User:Zren

¶Configuration

¶Autostarted Apps

¶Disable restoring session on Login (restarting apps open during Logout)

System Settings > Startup & Shutdown

Desktop Session Tab > On Login: Check Start with an empty session

¶Desktop

¶Show the (~/Desktop) files/links on the desktop.

Right Click the desktop wallpaper > Desktop Settings

Wallpaper Tab > Layout: Folder View

Icon Tab > Arrange In: Columns

Icon Tab > Sorting: Unsorted

Icon Tab > Size: 4 (out of 6)

¶Hide the ☰ button in the top corner

Right Click the desktop wallpaper > Desktop/Folder View Settings

Tweaks Tab > Uncheck: Show the desktop toolbox

¶Hide the ☰ button in the panel on the bottom right

Right Click the ☰ button > Lock Widgets.

¶Always Hide System Tray Notification Icons

Right Click the “Expand System Tray Triangle” > System Tray Settings.

Entries Tab > Networks > Visibility: Hidden

¶Disable Icon in System Tray

Right Click the “Expand System Tray Triangle” > System Tray Settings.

General Tab > Extra Items > Uncheck: Clipboard, Battery

¶Classic “Start” Menu

While the widgets are unlocked

Right Click the “Start” menu > Alternatives > Application Menu

¶Don’t sort windows in Taskbar

Right Click a Task > Task Manager Settings

General Tab > Sorting: Manual

General Tab > Uncheck: Keep Launchers Separate

¶Hide windows from other Desktops in Taskbar

Right Click a Task > Task Manager Settings

General Tab > Filters > Check: Current Desktop

¶Pin Apps to Taskbar

Launch App

Right Click app in Taskbar > Check: Show Launcher When Not Running

¶Hide audio indicator in window list

Right Click a Task > Task Manager Settings

General Tab > Uncheck: Mark applications that play audio

¶Disable Top Left “Hot Corner”

System Settings > Desktop Behaviour

Screen Edges Tab > Top Left: No Action

¶Bind Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right to Switch Desktop

System Settings > Desktop Behaviour

Virtual Desktops Tab > Switching > Shortcuts

Switch One Desktop Left: Ctrl+Alt+Left

Switch One Desktop Right: Ctrl+Alt+Right

Switch To Desktop 1, 2, …: None

¶Disable Switch Desktop when scrolling over desktop wallpaper

Right Click the desktop wallpaper > Desktop/Folder View Settings

Mouse Actions Tab > Remove: Vertical Scroll => Switch Desktop

¶Disable focus stealing prevention

System Settings > Window Management

Window Behaviour Tab > Focus Stealing Prevention: None

¶“Normal” Alt+Tab popup

System Settings > Window Management

Task Switcher Tab > Click the "star icon"

Install "[Thumbnail Grid](https://store.kde.org/p/1153173)", then close the installer window.

Select "Thumbnail Grid" in the dropdown.

¶Show Alt+Tab popup as fast as possible

Normally it will wait 90 milliseconds before trying to show the popup. This makes quick switches faster since it doesn't need to draw anything.

We need to set DelayTime=0 under the group [TabBox] in the file ~/config/kwinrc, then reload kwin.

It's easier to use these commmands than doing it by hand.

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kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group TabBox --key DelayTime 0
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure
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¶Disable Lock Screen

System Settings > Desktop Behaviour > Screen Locking Tab

Uncheck: Lock screen automatically after __ min

Uncheck: Lock screen on resume

¶Disable Logout/Shutdown Confirmation

System Settings > Startup and Shutdown

Desktop Session Tab > Uncheck: Confirm Logout

¶Windows Keybindings for moving windows

System Settings > Shortcuts > Global Keyboard Shortcuts Tab

KWin > Show Desktop: Win+M

KWin > Maximize Window: Win+Up

KWin > Minimize Window: Win+Down

KWin > Quick Tile Window to the Left: Win+Left

KWin > Quick Tile Window to the Right: Win+Right

To open the “Start Menu” with the Windows key see the next item.

¶Present all windows with Win+Tab

System Settings > Desktop Behavior

Desktop Effects Tab > Check Present Windows

Click the Gear Icon > Change the Ctrl+F10 shortcut to Meta+Tab

¶Open “Start Menu” with Windows/Meta key

KDE 5.8.2

Feature has been added by default.

If it's not working, make sure your "Start Menu" has a global shortcut like Alt+F1 set (you can't assign it only to Meta, but it will open with Meta if another shortcut is assigned).

Right Click the KDE Icon > Application Menu Settings

Keyboard Shortcuts Tab > Shortcut: Alt+F1

<= KDE 5.7

sudo apt install ksuperkey

<= KDE 5.7 (Or just use Win+Space)

Right Click the KDE Icon > Application Menu Settings

Keyboard Shortcuts Tab > Shortcut: Meta+Space

¶Do not open the “Start Menu” with Windows/Meta key (KDE 5.8)

We need to set Meta= under the group [ModifierOnlyShortcuts] in the file ~/config/kwinrc, then reload kwin.

It's easier to use these commmands than doing it by hand.

