Bug 438822

Summary: Remove the gray box around program icons in Kwin’s "Present Windows"
Product: [Plasma] kwin Reporter: Maximilian Böhm <mabo>
Component: effects-present-windowsAssignee: KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: mabo, nate
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 5.22.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/376ee357dbc50fec3b6e71c40938171ddb2e726a Version Fixed/Implemented In: 5.25
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Description Maximilian Böhm 2021-06-17 19:02:59 UTC 
Plasma 5.22 has moved the program’s icon in the Present Windows effect to center and seemingly has removed the rounded corners of the gray box underneath. This looks just cheap. Either remove the box entirely or make the corners round again. I vote for remove the box since it makes nice icons look worse. Take a look at how macOS’ Mission Control handles this: Also no box around the icons. Not even a box around the program’s name.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-05-05 15:11:28 UTC 
This has been fixed with the rewrite in Plasma 5.25, done by Marco Martin with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/376ee357dbc50fec3b6e71c40938171ddb2e726a!