We"re finally at the end of the week, and as usual, the KDE team has released a new update on the work done during the week. This week"s update is shorter than usual but brings some pleasant news to die-hard Plasma fans.
The most notable thing the team worked on this week is the implementation of rounded bottom corners for Breeze-decorated windows. This visual refresh, planned for the upcoming Plasma 6.5, is a feature that many users have been asking for over a long period, with a formal proposal even being submitted back in 2021.
Its official arrival will mean less need for community-developed workarounds like kde-rounded-corners, a popular third-party script that has served this purpose for years. The feature will be enabled by default, but it includes an option for those who prefer the classic, sharp-cornered look.
Still on UI improvements for Plasma 6.5, work has started on improving the search result ordering in KRunner, with initial changes removing the priority bump for KDE apps and favorites to provide less random-feeling results. The Disks & Devices widget is also getting more flexible, now letting you mount a disk without running an error check or, alternatively, run a check without mounting it.
On top of that, the sidebars in applications like Discover and System Monitor are now resizable and will remember whatever width you set. The Weather Report widget now immediately fetches new data after the computer wakes from a long sleep.
On the bug-squashing front, there"s a bug fix planned for the lock screen cursor so it dims correctly when HDR mode is turned on. To improve performance, Plasma 6.5 will have KWin be less trusting of the colorimetry information that comes from a display"s EDID data, as this information is frequently incorrect.
Data for the file dialog"s window size is now stored in the state config file instead of the settings config file, and the developers have added more autotests to verify Plasma"s loading processes.
Plasma 6.4"s fourth bug fix release, 6.4.4, is dropping on the 5th of August. This update is expected to resolve a number of problems, addressing issues like the Volume Controls page failing to resize properly in certain languages, applications crashing when using software rendering, and forms flickering inside System Settings.