9. UI Settings

KDE requires a logout for the fonts to become active in the session or just import the fonts manually in font management after setup.

9.1. Themes

Install Arc and Papirus themes
pacman -Syu papirus-icon-theme arc-gtk-theme
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/arc-kde/master/install.sh | sh

Attention

Login required. KDE will not display themes correctly until logging off and logging back in.

9.2. Global Theme

General

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme

☑

arc dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Application Style

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › application style

☑

breeze

› configure gnome/gtk application style

arc dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Plasma Style

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › plasma style

☑

arc dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Colors

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › colors

☑

arc dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Theme

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › window decorations › theme

☑

arc dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Titlebar Buttons

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › window decorationstitlebar buttons

DELETE

on all desktops

DELETE

more actions for this window

☑

shade (right side - left of minimize)

☑

keep below other windows (leftmost)

☑

keep above other windows (right of keep below)

Updated: 2021-12-20

Fonts

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › fonts

fixed width

SFMono Nerd Font 11pt regular

Updated: 2021-12-20

Icons

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › fonts

☑

papirus-dark

Updated: 2021-12-20

Cursors

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › cursors

☑

breeze

Updated: 2021-12-20

Launch Feedback

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › launch feedback

cursor

no feedback

task manager

check enable animation

stop animation after

5 seconds

Updated: 2021-12-20

Splash Screen

⌘ › system settings › appearance › global theme › splash screen

☑

QuarksSplashDarker (Install from UI)

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.3. Startup & Shutdown

See Login Screen (sddm) for detailed login screen configuration.

Autostart

⌘ › system settings › startup and shutdown › autostart

DELETE

all

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.4. Langauge Packs

Language Packs

⌘ › system settings › language packs

ADD

all language packs

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.5. Workspace Behavior

General Behavior

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › general behavior

clicking in scrollbar track: scrolls to clicked location

Updated: 2021-12-20

Desktop Effects

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › desktop effects

accessibility

› ☑

zoom (configured automatically with 150% scaling)

appearance

› ☑

blur

› ☑

destaturate unresponsive applications

› ☑

fading popups

› ☑

fall apart

› ☑

full screen

› ☑

login

› ☑

logout

› ☑

maximize

› ☑

morphing popups

› ☑

screen edge

› ☑

sliding popups

› ☑

translucency

› ☑

squash

focus

› ☑

dialog parent

› ☑

dim screen for administrative mode

show desktop animation

› ☑

eye on screen

virtual desktop switching animation

› ☑

slide

window management

› ☑

desktop grid

› ☑

present windows

window open/close animation

› ☑

glide

Updated: 2021-12-20

Screen Edges

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › screen edges

{UPPPER LEFT}

lock screen

{UPPER RIGHT}

present windows - all desktops

☑

windows dragged to top edge

☑

windows dragged to left or right edge

trigger quarter tiling in

outer 25%

switch on desktop edge

OFF

activation delay

500ms

reactivation delay

1000ms

Updated: 2021-12-20

Screen Locking

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › screen locking

☑ lock screen automatically

5mins

› ☑

after waking from sleep

allow unlocking without a password for

0 seconds

keyboard shortcut

⌘ + L

appearance

› ☑

clock

› ☐

media controls

› image

safe landing (same as login screen)

Updated: 2021-12-20

Virtual Desktops

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › virtual desktops

DELETE

all

Updated: 2021-12-20

Activities

The minimum time is one month; clear current data.

⌘ › system settings › workspace behavior › activities › privacy

keep history

1 month

remember opened documents

only for specific applications

›

sublime

☑

blacklist applications not in the list

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.6. Windows Management

Window Behavior

⌘ › system settings › windows management › window behavior

focus

› window activation policy

focus follows mouse

› delay focus by

300ms

› focus stealing prevention

none

› ☑

click raises active window

Updated: 2021-12-20

Task Switcher

⌘ › system settings › windows management › task switcher

main

› ☑

show selected window

› ☑

thumbnail grid

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.7. Shortcuts

KWin

⌘ › system settings › shortcuts › system services › kwin

make window fullscreen

alt+return

Updated: 2021-12-20

KRunner

⌘ › system settings › shortcuts › applications › krunner

krunner

› ☐

alt + f2

› ☑

search

› ☑

alt + space

Updated: 2021-12-20

Activity Switching

This will enable meta only key and meta+space key for app launcher.

