Bug 518669

Summary: [feature request] turn off the time interval for changing wallpapers in the slideshow
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: buszew <patrykbpl>
Component: Image & Slideshow wallpaper pluginsAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: wishlist CC: kde, nate, notmart, qydwhotmail
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.6.4   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.8.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: screen

Description buszew 2026-04-07 20:34:45 UTC
Created attachment 191351 [details]
screen

If you set this option to "0" you'll ONLY be able to select a wallpaper manually (right-click on the desktop -> next wallpaper).

I changed the following settings in `~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc`, but Plasma started going crazy:

SlideInterval=0
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2026-06-20 05:44:26 UTC
Git commit 27bee0f2377c9db916d2aa200d798d23c763549f by David Edmundson, on behalf of Fushan Wen.
Committed on 20/06/2026 at 05:22.
Pushed by davidedmundson into branch 'master'.

wallpapers/image: support manual-only slideshow mode with zero interval

Allow setting the slideshow interval to 0, which disables automatic
wallpaper changing while still allowing manual switching via the
"Next Wallpaper Image" shortcut or nextSlide(). Guard the timer
start behind m_delay > 0 checks to avoid starting a zero-interval
timer, and always allow 0 in the seconds SpinBox.

M  +31   -1    wallpapers/image/plugin/autotests/tst_imagebackend.qml
M  +28   -24   wallpapers/image/plugin/imagebackend.cpp
M  +5    -1    wallpapers/image/slideshowpackage/contents/ui/SlideshowComponent.qml

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/27bee0f2377c9db916d2aa200d798d23c763549f