KDE Plasma 5.27 is here

You just use meta plus t and select the layout you want. Then to tile open dolphin and open the terminal and then use the mouse cursor with shift key and drag the window to the layout you want it in.

Edit: So in other words drag the terminal to the larger tile position or smaller or however you have the layout.

Example:

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Yes, the tiling itself works. Itā€™s just Meta-T which doesnā€™t work for me. Oh well, weā€™ll seeā€¦

Hmm? Press meta t and it comes up with whatever is loaded. Then to change click on load layout on top right. Select the one you want. Then click on the Window and it is set. You can also change them by adding or deleting a tile. :man_shrugging:

Edit: You say you have tiling editor? Under configure should show meta + t

Edit: Maybe you have some other shortcut using meta + t

Thought about this as well, but usually you get alerted when a shortcut is used already. I als tried other shortcuts but none would stick.
Well, letā€™s see if others have the same issue, if not I guess I need to dive into logs and thingsā€¦

So KDE 27 has descended upon Swedenā€¦

Meta + T works for me, but Iā€™m not sure if Iā€™ll use tiling all that much, at least on laptops. On a larger screen I do see the use. However Iā€™ll play around with it for a while.

Iā€™m more curious about if the scaling has improved when you plug a laptop into a high res monitor/TV. Iā€™ll try tomorrow as a rapid decapitation would be the end result if Iā€™d hog the 4K TV right now. :smile:

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Iā€™ve updated the original post with the release announcement and changelog.

Iā€™ve also done a fresh test installation. The issue I mentioned above of scaling being set to 125% initially is present for me in a fresh install. Iā€™ll search bugs.kde.org later, and if I canā€™t find it will report it.

Otherwise everything is :sunglasses:

I updated prior to it coming out using the testing repo. Itā€™s all working flawless as always. My install is Eos Kde Plasma. Iā€™m not using Wayland although i know it does work well on amdgpu. Iā€™m sticking with grub and X11. Iā€™m really looking forward to Kde 6.0

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I am - on Intel. Overall I prefer it to X11 now (at least on KDE Plasma).

Me too - letā€™s hope it is out before Christmas :santa:

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Yes and I may try Wayland again. The biggest issue i find is when launch in apps with Wayland and you get the bouncing icon. Happens on Firefox and or Libreoffice.

Edit: On X11 they open instantly.

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Iā€™ve turned off Launch Feedback (if thatā€™s what youā€™re referring to). Itā€™s in the Cursors section of System Settings now.

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Whatā€™s it under? I canā€™t find it?

Edit: Okay i found it.

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Currently I am on Arch - Intel. My preferred Plasma settings does not really play well with Wayland (transparency and blur on everything except the active window), so I stick to X11, and Grub.

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New day, new brain. Tried again to set a keyboard shortcut this morning, still no success. But I noticed the ā€œdefaultā€ button on the settings screen. Well, that set the shortcut to Meta-T and I am in business :slight_smile:

Will play around with tiling today to see if itā€™s any good for meā€¦

Something different, my background picture changed to this?
image

Is this really the official background? Pretty dull and very different to the previous onesā€¦think I have to change that one. I want my orange rocket back :slight_smile:

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You can change the shortcut in the Effects page, where Tiling is enabled.
Default (Meta+T) is a Global shortcut.
You can add a new Global alternative. :point_down:

Tiling is not usable/practical now, for the purpose of replacing a Tiling WM, IMHO.
Nevertheless, there are several ways to have a fake Tiling WM experience, if you (spend a lot of time to) try configuring kWin shortcuts in a way that makes sense to a user (individually). I have not confirmed if this is because of the new tiling features, or it was there all along :joy: .

Vee vill seeā€¦ :grin:

I know where to find the shortcuts, it simply didnā€™t work, what I set got ignored. But your screenshot also shows the ā€œDefaultā€ button bottom left, that one magically solved the problem for me. So case closed.

But after half a day on 5.27 I am not sure if tiling is for me, I think Iā€™d need a much higher screen resolution to get something out of it. Tiling is fine for CLI/Konsole, and I use it there a lot, but for graphical windows I just donā€™t have enough real estate.

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The ā€œflatsealā€ feature require this package: flatpak-kcm

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Who else noticed those 1px borders around the windows?

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Like this?

accurate

no matter whether bright mode or dark mode

I donā€™t know if that can be changed? You donā€™t want any borders on the Windows?