SUMMARY When switching wallpapers, either in System Settings or by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Desktop and Wallpaper", there is a fade transition. This animation speed depends on the monitor refresh rate. For example it will move faster at 120Hz than at 60Hz. I noticed this on my desktop PC, but will also check on my Steam Deck (Plasma 5 X11) and my laptop (Plasma 6 Wayland), to test both session types and different screen arrangements (my laptop is a single display). STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Open one of the Wallpaper configuration screens. 2. Select a new Wallpaper. 3. The fade animation will be faster on higher refresh rate displays. OBSERVED RESULT The fade animation speed is tied to the display's refresh rate. EXPECTED RESULT The fade animation should be framerate-independent. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.5.0 Qt Version: 6.7.2 Kernel Version: 6.10.7-zen1-1-zen (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This is not advocating for a preference in speed, though I prefer the faster animation speed, this is a report about the inconsistency.
Is it just this animation, or all animations? e.g. the timer/timeout for notification popups. You can test that with `notify-send foo bar`
As far as I have seen, this only applies to this animation. The timeout for notification popups looks fine, I think? Although I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, sorry. The spinner ticks down normally with `notify-send`.
Thanks.
This appears to be fixed in Plasma 6.2.0!
Woohoo!