Window Buttons Applet

Window Buttons Applet Original

Plasma 5 Applets applet buttons panel plasma5 window

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-buttons

Description:

This is a Plasma 5 applet that shows window buttons in your panels. This plasmoid is coming from Latte land but it can also support Plasma panels.

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To install it you should build yourself, installing it from Plasma Widgets Explorer directly wont work.

Requires:
Qt >= 5.9
KF5 >= 5.38
Plasma >= 5.13
KDecoration2 >= 5.13

Qt elements: Gui Qml Quick
KF5 elements: CoreAddons Declarative Plasma PlasmaQuick
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You can use: sh install.sh , in order to install it if you have previous development packages available

Last changelog:

Version 0.8.1 8 months ago

* fix compatibility with Plasma 5.18 (Rodrigo Pedra Brum)
* never hide buttons for AlwaysVisible visibility state

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sadi
21 days ago

10 10 the best

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pieter
28 days ago

about the two bars of my previous question: found it! I disabled "no borders" in the latte settings without knowing what that would have for consequences. It's ok now!

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pieter
28 days ago

about the two bars of my previous question: found it! I disabled "no borders" in the latte settings without knowing what that would have for consequences. It's ok now!

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pieter
28 days ago

I am using Neon. Suddenly the window button applet works fine but the window-borders won't disappear. This means I have two bars with two sets of working window control buttons. What could be the cause?

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axel-huerta
1 month ago

10 10 the best

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aeverr
5 months ago

no longer seems to work with KDecoration2 5.18, since libkdecorations2private.so.6 no longer exists, and is now libkdecorations2private.so.7

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oijasa
5 months ago

same here. I updated my Kubuntu system to the latest version and now it's missing the .so.6 file, since there's the new .so.7 and thus the applet crashes. Is there a workaround?

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Psifidotos
5 months ago

build and install by yourself or pong your distro packager to update its version.

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oijasa
5 months ago

Thank you! Now it's fixed!

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Psifidotos
5 months ago

Works perfectly in my tumbleweed system with plasma 5.18. It probably needs a rebuild

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greenleaf
5 months ago

10 10 the best

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anasr7
5 months ago

error:
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

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samuelrod
6 months ago

What are the dependencies for Fedora?

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brsoul
6 months ago

@Psifidotos, On arch, which packages should i install?

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jackchealdang
6 months ago

this is exactly what I needed after using Active Window Control for so long just for the buttons on the panel! it wasn't dyanmically giving the buttons space like this does without a title. thank you!!

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pyjamarama
10 months ago

10 10 the best

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franciscot
11 months ago

10 10 the best of the best

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franciscot
11 months ago

@Psifidotos, Is it possible to keep the space when the buttons are not visible? Thanks!

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Psifidotos
11 months ago

it has been implemented as an option in the upcoming version but I cant find any time soon to make a release... If you want to test it, you can try the master branch from https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-buttons

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franciscot
11 months ago

I installed from AUR in manjaro (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plasma5-applets-window-buttons-git) and it¡s working very good. THANKS! Let me know if you need any test or debug.

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birillo78
11 months ago

10 10 the best

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th0m4s
1 year ago

10 10 the best!

@Psifidotos, where can I download the Mac OS style buttons (with this zoom effect) used in your illustrative gif?

Why didn't you bundle these 3 add-ons (Window Buttons, Title and AppMenu) into a single add-on, or an even better option to add them as features in Latte Dock?

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one-liner
1 year ago

@Psifidotos can you add an option to hide window title bar when maximized like Active Window Control has? I was using this in my setup with latte top bar auto-hide enabled (so that my maximized window basically had no title bar).

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Psifidotos
1 year ago

This is supported through Latte or by Window Buttons in plasma panel... In Latte you can find this setting through Latte Global Settings: https://userbase.kde.org/LatteDock/TipsAndTricks#Can_I_have_different_Borderless_Maximized_windows_options_between_different_layouts.3F

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one-liner
1 year ago

Thanks for the quick answer, all the best!

