KDE Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion

The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.14 as the latest version of this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt, providing commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop. KDE Frameworks 6.14 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with some new features like support for some archaic units for KRunner, such as furlongs and rods, as well as a revamped New Files dialog for the Dolphin file manager and other KIO-based apps that includes the icon of the new file or folder. It also adds support for displaying holidays in Vietnam in the KHolidays library used by various KDE apps to determine holidays and other special events for a geographical region, makes the dialog that asks you whether you want to open or run a file much fancier, and makes filtering files by filename faster in the Open and Save dialogs when pressing the CTRL+I or Backslash keys. Moreover, KDE Frameworks 6.14 updates the common Kirigami.FormLayout component used throughout System Settings and many other KDE apps to have a more visually pleasing style when there's not enough horizontal space to display everything in its normal mode, making it look much better when the view is very wide. On top of that, it adds support for clicking on checkboxes to select individual items in multi-selection dialogs for users using single-click selection, adds support for Breeze-themed icons in the system tray area for the Telegram Desktop app, and makes KWallet a wrapper around the cross-desktop "Secret Service" system. Various bugs were addressed in the new KDE Frameworks release, including a case where various messages in System Settings and other KDE apps would have links that did nothing when clicked, and a regression that made the Telegram Desktop app show a symbolic icon instead of a colorful one on the Task Manager for Plasma panels that are 38 pixels thick or less. Also fixed in KDE Frameworks 6.14 is an issue in the common Kirigami.ScrollablePage component that could make pages in the Plasma Discover package manager unnecessarily horizontally scrollable, a very high-priority bug in the Plasma desktop, as well as more than twenty 15-minute Plasma bugs. Check the release announcement page for more details. Meanwhile, keep an eye on the stable software repositories of your favorite Linux distro for the new KDE Frameworks packages and update your installations as soon as possible. The post KDE Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.

May 10, 2025 - 12:21

KDE Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion

The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.14 as the latest version of this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt, providing commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop.

KDE Frameworks 6.14 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with some new features like support for some archaic units for KRunner, such as furlongs and rods, as well as a revamped New Files dialog for the Dolphin file manager and other KIO-based apps that includes the icon of the new file or folder.

It also adds support for displaying holidays in Vietnam in the KHolidays library used by various KDE apps to determine holidays and other special events for a geographical region, makes the dialog that asks you whether you want to open or run a file much fancier, and makes filtering files by filename faster in the Open and Save dialogs when pressing the CTRL+I or Backslash keys.

Moreover, KDE Frameworks 6.14 updates the common Kirigami.FormLayout component used throughout System Settings and many other KDE apps to have a more visually pleasing style when there's not enough horizontal space to display everything in its normal mode, making it look much better when the view is very wide.

On top of that, it adds support for clicking on checkboxes to select individual items in multi-selection dialogs for users using single-click selection, adds support for Breeze-themed icons in the system tray area for the Telegram Desktop app, and makes KWallet a wrapper around the cross-desktop "Secret Service" system.

Various bugs were addressed in the new KDE Frameworks release, including a case where various messages in System Settings and other KDE apps would have links that did nothing when clicked, and a regression that made the Telegram Desktop app show a symbolic icon instead of a colorful one on the Task Manager for Plasma panels that are 38 pixels thick or less.

Also fixed in KDE Frameworks 6.14 is an issue in the common Kirigami.ScrollablePage component that could make pages in the Plasma Discover package manager unnecessarily horizontally scrollable, a very high-priority bug in the Plasma desktop, as well as more than twenty 15-minute Plasma bugs.

Check the release announcement page for more details. Meanwhile, keep an eye on the stable software repositories of your favorite Linux distro for the new KDE Frameworks packages and update your installations as soon as possible.

The post KDE Frameworks 6.14 Revamps New Files Dialog, Expands KRunner Unit Conversion appeared first on 9to5Linux - do not reproduce this article without permission. This RSS feed is intended for readers, not scrapers.