KDE Plasma 5.19.3 Released

Tuesday, 7 July 2020. Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.19.3. Plasma 5.19 was released in June 2020 with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

This release adds a fortnight’s worth of new translations and fixes from KDE’s contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:

KWin: Make sure tablet coordinates take decorations into account. Commit. Fixes bug #423833
Fix a KCM crash when no file manager is installed. Commit. Fixes bug #422819
Powerdevil: Fix compilation with Qt 5.15, this hit the time bomb too. Commit.

Full Plasma 5.19.3 changelog

Plasma Addons
Port task switchers to use standard sizes for everything else. Commit.
Port task switchers to use units.iconSizes. Commit. Fixes bug #422547
KSSHAskPass
Migrate away from singe quote identifiers as well. Commit.
Bring back for saving usernames as well. Commit.
KWin
Make sure tablet coordinates take decorations into account. Commit. Fixes bug #423833
Provide a mask for flag-type properties (window types). Commit.
[kcm/kwinrules] Fix types property for NET::AllTypesMask. Commit. Fixes bug #423214
[x11] Force FocusIn events for already focused windows. Commit.
[kcm/kwinrules] Fix detection of wmclass property. Commit. Fixes bug #423138
[x11] Hold a passive grab on buttons only when needed. Commit. Fixes bug #394772
KCM KWin Decoration : kcfgc File attribute should point to kcfg file. Commit. Fixes bug #423398
Plasma Desktop
Translate kcfg files. Commit.
Fixuifiles. Commit.
Fix message extraction a bit. Commit.
Extract from ui files as well. Commit.
Fix a further potential null pointer deref in file manager chooser. Commit.
Fix a KCM crash when no file manager is installed. Commit. Fixes bug #422819
Do not modify vector while iterating over it in range-based for loop. Commit. Fixes bug #423224. Fixes bug #423441
KCM component chooser: use the category FileManager to filter filemanager apps. Commit. Fixes bug #423313
Plasma Workspace
[wallpaper] Save the package name in configuration not a URL. Commit.
Theme shouldn’t inherit. Commit. Fixes bug #423747
[applet/systemtray] Load config defaults from main.xml. Commit. Fixes bug #423561
[applets/systemtray] Fix context menu misplaced. Commit. Fixes bug #421275
[startkde] Block plasma-session exiting until startup sound completes. Commit. Fixes bug #422948
[mediacontroller] Use half the samples for better performance with swrast. Commit.
[applets/mediaplayer] Make size of the standalone plasmoid similar to that of the system tray. Commit. Fixes bug #422736
Fix broken ENV variables for detailed settings. Commit. Fixes bug #417070. Fixes bug #176650. See bug #327757. See bug #176650
Set proper formFactors to faces. Commit.
Better propagate size hints. Commit. See bug #422669. See bug #422888
Fix DBus service used in shutdown interface. Commit. Fixes bug #423391
Powerdevil
Merge plasma/5.18. Commit.
Watch DBus service right away to discard pending inhibitions reliably. Commit. Fixes bug #423131
Fix compilation with Qt 5.15, this hit the time bomb too. Commit.