this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2024
178 points (98.9% liked)

KDE

5925 readers
17 users here now

KDE is an international technology team creating user-friendly free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. KDE’s software runs on GNU/Linux, BSD and other operating systems, including Windows.

Plasma 6 Bugs

If you encounter a bug, proceed to https://bugs.kde.org/, check whether it has been reported.

If it hasn't, report it yourself.

PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY BEFORE POSTING HERE.

Developers do not look for reports on social media, so they will not see it and all it does is clutter up the feed.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

WHO KNEW THIS AND NEVER TOLD ME, I LOVE IT SM OMAYGOSHHHH

top 37 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OK I did not know the desktop could do that, that's actually pretty cool. I assumed you were talking about virtual desktops but I didn't realise the icon space on the desktop can spill of screen and then be scrolled.

That's actually pretty useful - could keep some less used links of screen until you want and scroll them back into view

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 20 points 2 months ago

Keep the homework folder hidden

[–] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow. I would have never know since i never put stuff on the desktop permanently, only temporary files.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

everyone’s files on the desktop are temporary

it just takes some of us a little longer to get to all of them

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 9 points 2 months ago

Made me cry -1 tears [jk pls dont shoot me]

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

I just never put anything on it anymore.

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It does? Multiple desktops and activities or something else? (Link doesn't load)

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nah, if you just put the file lower than the lowest part of the grid, it just snaps below that to create a NEW column and turns into a scroll-able, I accidentally did this and now Im in love with it lol

In the video: I had 2 files, I proceeded to then use the middle scroll to then scroll to another file at the very bottom of the desktop, and I was able to just scroll up and down like it was a window, not sure if its a bug, but I do NOT want it fixed lol

[–] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks.

Works with my plasma6, too. It feels a bit like unintended behaviour. πŸ™‚

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It does because it doesnt feel intentional how it starts a new column, but I love it still. [It should just be a feature with starting columns easier]

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

heres a video that actually demonstrates it [a link that should work this time]: https://drive.proton.me/urls/X7G17QTQMM#103bZU9qTjSe

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That looks cool, what icon pack do you use?

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago
[–] penquin@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm 100% confused on what's going on here! πŸ˜‚

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The desktop is scrolling. Like a webpage.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

Wtf, it does I just tried it. Lmao. This is good to hide shit.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Huh, interesting. I had no idea. Though for the most part I've generally come to enjoy the default of generally having no icons on the desktop anymore. All that sort of stuff relegated to a dodging panel.

But that's also part of why I love KDE and plasma. And use it as my preferred desktop over gnome. The configurability.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It lets you do so many obscure things and I love it. You get treated like you are fully in charge.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

Because you are fully in charge.

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

DYK you can roll the scroll wheel while having the desktop selected to move through virtual desktops.

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Bro I could have the entire world map on my desktop made up on icons and you wouldn't notice, isn't that fun? 😭

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

I use the same widget to also minimize the windows on my current desktop. Unfortunately the Wallpaper Engine plugin does not recognize them as such to unpause the wallpaper.

[–] benvars@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I just learnt something

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

wHAT

okay this is cool

[–] testeronious@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 1 month ago

wtf I've been using this for more than 2 years

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Holy moley this has blown up 😭

[–] superkret@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Peak KDE moment. It has so many options most will never use.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

That's dope

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is broken in Plasma 6 :(

[–] ian@feddit.uk -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My desktop is hidden by all the open apps all the time. Sure you can get there via the file manager, but it's just another folder. And sure you can deliberately minimise all the apps. But the content is, by default hidden, and not in your face, to be stumbled upon like an inbox. Desktops can only contain closed files, and are a flaw in the UX logic.

[–] tekKUh@lemmy.kde.social 3 points 1 month ago

No clue what you just said but ok πŸ‘

[–] Visikde@mastodon.social 1 points 1 month ago

@ian @tekKUh
What's a Desktop?
Never use it mine is completely empty, no files, no launcher, panels (3) all autohide

Workspaces are my jam 3-6 depending on machine & distro
A self imposed organizational scheme of what goes where
If it all goes wrong banging the cursor in the top left tiles...

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No flaw. But KDE has a method for users like you (and me) that prefer our desktops empty. I forget what it's called but you can set your desktop to have no icons and no folders.

[–] ian@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. I use that option. But as I rarely see the desktop, hiding any files or folders makes little difference to using Plasma.