Desktop Testing KDE Plasma 5.23

Available For testing a beta version of the Custom Shell Plasma 5.23. You can test the new release through Live assembly from the project OpenSUSE and the assembly from the project KDE Neon Testing Edition . Packages for different distributions can be found on this page . Release is expected October 12.

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Key improvements :

  • In the window of the Breeze design, the design of the buttons, menu items, switches, sliders and scroll barns are changed. To enhance the convenience of working from touch screens, the size of the scroll unit and band bands (SpinBox) is increased. Added a new loading indicator, decorated in the form of a rotating gear. Implemented effect, illuminating widgets relating to the edge of the panel. For widgets placed on the desktop, the background is secured.

  • Significant recycled code with the implementation of the new Kickoff menu, increased performance and eliminated error interfering.
    The possibility of choosing between the display of available programs in the form of a list or mesh icons is given. Added button to secure the open menu on the screen. On touch screens, the touch retention now leads to the opening of the context menu. The ability to configure the button to control the buttons to manage a session and shutdown.

  • When you go to tablet mode, an increase in icons in the system tray to simplify control from touch screens is provided.
  • in the notification display interface provided support for copying text to clipboard using the Ctrl + C key combination.
  • Applet with the implementation of the global menu is made more similar to the usual menu.
  • is the possibility of quick switching between power consumption profiles – energy savings, high performance and balanced settings.
  • in the system monitor and widgets to display the sensor status provided displaying a averaged load indicator (LA, Load Average).
  • In the exchange buffer, the 20 last elements and ignoring selected areas for which the copy operation is clearly not performed. It is possible to remove selected items in the exchange buffer via the delete key.

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