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KDE Plasma is a cross-platform desktop environment and software compilation, commonly used on Linux.

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KDE 4.7.2 - Change order of open windows in task manager?

I am using KDE 4.7.2 at the moment. I'm used to move the windows in the task manager by drag and drop. In earlier KDE versions this worked. But somehow it won't work now and I didn't find a solotion ...
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How do I cut a line in KDE Kate?

What is the keyboard shortcut to copy the whole current line to the clipboard and then delete it? This is functionally equivalent to: Home, Shift+↓, Ctrl+X It's a common feature I use often in some ...
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Scroll Lock Key Not Working on Fedora/KDE

I have a computer with Fedora 16 and KDE. It's connected through a KVM switch to a monitor with another computer, and the switch uses Scroll Lock + Scroll Lock to switch between the computers. The ...
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KDE: how to detect default browser?

How does one detect/get the default browser on KDE? I know that on Gnome one can use "gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command" but what about KDE?
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KDE Plasma Show Desktop Icon

I'm new to linux, I used to use windows 10, and I'm using linux mint with kde plasma desktop. I want to display Computer and trash icons on desktop like windows, How to do that? Thanks is advance.
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Is there a command line or scripting interface for KDE Baloo's file tagging?

KDE's Baloo allows to tag files by adding an extended file system attribute on the file system level (where supported), while keeping a separate index of all the tagged files. Searching within ...
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Being inside multiple window managers at the same time

I'm in Gnome but if I logout I can get to a menu where I can choose KDE as well as other window managers. The problem is I have a program that's running inside Gnome and I don't want to stop it. Is ...
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How do you configure the appearance of scrollbars in Firefox 57?

In KDE 5.40 on openSUSE Tumbleweed, I have configured scrollbars to look and work like this: However in Firefox, scrollbars are different. Note the lack of buttons at the end of each bar and being ...
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Transmission is using a weirdo file browser instead of my default kde file browser

I just install Debian Lenny with KDE. In transmission when I right click a torrent and choose "open folder" it opens in Baobab then I need to right click the file and choose "Open folder" to finally ...
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How to keep an active window on top, and any eventual new window go behind active one?

One of the most annoying things that happen to me is when I work in a window, typically an editor, or a console, and some application suddenly starts and covers the currently active window... Is there ...
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Download and install newer KDE without root access?

Without being root, is it possible to download a newer version of KDE and use that as your window manager for a RealVNC server?
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How to enable MP3, M4a support for Amarok?

How to enable MP3, M4A support for Amarok? I am using the following: Amarok Version 2.0.1 KDE 4.1.3 openSUSE 11.1
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Any chance to display KDE Task Switcher or all or only one attached monitors?

I am using comuter with multiple montiors. Any time I press Alt-Tab, task switcher appears on random monitor. While pressing alt tab it is impossible to understand, which window I am selecting. After ...
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How to hide an account on KDE login screen?

I am running a CentOS 7 virtual machine on my laptop and I'm using KDE (version 4.14.8). That VM serves as an Ansible control tower, from which my Ansible descriptions are applied to the other (...
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KDE Plasma - Don't blur lock screen?

A recent(ish) update of KDE Plasma 5 has a new "feature" which blurs the lock screen on mouse or keyboard wake. Presumably this is so that the on-screen text can be seen against a potentially ...
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How to style Konsole's QTabBar border?

I'm having this ugly border in my Konsole v16.04 tab bar: My profile css: QTabBar::tab { background: #002b36; color: #839496; } QTabBar::tab:selected { background: #073642 } QTabBar { ...
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Fonts of some X11 applications are unreadably small

Most fonts (not all interestingly) are too small to be readable in gitk (yes, this is a 1:1 screenshot): Update: I seem the issue temporarily fixed by deleting my ~/.kde folder. But after opening/...
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Transfering /home/username directory to new computer

When you upgrade your Linux computer, is it OK to just move your /home/username directory over to the new computer and overwrite the newly created one? Or would it be better to just copy important ...
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How to have ESC also cancel CAPS if CAPS is enabled?

Is there any way to configure the keyboard so that pressing ESC will also cancel the Capslock feature, if Capslock is enabled? I specifically use Kubuntu Linux with ESC and Caps keys switched (VIM ...
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Make a plasmoid cover the whole screen

I'd like my KDE4 desktop to be filled with nothing but a view of the Desktop files, like the KDE3 one (or really, any other desktop). How can I resize the Desktop folder view plasmoid to take up the ...
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Fedora 15 how to switch GNOME to KDE at login time

I would like to enable user ability to set Desktop to GNOME or KDE at login time.
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Kwin window over both monitors

How can I make a window span over both monitors? I have the monitors configured using the KDE monitor setting tool. I need specifically full-screen (for presentation purposes) or at least a maximized ...
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How can I control in KDE on which desktop an application started from commandline will appear?

I am using a script to start an application (with GUI, i.e. windows) in KDE. However, the window will always appear on the currently used desktop. I would like to define which desktop the application ...
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Manually setting KDE default applications without full KDE installation

I use Okular in an XFCE environment (archlinux). How can I set the default browser to use for opening URLs without installing a full KDE configuration panel? As is, it does not use my default browser....
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Desktop displays incorrectly after screen resize in KDE5 Plasma. KDE4 worked correctly

I have a dual monitor setup. Native resolution is 1920x1080. So the complete screen area is 3840x1080. I can set up this with System Settings in KDE or with xrandr. Works as expected. For various ...
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How to resize tiled windows in KDE?