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Version 0.8.1 8 months ago

* fix compatibility with Plasma 5.18 (Rodrigo Pedra Brum)
* never hide buttons for AlwaysVisible visibility state

Version 0.8.0 8 months ago

* fix which plasma theme colors are used for buttons when Colors:Plasma Theme is chosen
* do not show buttons that the current window has disabled them, for example a window is NOT Closable; Close button becomes hidden in such case
* hide buttons when the last active maximized window is minimized and there are no other shown windows
* improve configuration window texts
* create a new decoration only when it is really needed
* reduce filesystem trackers for scheme colors files
* use shared decoration between all buttons
* set an object name for the shared decoration in order to be easily identified by KDecoration2 decorations

Version 0.7.0 10 months ago

* introduce a new Button Size percentage option and drop thickness margin in order to set the buttons size
* introduce Hidden State in order for the user to choose how buttons should behave when they should not be shown. Currently two states are supported: Slide out and Preserve Empty Space
* introduce a new Color Scheme based on current Plasma Theme used and make it also default
* live preview for changes in the settings window
* do not crash when the selected decoration does not exist in the systemm, for example it was uninstalled
* update buttons for scheme changes

Version 0.6.0 1 year ago

* new visibility mode: At least one window is shown
* option to draw buttons in inactive state (for both c++ and aurorae decorations)
* fix the current buttons decoration discovery, the user can now change between different decorations and the buttons style is updated runtime
* hide when the last maximized window is closed and the visibility mode is ActiveMaximized
* fix multi-screens behavior for Latte panels
* fix typo that broke builds at some systems

Version 0.5.0 1 year ago

* provide a relevant background for window buttons in configuration window to fix contrast issues
* support new Latte v0.9 Communicator API
* support new Latte v0.9 Windows Tracking interface when in Latte dock/panel

Version 0.4 1 year ago

* add new KeepAbove button support (community contribution)
* merge different versions into a single one. One version for all Plasma versions >= 5.12
* close ComboBoxes after clicking

Version 0.3 1 year ago

- support new Latte coloring and Communicator mechanism
- fix spacing issues with Aurorae themes

Version 0.2 1 year ago

- Choose Colors to apply a color palette to your window buttons
- Three different Visibility modes, Always Visible/Active Window/Active and Maximized
- Multi-Screen aware, handle active windows only from current screen or from any screen
- Option to activate/deactivate borderless maximized windows and a third System Decide when the checkbox is partially checked in order to play nice with Latte v0.8
- respect Fitt's Law and include padding and margins when hovering buttons
- fix, update buttons visual settings when the user changes the current decoration settings
- fix, respect all focus out/hover out events
- provide a Plasma 5.12 compatible version

Version 0.1 1 year ago

- Current mode, in order to automatically update button appearance according to plasma current window decoration
- Choose the decoration theme you would like to use for the buttons
- Support Minimize/Maximize/Close/OnAllDesktops buttons
- Support icon-based Aurorae themes such as **.svg** and **.svgz**
- Identify system's available decorations automatically
- Option to show buttons only when there is an active-maximized window in the current screen
- Slide out/in animation for showing/hiding buttons
- Reorder buttons according to user preference
- Various appearance settings in order to adjust margins. This way you can also change the button size
- Automatically discover Aurorae theme settings in order to make buttons look identical to window buttons

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sadi Sep 28 2020 10 the best

10 the best

axel-huerta Sep 17 2020 10 the best

10 the best

greenleaf Apr 30 2020 10 the best

10 the best

pyjamarama Nov 28 2019 10 the best

10 the best

franciscot Nov 17 2019 10 the best

10 the best of the best

birillo78 Oct 20 2019 10 the best

10 the best

th0m4s Oct 06 2019 10 the best

10 the best! @Psifidotos, where can I download the Mac OS style buttons (with this zoom effect) used in your illustrative gif? Why didn't you bundle these 3 add-ons (Window Buttons, Title and AppMenu) into a single add-on, or an even better option to add them as features in Latte Dock?