, Dolphin, set up quite nicely with servers, favorites etc. in the sidebar. Now, whenever I want to open a file or folder from within a program, this file picker opens: Now, many programs open…
Fii
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Starting Dolphin with shortcut Meta+E

I'm used to open a file manager with the shortcut meta+e from Windows. Now I would like to have the same behavior under Plasma 5. I've edited the shortcut here: But when I use the shortcut nothing happens. I also tried another shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+E…
avb
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Qt/KDE camera app alternative to Cheese in Kubuntu 18.04?

The following additional packages will be installed: cheese-common gnome-desktop3-data gnome-video-effects gstreamer1.0-clutter-3.0 libcheese-gtk25 libcheese8 libclutter-1.0-0 libclutter-1.0-common libclutter-gst-3.0-0 libclutter-gtk-1.0-0…
user47206
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Disable display of media controls on lock screen (showMediaControls) on KDE Plasma 5.12.7

The KDE lock screen has media player controls that look like this: I would like to turn this feature off, as described in D9685 (Add config for the lockscreen to toggle media controls) and KDE Bug 384264. I am running KUbuntu 18.04 with KDE Plasma…
Nathaniel M. Beaver
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Add item into context menu in Dolphin

Is it possible to add new items into context menu in Dolphin (KDE Plasma) if I right click on something? I would like to make a script called Move to applications, which will show only if I right click on a .desktop file and then it will move it to…
tomsk
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macOS-like app switching in Plasma 5

In macOS, you can cycle through applications (note: not windows) by pressing ALT+TAB. However, when ALT+TABbing in Plasma 5, you cycle through all windows of all applications, which can get overwhelming when having multiple instances of one app. I…
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Can i get Task manager to show only icons?

In the Task manager widget of the Panel, can i get it to not show the application titles, but only the icons? I don't see that option when i go to Task Manager Options. So, in this example, i would want only the logo of Firefox, without the "Ask a…
Digital Ninja
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Snap-installed app doesn't put icon into launcher

I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a reasonably fresh install. I've installed a few snap applications, but none of their icons will show up in my launcher. I had a previous install of Kubuntu 18.04 that I upgraded from 17.10 and these same apps (also…
JT.
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Does anything useful happen during the KDE Plasma5 splash screen load delay? It seems to just waste time

As far as I can tell the startup splashscreen after logging in on Kubuntu with Plasma5 seems to be a pointless busy loop that locks up the user interface for several seconds while nothing is achieved and everyone would be better off disabling it.…
Ozone
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Switching Plasma theme from the command line

I would like to switch between dark and light themes easily (Default Breeze and dark Breeze themes) without having to navigate to System Settings > Global themes > Click on theme > click Apply. So I was wondering if there existed a way to quickly…
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