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(Flatpak package will be out soon)
This is a small Tutorial how to convert Konsole to never, I mean never, open a new window again.
I mean, we moved away from Windows for a reason, right?
Also, I will show you how to use a different shell and add custom right-click actions for various useful things.
Go to Konsoles Settings, the second checkbox is "open all konsole windows in a single process". Check this, as it is needed.
Now to edit the system desktop entry, never do this in place, copy it to your user directory, entries here always overwrite system ones. (This can be used to hide apps too, use touch ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop)
cp /usr/share/applications/konsole.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
Now edit this file with your editor.
Replace Exec=konsole with Exec=konsole --new-tab.
Bash is the default and I highly advise against using chsh if you want to use fish, zsh or others.
Instead, create a new Konsole profile, set its default command to for example /usr/bin/fish and set it as default profile!
If you use Distrobox, you may want a profile that launches it directly. The advantage is that you can color it differently and much more.
In the settings create a new profile and set the startup command to distrobox enter Boxname.
Mine is for Fedora, while my main system is Fedora Atomic KDE.
You can remove unneeded translations from the desktop entry to make it easier to work with.
In the Actions= line you define what you want. Below the main entry you put the actions with name, icon and command.
Here I have examples for launching the Distrobox Profile, opening a root shell and opening a remote ssh session.
The complete desktop entry (click me to expand)
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
TryExec=konsole
Exec=konsole --new-tab
Icon=utilities-terminal
Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
Actions=FedoraBox;root;ssh;
X-DocPath=konsole/index.html
X-DBUS-StartupType=Unique
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access
X-KDE-Shortcuts=Ctrl+Alt+T
StartupWMClass=konsole
Keywords=terminal;console;script;run;execute;command;command-line;commandline;cli;bash;sh;shell;zsh;cmd;command prompt
Name=Konsole
GenericName=Terminal
Comment="$GenericName"
[Desktop Action FedoraBox]
Name=Distrobox
Icon=fedora-logo-icon
Exec=konsole --new-tab --profile FedoraBox # this launches "distrobox enter FedoraBox"
[Desktop Action root]
Name=root Terminal
Icon=folder-root-symbolic
Exec=konsole --new-tab -e pkexec $SHELL #or define a shell like fish
[Desktop Action ssh]
Name=ssh to X
Icon=folder-remote-symbolic
Exec=konsole --new-tab -e ssh user@IP:PORT -i /path/to/key
Note that I removed the actions for "new tab" and "new window". For some reason Plasma shows the "open new window" always, and due to the replacement this opens a new tab instead.
Ctrl+Alt+t, opening from Dolphin and more will also open a new tab.
Btw, if somebody can help me figure out how to focus the Konsole window when opening a new tab, that would be nice. This is currently missing
Hello all,
I have created a post on reddit to fix the issue where SDDM doesn't scale well on plasma 6, and wanted to share it here in case anyone is having the same issue
I have two monitors that are 4k and SDDM wasn't scaling correctly on either of them. It was too small and was very annoying. I tried many ways to fix it, but nothing helped. Applying plasma settings to SDDM from the settings didn't help either. Some kind soul recommended an Arch wiki piece that helped me fix it. I want to share with everyone just in case. And here is the screenshot on what to do in case the wiki is not clear enough. Navigate to /etc/sddm.conf.d and create a new file and call it hidpi.conf (in case you don't have it), then add the following lines to it and save:
[Wayland]
EnableHiDPI=true
[X11]
EnableHiDPI=true
[General]
GreeterEnvironment=QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2,QT_FONT_DPI=192
You can change the QT_SCREEN_SCALE_FACTORS=2 to any number to fit the size of your screen. I set mine to 1.75 since it is the perfect scaling for my 27" monitor.
Hope this helps.
Have a good day
Since the update, if I snap Firefox to the top the mouse seems to be offset a number of pixels compared to where the actual cursor is. It also affects the content in sites, not just stuff in Firefox.
Edit: Looks like it's not just when it's snapped, but as soon as it passes about the top 90% of the screen. Just took a screenshot, where you can see the cursor is hovering over Other Bookmarks, but it's activating the menu above it.
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I've had a similar issue in the past (KDE Plasma 5), which was perfectly solved by this solution, but, unfortunately, since updating to KDE Plasma 6, it has reappeared in the form of the mouse cursor changing its size when it hovers over certain applications.
For example:
Small cursor:
Large cursor:
I have so far observed this behaviour with KeePassXC (v2.7.6, Flatpak), Nextcloud Desktop (v3.12.1, Flatpak), and KWrite (v23.08.5, Flatpak).
I have tried reverting the afformentioned workaround for the previous issue, but then the old issue returns, only without this new sizing issue. How do I fix this?
This may be an issue with Flatpak. An update to KWrite's Flatpak just came out, then I ran KWrite to check if the issue was fixed, and it was — the mouse cursor is no longer enlarged when it hovers over the app. I suspect that when an update rolls out for the other two applications the issue will be fixed, but I'll just have to wait and see.
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