Since KWin 4.5 KDE is support tiling. And I'm trying to use it, particularly to change tiled windows size by pressing modifier key + right mouse button (in compliance with Window Behawior settings), ...
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KDE keyboard shortcut to show taskbar

In case of hiding KDE taskbar by default, how to show taskbar by keyboard shortcut, not by mouse hovering over the bottom of the screen. I seem can't find the keyboard shortcut to show taskbar in the ...
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KDE PLASMA: Slow login to desktop?

I'm a new kde user so i hope anyone helps me. My problem is, session starts very slow i don't know why ?? I have a lenovo core i5 , 8 gb ram ,hyperX ssd , and i'm installing Antergos with Kde Plasma ...
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Reduce visual effects in KDE Plasma?

Problem We have a RHEL x64 machine with KDE Plasma 5+ and we don't want any fancy graphics or effects. We tried manually disabling the effects through the settings menu, but this has had little ...
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Make KDE's task switcher respect Alt+Shift+Tab - with HE/EN keyboard layout

I'm using KDE 4.14. on Fedora 20 (sorry, it's not my choice). Now, when I use Alt+Tab, I get the task switcher. Keeping the Alt down, I can select a task using Tab keypresses to scroll right. But ...
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Automate setup of keyboard shortcuts in KDE5

Can the configuration of keybindings in KDE be scripted? I know the shortcuts are probably stored somewhere in ~./config, but the files doesn't appear to be in a stable or easily scriptable format. So ...
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KDE launcher opens .desktop files in kate

Opening programs via the 'Application Launcher' menu, then selecting the program works. Using the launcher generated on the panel, eg by right-clicking on an open program, then selecting 'Show A ...
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Create a new directory in KDE Save As dialogue

When using the KDE Save As dialogue, how does one create a new directory using the keyboard only (i.e. no need to grab the mouse)? The Create New Directory button is not readily accessible via ...
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Why are Firefox fonts so tiny on KDE?

I use Firefox 10 on Ubuntu 12.04, in KDE. In for instance Chrome and Konqueror, the fonts look alright, but in Firefox the fonts are tiny, almost too hard to read.
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kioexec with multiple files

We have two environments here at work, and I access the remote machine over ssh. I can do this: kioexec myeditor fish://me@remotemachine/path/to/file.txt But I'd like to be able to do a diff between ...
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Is it possible to change color depth in KDE in user mode?

I want to increase the color depth for my user account in kde. I cannot edit the configuration in /etc/X11. Is it possible?
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How does Amarok rip Audio CDs (in Ubuntu Lucid)?

I'm in the process of moving my CD collection into my Amarok library. Mostly, it works great. Sometimes however, the process just hangs forever. The problem seems to occur at random (i. e. often, but ...
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How to change wallpaper from command line in KDE 4.3?

Basically question is in title, but let's elaborate a bit: I have KDE 4.3 from Arch Linux. And a script which periodically downloads new wallpaper. So I'd like to set it as current wallpaper from ...
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Something like TortoiseGit for KDE?

On Windows you can manage your git repositories directly in Explorer with TortoiseGit (or TortoiseSVN). Is there something similar for KDE?
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KDE Plasma 5 - reload kdeglobals or set default browser via command line

What is the correct command to reload the KDE global desktop settings file? Or more specifically, how to reset the system default browser via command line? I am on the latest debian 10 with KDE Plasma ...
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How to move windows between activities in KDE Plasma from Terminal?

My goal is to be able to make startup scripts that launch specific applications and then send them to different activities. I am unable to find anything online on how to do so in script. I've also ...
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Lock screen after > 99 minutes in KDE Plasma 5

I'm using Kubuntu 15.04 and the Plasma 5 system settings GUI has a very annoying (presumably artificial) upper limit of locking the screen after 99 minutes. Is there some alternative way to set this ...
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Changing desktop environment from Gnome to KDE in CentOS

I have installed my CentOS machine with the GNOME desktop environment. I would like to change it to KDE. I am already in the process of downloading and installing KDE packages, will that conflict with ...
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Cycle through windows in KDE 4 taskbar by shortcut?

Is there a way to cycle through the windows in the KDE 4 taskbar with a shortcut? I want to have a switch to next window function on a mouse button. Therefore Alt+Tab is not suitable because it uses ...
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Black out application window on KDE Plasma after long uptime

After using for a long time, application window fails to render application windows. Problem: application screen sometimes blacks out (Attached image) occurs in any application (Chrome, Thunderbird, ...
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KDE Plasma 5 - adjust "dimmed" screen brightness

KDE 5 power management allows to enable screen dimming after some period of inactivity: I'm using 900 nit high brightness display in laptop but I usually work at night so my typical "full" brightness ...
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Ubuntu multiple KDE sessions for same user?

I have KDE on my Ubuntu and I have installed XRDP. I have startkde in my .xsession but I cannot login into it remotely unless I logout from it first. The same is true vice-versa. If I logout and then ...
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KDE desktop prefers its own display settings over xrandr?

I have a set up with three monitors for KDE Plasma (5.12). One is a HiDPI monitor which I have scaled at 2x, and I have forced the other two ("standard" resolution) monitors to use their native ...
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Unrelated software interaction disables external monitor and makes it undetectable by xrandr

I have a laptop running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux which has problems with external monitors. Sometimes I have to try multiple times to connect the HDMI cable before the monitor is detected. Then it ...
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How do I kill a stuck ssh connection without closing the konsole window?

I use KDE (with ubuntu) and love using konsole as my terminal. I ssh a lot and every now and then (from various reasons) my connection dies and the sesson is stuck. I need to send a SIGHUP to the ...
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