Zren

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Hi, I am zren and I create Plasma 5 Applets, Kwin Scripts, Plasma 5 Weather and more.

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Plasma 5 Applets

AlphaBlack Control

Plasma 5 Applets Feb 25 2021

8.1

TodoList

Plasma 5 Applets Feb 06 2021

8.7

Command Output

Plasma 5 Applets Nov 11 2020

8.3

GitLab Issues

Plasma 5 Applets Jun 12 2020

6.9

GitHub Issues

Plasma 5 Applets May 07 2020

7.9

Present Windows Button

Plasma 5 Applets Apr 24 2020

7.9

Win7 Show Desktop

Plasma 5 Applets Apr 14 2020

8.3

KDE Connect Device Widget

Plasma 5 Applets Apr 01 2018

7.0

Terminal Update Widget

Plasma 5 Applets Mar 13 2018

6.5

Battery Time

Plasma 5 Applets Aug 30 2017

6.1

Kwin Scripts

Un-Minimize FullScreen On Desktop Switch

Kwin Scripts Dec 09 2018

5.8

NoBorder Firefox When Maximized

Kwin Scripts Nov 13 2017

6.8

Tile Chrome

Kwin Scripts Dec 13 2016

6.3

Plasma 5 Weather

Condensed Weather

Plasma 5 Weather May 06 2020

6.5

Daily Forecast

Plasma 5 Weather May 06 2020

7.2

Simple Weather

Plasma 5 Weather May 04 2020

7.2

Plasma 5 Multimedia

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia Dec 01 2020

8.3

Volume Slider

Plasma 5 Multimedia Sep 10 2018

5.8

Plasma Wallpaper Plugins

Inactive Blur

Plasma Wallpaper Plugins Oct 02 2019

8.5

Animated Hue

Plasma Wallpaper Plugins Jan 04 2018

6.5

Kwin Switching Layouts

Thumbnail Grid [Merged Into KDE]

Kwin Switching Layouts Apr 18 2019

7.9

Plasma 5 Calendars

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars Jun 01 2021

9.0

Plasma 5 Menus

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus Apr 19 2021

8.8

Plasma 5 Monitoring

System Monitor Dashboard

Plasma 5 Monitoring Dec 02 2019

6.8

Plasma Themes

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes Feb 25 2021

8.2

Yakuake Skins

Soda Dark [Thin Titlebar]

Yakuake Skins Jan 27 2019

6.6

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars Jun 01 2021

9.0

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus Apr 19 2021

8.8

AlphaBlack Control

Plasma 5 Applets Feb 25 2021

8.1

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes Feb 25 2021

8.2

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia Dec 01 2020

8.3

GitHub Issues

Plasma 5 Applets May 07 2020

7.9

Simple Weather

Plasma 5 Weather May 04 2020

7.2

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

You cannot use this in an xfce panel. You might be able to use it in a latte-dock panel but I've no idea if latte works in xfce. - May 19 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Edit the panel > Right Click the Clock in the Panel > Alternatives > Event Calendar. - May 13 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Do you remember which version of the widget you had installed before removing it? - May 12 2021

Command Output

Plasma 5 Applets by Zren 47 comments

It only shows a tooltip with the truncated text when there's an ellipsis.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-commandoutput/blob/master/package/contents/ui/main.qml#L195

Feel free to edit the widget to support some weird syntax or use the alternative Kargos widget. - Apr 25 2021

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes by Zren 61 comments

If you have a KDE Identity, we can chat on Element (PM @zren:kde.org):
https://webchat.kde.org/#/room/#kde-devel:kde.org

Otherwise, you can grab my email from:
https://github.com/Zren/breeze-alphablack/commit/860796a24140e6156c3b6d660fa390c9c08ff526.patch - Apr 20 2021

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes by Zren 61 comments

How are you "adding a new wallpaper"? Are you clicking "Add Image" then selecting an image already downloaded from your browser? Or are you clicking "Get New Wallpapers" then selecting "Install" to download it, then "Use" to apply the wallpaper?

Can you go to ~/.local/share/plasma/ and tell me what folders and subfolders exist?

~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/
~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/breeze-alphablack/
~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/
~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/com.github.zren.tiledmenu/
~/.local/share/plasma/wallpapers/
~/.local/share/plasma/wallpapers/com.github.zren.animatedhue/
~/.local/share/wallpapers/
~/.local/share/wallpapers/EarthPlasma.png

Once you have, try copying the following to the Desktop folder so you can restore them or compare them later:
~/.config/plasmarc
~/.config/plasmashellrc
~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
~/.local/share/plasma/
~/.local/share/wallpapers/

Then go to System Settings > Global Theme > Breeze
Check "Use desktop layout from theme"
Click Apply

It should reset your entire panel layout. Not sure if it'll reset the Desktop Wallpaper containment however. - Apr 19 2021

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes by Zren 61 comments

... What? A Plasma Style like this, and the associated System Tray Widget would not affect the Plasma Shell desktop config window containing the wallpaper selector, or the Plasma Wallpaper Plugin that draws the wallpaper.

