These news continue to confirm that Plasma 5.17 will be a great launch

Activities page in KDE Plasma 5.17

If there is something that the KDE Usability & Productivity initiative has made clear in recent weeks, it is that KDE Plasma 5.17 it will be one of the biggest KDE releases in recent years. Considering that KDE-related software has improved a lot in the last two years, saying this is saying a lot. Nate tells us every week about new features, but also a lot of fixes and visual changes.

Among the new functions that he mentions this week, we have to Spectacle can be configured to save screenshots automatically. Currently, Spectacle takes the screenshot and, regardless of the method used (rectangular region, timer, full screen ...), we have to press the "Save" button to save them. Here I see a small problem: I use the "PrintPant" button to invoke Spectacle, so if I activate this function, there will be cases where I will save two screenshots.

New features in KDE

  • Krunner's unit conversion function can now convert decibels (Frameworks 5.62).
  • Spectacle 19.12 can be configured to save captures right after taking them.
  • New "Recently Used" function accessible by browsing "recentlyused: /" in Dolphin in file dialogs (KDE Applications 19.12).

Fixes and improvements in KDE Plasma 5.x, Frameworks 5.62 and Applications 19.08+

  • Discover shows reviews again (Plasma 5.16.5).
  • Discover's update notifier no longer blocks Plasma (Plasma 5.17).
  • Discover's opinion dialog no longer allows its content to visually overflow when we have identified with a very long nickname (Plasma 5.17).
  • Window decoration buttons in GTK3 header bar windows are now correctly colored regardless of the KDE color scheme being used (Plasma 5.17.0).
  • Systray icons coming from Wine applications now display their context menus correctly when right-clicked (Plasma 5.17.0).
  • Changing color schemes is now faster and more visually consistent (Plasma 5.17).
  • The Power page in the Information Center now displays battery icons appropriately when using a dark or light Plasma theme and the battery display has received minor visual enhancements (Plasma 5.17).
  • Kate and other KTextEditor-based applications now remove Windows-style newlines from pasted text (Frameworks 5.62).
  • Dolphin 19.12 no longer tries to store view properties on shared networks.
  • Kirigami tool buttons that open menus on click now restore the correct background color when the menu is closed (Frameworks 5.62).
  • Fixed a common crash in Baloo file indexing service (Frameworks 5.62).
  • Dolphin 19.08.1's "show split view in new windows" function works correctly again.
  • Konsole's "Show new tab button" option is back in version 19.08.1.

Interface improvements

  • The "Multimedia" group in System Preferences and the old Phonon page are no longer confusing (Plasma 5.17).
  • The battery degradation text has been changed to "Battery Health" (Plasma 5.17).
  • Plasma pop-up notifications now appear slightly farther from window edges so that they do not obscure bars and UI elements at the bottom (Plasma 5.17).
  • The Activities page of the System Preferences has been improved (header capture. Plasma 5.17).
  • Krunner visually displays when you are searching for results (Plasma 5.17).
  • Checkboxes and radio buttons in GTK 3 apps are now properly colored to respect the color scheme when using the Breeze GTK (Plasma 5.17) theme.
  • Dolphin 19.12's default bar has been adjusted to be more useful and more visually appealing.

Plasma 5.17 will be released on October 15

There will be a new version of Plasma next Tuesday, but it will be the fifth maintenance version of the 5.16 series. The October 15, two days before the launch of Eoan Ermine (where it will not go), Plasma 5.17 will be released. On the other hand, Frameworks 5.62 will be released on September 14, while the new versions of the KDE applications will arrive in September (19.08.1) and in December (19.12). They haven't been mentioned yet, but there will also be two more maintenance releases in October (19.08.2/19.08.3/XNUMX) and November (XNUMX/XNUMX/XNUMX).

Is there anything on this list that particularly interests you?

Spectacle drag handles
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