⌘ › system settings › shortcuts › system services › activity switching

activate application launcher widget

DELETE

alt + f1

ADD

⌘ + space

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.9. Personalization

Notifications

⌘ › system settings › personalization › notifications

do not disturb mode

☐ enable when screens are minimized

critical notifications

☑ show in do not disturb mode

normal notifications

☐ show over full screen windows

low priority notifications

☑ show popup

popup

☑ show near notification icon

hide after

5secs

application progress

› ☐

show in task manager (enable if GUI copy progress not showing)

› ☐

show in notifications (enable if GUI copy progress not showing)

› ☑

keep popup open during progress

notifications badges

☑ show in task manager

Updated: 2021-12-20

Accessibility

⌘ › system settings › personalization › accessibility

bell

› ☐

audible bell

› ☐

visible bell

modifier keys

› ☐

sticky keys

keyboard filters

› ☐

slow keys

screen reader

› ☐

enable screen reader

Updated: 2021-12-20

Default Applications

⌘ › system settings › personalization › applications › default applications

email client

google chrome

terminal emulator

alacritty

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.10. KDE Wallet

Wallet Preferences

⌘ › system settings › kde wallet › wallet preferences

☐

enable the kde wallet subsystem

Updated: 2021-12-20

Access Control

⌘ › system settings › kde wallet › access control

☑

prompt when an application accesses a wallet

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.11. User Feedback

User Feedback

⌘ › system settings › user feedback

DISABLE

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.12. Input Devices

Touchpad

⌘ › system settings › hardware › input devices › touchpad

☑

device enabled

☑

disable when typing

☐

left handed mode

☐

press left and right buttons for middle click

0.00

pointer accleration

acceleration profile

☑ adaptive

☑

tap to click

☑

tap and drag

☐

tap and drag lock

two finger click

☑ right click (three-finger tap to middle click)

scrolling

☑ two fingers

☐

invert scroll direction

☐

disable horizontal scrolling

right-click

☑ press bottom-right corner

middle-click

☑ press bottom-middle

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.13. Night Color

Night Color

⌘ › system settings › hardware › display and monitor › night color

☐

activate night color

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.14. Taskbar Clock

Night Color

taskbar clock › 🖱 › configure digital clock › appearance

☐

activate night color

information

☑ show date (adaptive location)

show time zone

☑ only when different from local time zone

display time zone as

code

time display

24-hour

date format

iso date

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.15. System Tray

General

system tray › 🖱 › configure system tray › general

☑

scale with panel height

Updated: 2021-12-20

Entries

File copy progress also requires notifications settings to be enabled. See Personalization.

system tray › 🖱 › configure system tray › entries

☑

always show all entries

application status

› default

always shown

› media player

show when relevant

› notifications

show when relevant (required for GUI file copy progress)

hardware control

› default

show when relevant

› display configuration

DISABLED

› touchpad

DISABLED

› key lock status

DISABLED

› keyboard layout

DISABLED

› kde connect

DISABLED

system services

› clipboard

DISABLED

› disk quota

DISABLED

› night color control

DISABLED

c miscellaneous

› kate session

DISABLED

› weather report

DISABLED

Updated: 2021-12-20

Remove Show Desktop

system tray › {RMB} › enter edit mode

DELETE

show desktop

Updated: 2021-12-20

Remove News

Manually quit News.

system tray › news › settings

☐

autostart

☐

show error notifications

Updated: 2021-12-20

Remove Show Desktop

Manually quit Manajero Settings Manager.

system tray › manjaro settings manager › options

☐

check unsupported kernels

☐

check new kernels

☐

check missing language packs

Updated: 2021-12-20

Remove Key Lock Status

system tray › key lock status

DELETE

Updated: 2021-12-20

Remove Shortcuts

system tray › shortcuts

DELETE

Updated: 2021-12-20

9.16. Rename Terminals

Make Alacritty Default ‘Terminal’

⌘ › alacritty › edit

general

name

terminal

application

name

terminal

description

terminal

Updated: 2021-12-20

Rename Konsole to ‘konsole’ (from terminal)

⌘ › konsole › edit

application

description

konsole

Updated: 2021-12-20