What specifically is broken? - Apr 11 2021

Breeze AlphaBlack

Plasma Themes by Zren 61 comments

... What? A Plasma Style like this, and the associated System Tray Widget would not affect the Plasma Shell desktop config window, or the Plasma Wallpaper Plugin that draws the wallpaper.

What specifically is broken? - Apr 09 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

The calendar and agenda swapped places in Plasma 5.20 to stay consistent with Plasma's default digital clock widget. The screenshots are old. - Apr 01 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

So you installed v68 fine, you just do not understand how to modify the advanced config keys?

To enable Event Calendar "debugging", you need to right click the clock in the panel > Configure Event Calendar. At the bottom of the "General" tab is a "Enable Debugging" tab. - Mar 23 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

You can't install the v68.zip directly. You have to extract it first to install the "package" directory containing the "metadata.desktop" file. Read the instruction further down in the comments, right before I reopened the issue.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/153#issuecomment-730508702 - Mar 23 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

v68 should work with (Qt 5.9 / Kubuntu 18.04). However you need to modify it to work since the Google API keys shipped with that version no longer work.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/153

v69 is when I updated everything to use QtQuickControls 2. Even Debian uses Qt 5.11 nowadays. Also, Kubuntu 18.04 only has 1 month of support left (April 2021) according to https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/ - Mar 21 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

As in the widget background for a desktop widget?

I haven't gotten around to implementing the toggle in the widget handle yet, but there's always been a checkbox in the config under the General Tab > Desktop Widget: Show Background. Unfortunately it doesn't invert the text color like the official plasma toggle. - Mar 20 2021

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

Right click panel icon > Configure Tiled Menu
Under the "App List" Section there should be "Default View" which can be changed from "Alphabetical" to "Categories". You can select "Jump to Categories" only display the categories with the apps hidden. - Mar 11 2021

Command Output

Plasma 5 Applets by Zren 47 comments

It supports displaying text, including emojis. Press Meta+. to browse emojis. - Feb 27 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

You'll need to edit the PopupView.qml file itself to do this. It's not trivial to add an option.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/159
https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/commit/0574d1fb3a1a3265068853c7ddf5262697f46b72 - Feb 19 2021

TodoList

Plasma 5 Applets by Zren 74 comments

Plasma's SortFilterModel doesn't allow me to easily drag and drop while also filtering the model to hide completed items IIRC. Its been a while since I've checked though.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-todolist/issues/62 - Feb 09 2021

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

Thanks for reporting the bug. It seems the User Manager KCM changed it's id in Plasma 5.20.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-tiledmenu/issues/98 - Feb 04 2021

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia by Zren 49 comments

device.form_factor = "headset"
device.icon_name = "audio-headset-usb"

Hmm, I'll probably check PulseObject.properties['device.form_factor'] === 'headset'.
Thanks for helping debug this! - Jan 22 2021

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia by Zren 49 comments

Hmmm, there might be a better way to filter a headset. Can you paste the
output of 'pacmd list-sinks' into https://hastebin.com/ save it, then link me to it?

With headphones, I can find the `analog-output-headphones` in the current port name. It's possible that headsets also have a common thing. - Jan 22 2021

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia by Zren 49 comments

When you paste the output of the 'pacmd list-sinks | grep 'name:' command, make sure to remove the "greater than" and "less than" glyphs before submitting as OpenDesktop strips out the text inside. Eg:

name: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo

alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo - Jan 22 2021

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia by Zren 49 comments

Hmmm, you're right they should be distinct however I don't know a good way to do that. I shorten the super long pulseaudio name currently. What are the names of the two speakers?

$ pacmd list-sinks | grep 'name:'
name:

You can manually edit the code to 'return name' instead of 'return i18n("Speaker")' in the code for your use case though:

* https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-volumewin7mixer/blob/master/package/contents/ui/MixerItem.qml#L176-L199
* ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.volumewin7mixer/contents/ui/MixerItem.qml

To test changes, run:
plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.volumewin7mixer - Jan 22 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Should be fixed in v73. https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/209 - Jan 18 2021

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Should be fixed in v73. https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/209 - Jan 18 2021

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

Use https://store.kde.org/p/1181039/ for showing all active windows.

I probably won't add a search icon/textfield in the panel since pressing the menu button does the exact same thing. - Jan 17 2021

Condensed Weather

Plasma 5 Weather by Zren 18 comments

I'm using the default widget's weather sources, so it needs to be fixed upstream in plasma.

