[websites/blogs-kde-org] content/posts/twip/2026-07-18: Start polishing up the text
Nate Graham <[email protected]>
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Git commit ab26da153f54ecf53ec3aa6015119810e54738d4 by Nate Graham. Committed on 17/07/2026 at 19:40. Pushed by ngraham into branch 'master'. Start polishing up the text M +9 -19 content/posts/twip/2026-07-18/index.md https://invent.kde.org/websites/blogs-kde-org/-/commit/ab26da153f54ecf53ec3aa6015119810e54738d4 diff --git a/content/posts/twip/2026-07-18/index.md b/content/posts/twip/2026-07-18/index.md index abaca83e..14ffbe2a 100644 --- a/content/posts/twip/2026-07-18/index.md +++ b/content/posts/twip/2026-07-18/index.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -title: "This Week in Plasma: [insert title here]" +title: "This Week in Plasma: Shadows for Steam and Discord" discourse: ngraham date: "2026-07-18T00:00:01Z" authors: @@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ SCREENSHOT OF STEAM You can now assign processes to specific CPUs or groups of CPUs in System Monitor. (Taras Oleksyn, [KDE Bugzilla #429151](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429151)) -The Task Manager widget now has global shortcuts for re-arranging and moving between tasks. (Salman Farooq, [plasma-desktop MR #3819](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3819)) - +SCREENSHOT USING QQC2-DESKTOP-STYLE, NOT UNION -### Frameworks 6.28 +The Task Manager widget now has global shortcuts for re-arranging and moving between tasks. (Salman Farooq, [plasma-desktop MR #3819](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3819)) @@ -55,8 +54,6 @@ The Task Manager widget now has global shortcuts for re-arranging and moving bet ## Notable UI improvements <!-- Can find some with https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests/?sort=merged_at_desc&state=merged&label_name%5B%5D=Enhancement&first_page_size=20 --> -### Plasma 6.6.6 - ### Plasma 6.7.4 Apps using the global shortcuts portal are now allowed to rename their shortcuts by requesting to re-register them. (David Redondo, [KDE Bugzilla #523063](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523063)) @@ -64,8 +61,7 @@ Apps using the global shortcuts portal are now allowed to rename their shortcuts ### Plasma 6.8 System Settings’ Window Behavior page has been ported to QML and modernized a bit in the process, bringing it up to par with most other pages in System Settings. (Tobias Ozór, [kwin MR #9370](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/9370)) - -### Frameworks 6.28 +SCREENSHOT @@ -77,6 +73,10 @@ Can find some with: - All bugs fixed: https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests/?sort=merged_at_desc&state=merged&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix&first_page_size=20 --> +### Plasma 6.6.7 +System Settings’ Effects page now behaves properly for KWin effects whose default values have been overridden at the distribution level. (Nicolas Fella, [kwin MR #8112](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8112)) + + ### Plasma 6.7.3 Fixed a recent regression that made the `ksystemstats` process sometimes crash when the system woke from sleep. (Iyán Méndez Veiga, [KDE Bugzilla #521353](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=521353)) @@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ Fixed a layout glitch on System Settings’ Pointers page that prevented some po Fixed two layout glitches in Discover when using the app with multiple backends and looking at large items on the Installed page. (Nate Graham, [discover MR #1357](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1357) and [discover MR #1358](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/-/merge_requests/1358)) -System Settings’ Effects page now behaves properly for KWin effects whose default values have been overridden at the distribution level. (Nicolas Fella, [kwin MR #8112](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/merge_requests/8112)) - The “Typing on the desktop activates KRunner” setting is now fully respected for Folder View widgets placed on the desktop, in addition to the embedded Folder View that *is* the desktop. (Christoph Wolk, [KDE Bugzilla #523053](https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=523053)) @@ -103,24 +101,16 @@ The “Typing on the desktop activates KRunner” setting is now fully respected Fixed some positioning and theme compatibility issues with drop-down menus in Plasma and its widgets. (Filip Fila, [libplasma MR #1546](https://invent.kde.org/plasma/libplasma/-/merge_requests/1546)) -### Frameworks 6.28 - ## Notable in performance & technical -### Plasma 6.6.6 - -### Plasma 6.7.3 - -### Plasma 6.8 - ### Frameworks 6.28 Reduced Plasma’s memory usage a little bit. (Nicolas Fella, [ksvg MR #113](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ksvg/-/merge_requests/113) and [kguiaddons MR #224](https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kguiaddons/-/merge_requests/224)) ### KDE Gear 26.12 -System Settings’ Connection Preferences page has been removed. Its settings were extremely esoteric and they applied to almost nothing these days, so it was mostly just cluttering the place up. (Tobias Fella, [kio-extras MR #533](https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/merge_requests/533)) +System Settings’ Connection Preferences page has been removed. Its settings were extremely esoteric and they applied to almost nothing these days, so the page was mostly just cluttering the place up. (Tobias Fella, [kio-extras MR #533](https://invent.kde.org/network/kio-extras/-/merge_requests/533))