¶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

<a id="cfg-2" />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.

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

¶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.

kwriteconfig5 --file ~/.config/kwinrc --group ModifierOnlyShortcuts --key Meta ""
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin reconfigure

¶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.

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

¶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

¶Known Bugs

¶Tooltips broken in Chrome/Chromium: <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=442111>

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