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kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta ""
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure
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¶Hide titlebars when maximized (like Ubuntu)

We need to set BorderlessMaximizedWindows=true under the group [Windows] in the file ~/config/kwinrc, then reload kwin.

It's easier to use these commmands than doing it by hand.

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kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group Windows --key BorderlessMaximizedWindows true
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure
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¶Multi Screen

¶Don't show ~/Desktop folder on every screen (Workaround)

Create ~/Desktop2, ~/Desktop3... for each screen.

Right click wallpaper on screen 2 > Configure Desktop

Location > Check: Specify a folder > ~/Desktop2

¶Login Screen (SDDM) / Lock Screen

¶Change Login Screen Wallpaper

System Settings > Startup and Shutdown

Login Screen (SDDM) Tab > Background > Load From File

We should also change the lock screen.

System Settings > Desktop Bahviour

Screen Locking Tab > Wallpaper > Wallpaper Type: Image

¶Dolphin (File Manager)

¶Double Click to open files

System Settings > Input Devices

Mouse Tab > Icons: Double Click to open files and folders

¶Always Show Hidden Files

☰ Control > Adjust View Properties

Check: Show hidden files

Apply view properties to: All Folders

Check: Use these view properties as default

¶Browse (.zip / .tar.gz / .rar) with Dolphin

☰ Control > Configure Dolphin

Navigation Tab > Check: Open archives as folder

¶Clean up Context Menu (Right Click Menu)

☰ Control > Configure Dolphin

Services Tab > Uncheck: “Copy To”, “Delete”, “File to activity”, “Send as Email”, “Send to IM”, “Send via Bluetooth”, “Send via KDE Connect”

¶Show Terminal Panel

☰ Control > Panels > Terminal (F4)

¶Paste into Terminal Panel

☰ Control > Configure Shortcuts

Paste > Set Alternative (Defaulted to Shift+Insert) as “None”

¶Chrome

¶Overlay tabs on top of the title bar

⋮Button > Settings

Appearance > Uncheck: Use system title bar and borders

¶Match Titlebar with Desktop Theme

Breeze

Breeze Dark: [Chrome Theme](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/breeze-dark/nkhdomjgcjkhipblklfchdkojecapgmc)

¶Enable Hardware Acceleration

If you notice tearing while playing video, check chrome://gpu and see if it says hardware acceleration is unavailable. It's very likely that it's just that chrome doesn't recognize that it can use your GPU.

> [Origional Article](http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/enable-hardware-acceleration-in-chrome.html)

Go to chrome://flags, search for "Override software rendering list", enable it and restart Chrome.

¶Steam

¶PixelVision2 Skin

cd ~/.steam/skins

git clone https://github.com/somini/Pixelvision2.git

Steam > Settings

Interface Tab > Select Skin: default skin => PixelVision2

¶Hide “Big Picture”, etc in the System Tray Context Menu

Steam > Settings > Interface Tab

Set Taskbar Preferences > Only Check: Library, Exit Steam

¶Hide “Friend is playing ___” Notifications

Steam > Settings > Friends Tab

Uncheck: When friend joins a game: display a notification

¶Never Show Advertisement Popups

Steam > Settings > Interface Tab

Uncheck: Notify me about additions to my games and other releases

¶Clementine

¶Clean up UI

Tools > Preferences

Playback Tab > Uncheck: Show a glowing animation on the current track

Search Tab > Uncheck: DigitallyImported, DropBox, Google Drive, Jazz

Last.fm Tab > Uncheck: Show the “love” amd “ban” buttons

Last.fm Tab > Uncheck: Show the scrobble button

¶Don’t fade between songs

Playback Tab > Uncheck: Fade out when stopping a track

Playback Tab > Uncheck: Cross-fade when changing tracks manually

¶Double Click song should play song now

Behaviour > Using the menu to add a song will: Always start playing

Behaviour > Double clicking a song will: Replace the playlist + Always start playing

¶Gtk Apps (Gimp/Hexchat/etc)

¶Fix white text on white bg tooltips

System Settings > Colors

Uncheck: Apply colors to non-Qt applications

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1. Known Bugs

¶Tooltips broken in Chrome/Chromium

<https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=442111>

Need to add the following CSS to MediaWiki:Common.css to make it look like this. https://i.imgur.com/6hukjJ9.jpg

.page-User_Zren #toc {
    display: none;
}

.page-User_Zren h4 {
    font-weight: bold;
}

.page-User_Zren .header-link {
  position: absolute;
  margin-left: -1em;
  font-weight: bold;
  opacity: 0;
  user-select: none;
}

.page-User_Zren .header-link a,
.page-User_Zren .header-link a:hover,
.page-User_Zren .header-link a:visited {
    color: #888;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.page-User_Zren div > ul {
    margin-left: 0em;
}
.page-User_Zren li > .header-link {
  margin-left: -2.5em;
}
.page-User_Zren h1:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren h2:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren h3:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren h4:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren h5:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren h6:hover .header-link,
.page-User_Zren li:hover > .header-link {
  opacity: 1;
}