Plasma/5.11 Errata

Known issues in the Plasma 5.11 release.

KGlobalAccel

The KDE Framework KGlobalAccel includes a regression in its 5.38.0 release. Please use the 5.38.1 release.

Wayland

• Not functional with Qt 5.8.0 or Qt 5.9 betas (see Qt Bug 58423)
• Integration features in Plasma still missing or incomplete (e.g. Pager applet)
• No Drag and Drop from X11 to Wayland windows and vice versa
• No support for primary selection (middle-click to paste)
• No support for tablet devices (e.g. wacom tablets)
• No clipboard history (e.g. klipper and clipboard plasmoid)
• XWayland older than 1.19 lacks features or has bugs, we recommend XWayland 1.19
• No focus stealing prevention for Wayland windows
• No window rules support for Wayland windows
• (Multi-)Screen configuration only partially implemented
• QtWebEngine crashes when used on Wayland Qt Bug 55384
• QtWayland: No support for animated mouse cursors Qt Bug 48181
• QtWayland: Dropdown windows closes on key presses Qt Bug 55403
• QtWayland: Missing compose key support Qt Bug 54792
• QtWayland: Key repeat settings ignored Qt Bug 55615
• QtWayland: Sub-menus may be placed incorrectly Qt Bug 50458
• GTK: windows don't have a minimize and maximize button
• GTK: windows are incorrectly placed
• GTK: latest version requires newer xdg-shell version which is not yet supported

Missing features

• KWin does not provide window tabs
• Tooltips on window decoration buttons