SUMMARY It looks like Plasma 5.26 has introduced new "dark" variants of wallpapers (including existing wallpapers that didn't previously have dark variants.) The wallpaper chooser shows a horizontally split preview of the light and dark wallpaper (with no way to view a full preview of either version.) However, I don't see an option to force using a specific version of the wallpaper. The reason I'd like to use the original/light wallpapers is that the dark wallpapers are way too dark and do not provide any contrast against windows and panels while using the dark theme. I imagine the dark wallpapers would work better with the light theme, but that isn't possible either. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Right-click the desktop -> Configure Desktop and Wallpaper... 2. Select any wallpaper with a light and dark version available 3. Apply OBSERVED RESULT The dark wallpaper is applied, with no option in the settings to use the light version instead. EXPECTED RESULT There should be an option (e.g. a dropdown defaulting to "Automatic") to force using the light or dark variant of a wallpaper. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: 6.0.5 KDE Plasma: 5.26.2 KDE Frameworks: 5.99.0 Qt Version: 5.15.6 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Need someone else to implement it as I don't feel it very necessary., and the wallpaper config dialog is already crowded.
*** Bug 483966 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I can see this being an accessibility concern
Why does the preview show the non-accessible wallpapers at all if there's no option to use them? E.g. if I'm using the dark theme, and I'm not allowed to select the light wallpapers via the preferences interface, then I don't understand why I'm not just shown the dark version of the previews instead of getting a half-and-half. Removing the light side of the previews is *not* what I actually want here, but it's inconsistent.
There is an option to use them; you just have to use an appropriately light or dark color scheme. The fact that this may be undesirable because you might want to use the dark version with a light color scheme or vice versa, is why this feature request is open and marked CONFIRMED.
As for why it shows both in the preview, it's to communicate that the wallpaper has light and dark versions. Otherwise you might not know.