511413 2025-10-31 09:28:27 +0000 Cannot add weather widget from widget explorer by clicking on it 2025-11-08 09:07:52 +0000 1 1 4 Plasma plasmashell Weather widget 6.5.1 CachyOS Linux RESOLVED FIXED regression NOR normal 1.0 1 anders_kde plasma-bugs-null isma.af nate nicolas.fella https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/b3bd31b9f8e7d3b06dc64e010eff34fc5286da07 6.5.2 0 oldest_to_newest 2466853 0 anders_kde 2025-10-31 09:28:27 +0000 SUMMARY After upgrading to 6.5, the Weather Report widget fails to add to the desktop when selected. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open edit mode for desktop. 2. Add graphical component. 3. Attempt to add the Weather Report widget. OBSERVED RESULT Nothing happens. EXPECTED RESULT The widget should add to the desktop. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: CachyOS Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.1 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.10.0 Kernel Version: 6.17.5-2-cachyos (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Localization: Swedish / Sweden ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Sys log spits out the following: 2025-10-31 09:28 plasmashell Failed to find plasmoid path for "org.kde.plasma.weather" 2025-10-31 09:28 plasmashell --------> load applet: "org.kde.plasma.weather" relpath: "plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.weather" 2025-10-31 09:28 plasmashell .. pathes: QList() Which seems to indicate the built-in widget is still trying to look at the old path instead of the new (compiled) library in /usr/lib/qt6/plugins/plasma/applets This does not seem to occur for every CachyOS user, but I have not done anything in particular to my KDE installation more than pacman -Syu to keep it updated. 2466914 1 nicolas.fella 2025-10-31 13:05:57 +0000 It seems to work when dragging the applet onto the desktop, but not when just clicking on it 2466915 2 bug-janitor 2025-10-31 13:19:20 +0000 A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/5952 2466961 3 anders_kde 2025-10-31 17:20:18 +0000 (In reply to Nicolas Fella from comment #1) > It seems to work when dragging the applet onto the desktop, but not when > just clicking on it Wow, you're correct. That hadn't occurred to me to try. Thanks for the work-around if nothing else! :) 2467347 4 nicolas.fella 2025-11-02 14:30:16 +0000 Git commit e5da9bfef1048a4acb93c135382490dcb1b756be by Nicolas Fella. Committed on 02/11/2025 at 14:29. Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'master'. Fix WidgetExplorer::addApplet Looking up the package directory won't work for applets that use plasma_add_applet It's also entirely unnecessary since we can and should just pass the applet id to createApplet M +1 -12 components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/e5da9bfef1048a4acb93c135382490dcb1b756be 2467349 5 nicolas.fella 2025-11-02 14:31:44 +0000 Git commit b3bd31b9f8e7d3b06dc64e010eff34fc5286da07 by Nicolas Fella. Committed on 02/11/2025 at 14:31. Pushed by nicolasfella into branch 'Plasma/6.5'. Fix WidgetExplorer::addApplet Looking up the package directory won't work for applets that use plasma_add_applet It's also entirely unnecessary since we can and should just pass the applet id to createApplet (cherry picked from commit e5da9bfef1048a4acb93c135382490dcb1b756be) M +1 -12 components/shellprivate/widgetexplorer.cpp https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/b3bd31b9f8e7d3b06dc64e010eff34fc5286da07 2468861 6 anders_kde 2025-11-08 09:07:52 +0000 Can confirm fixed for my repro in 6.5.2