Bug 510472

Summary:	Kiosk mode (fullscreen, single window, single tab terminal) to support userspace VT features
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Neal Gompa <ngompa13>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kdedev, nicolas.fella
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	25.08.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/issues/48
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Neal Gompa 2025-10-10 21:55:57 UTC

SUMMARY
In Fedora, we're working on replacing the kernel VT (fbcon) with a Wayland-based one, and we want Konsole+KWin to be a supported option.

So I need a way to launch konsole, without menu/toolbar/tabs, and to disable features that won't work in a single-application wayland environment (like opening file Manager or URL).

Also the user launching konsole is a dummy user, without home folder.

Currently I can remove the main and session toolbar by going in the settings->Toobars Shown menu, and unchecking both toolbars, but it would be better to have a command line argument.

For reference, here is the current script to start kwin_wayland/konsole on a VT:
https://gitlab.com/kdj0c/userspacevt/-/blob/main/kdevt/usr/lib/systemd/system/kdevt@.service?ref_type=heads

And here is a test package for Fedora, so you can see what it looks like:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/jfalempe/Userspacevt/


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition 44
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.91
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0
Qt Version: 6.10.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This was originally filed in https://invent.kde.org/utilities/konsole/-/issues/48

Comment 1 Nicolas Fella 2025-10-17 09:45:50 UTC

It might make more sense to start with a minimal application around konsolepart. That way we don't have any toolbars etc to remove in the first place