* https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-condensedweather/issues/6
* https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430643

It looks like it's only the city search that is broken. - Jan 03 2021

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

Tiled Menu should reflect your changes in KMenuEdit after restarting Plasma. - Dec 26 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

If you want to organize the apps, open KMenuEdit. - Dec 26 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

Are you looking at the source code? What do you mean by classification? Do you mean the Categories (Development, Games, Graphics)? If so, right click the panel icon > Edit Applications. - Dec 26 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

What would appear in the tooltip? - Dec 26 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Are you certain you did not have multiple version installed? Did you first uninstall the Add New Widget > Download New Widget version before installing the AUR version?

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/154#issuecomment-692889549

Are you using Latte-Dock? That wouldn't crash plasmashell though.

I'm using Manjaro myself (not installed via AUR though) so I'm not certain why it would be crashing. Is there a stacktrace?

coredumpctl -1 info - Dec 15 2020

Win7 Volume Mixer

Plasma 5 Multimedia by Zren 49 comments

As in it doesn't work for you, or you just don't like the design? - Dec 02 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

> category overview missing icons

Yeah I know about that bug. I can't reproduce it perfectly though. - Nov 28 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Multiple event calendar clock widgets in the panel? Or multiple event calendar desktop widgets?

When you say K20 and K19. Are you referring to Kubuntu 20.04 and Kubuntu 19.10? Are you dual booting, sharing the same home directory? - Nov 25 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

I'll try testing Latte-Dock in a little bit. Which version of Latte? Which distro + version? I assume you are using v41 of TiledMenu.

> not so the height, which is is still 404px despite I set 600.

If you delete resizeHeight.restart() in onHeightChanged, it'll probably fix the height bug.

> transparency for the tiles either,

If you edit the background color of a tile, there's "Alpha Channel" which controls the transparency. - Nov 25 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

This is how we fixed it last time:
https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/156

Did you apply those changes when you updated to v71? v71 did not delete those lines for you as that would remove features for everyone else and only you have reported this crash atm.
- Nov 25 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

It likely saves the size properly to the config. The issue sounds like the popup window's width is set to 0px when the popup is hidden. I don't experience this bug in Plasma 5.20.

Are you using Latte-Dock?

I wrote temporary fix here:
https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-tiledmenu/issues/94
- Nov 25 2020

Tiled Menu

Plasma 5 Menus by Zren 285 comments

If the Tiled Menu config window is open, the menu/widget popup will stay open. - Nov 22 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

There's a fix in the comments to set a custom client_id for v68.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/153

I was reluctant to teach you guys this method before since I want people to update to v71 with a ton of other fixes. I also saw that openSUSE 15.1 is reaching End of Life in January.

https://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime

Remember to update to v69 when you get Qt 5.15.1 or it will crash plasma on startup.
- Nov 19 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

There's a fix in the comments to set a custom client_secret for v68.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/153 - Nov 19 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Feel free to answer here. I wrote a few questions and tests at:

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/192 - Nov 19 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

What distro + version? Kubuntu 18.04?
It sounds like: https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/153

Button { icon.name } requires QtQuick.Controls 2.3, which was released in Qt 5.10. I only support Qt 5.12 and above. I try to support Debian with Qt 5.11 too. Kubuntu 18.04 only has Qt 5.9.
https://repology.org/project/qt/versions - Nov 13 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

I'm currently trying to fix a quota limit in #171 caused by a few users who haven't upgraded in a year. I plan to ship an update by Friday at the latest which should re-enable Google Calendar sync.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/171 - Nov 12 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Win7 Show Desktop

Plasma 5 Applets by Zren 40 comments

For me, it appears to be switching to another virtual desktop with the "last unminized window". I also experience this bug with the default minimizeall widget. Do you also experience your bug with that widget too?

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-win7showdesktop/issues/18 - Nov 10 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Does pressing the refresh button in the agenda work? This sorta sounds like EventCalendar is trying to fetch the weather too early (before wifi connects). Before v__, it wouldn't fetch weather until to popup was opened.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/issues/144 - Oct 13 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

Line 17 in AgendaModel.qml

/home/chris/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar/contents/ui/AgendaModel.qml

To quickly test run the following command, then relog once you get it working the way you want.
plasmawindowed org.kde.plasma.eventcalendar - Oct 11 2020

Event Calendar

Plasma 5 Calendars by Zren 620 comments

In recent versions it'll always show all days in the selected month in the agenda. It will also show the next 14 days even if they are in the next month. There is not a config option to set how many days. There is a variable in the code that could be easy to change though, haven't tested it.

https://github.com/Zren/plasma-applet-eventcalendar/blob/master/package/contents/ui/AgendaModel.qml - Oct 11 2020