Bug 520489 - Plasma 6.6 global theme creator does not either save or load the panel settings properly
Summary: Plasma 6.6 global theme creator does not either save or load the panel settin...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Global Theme packages (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.6.4
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-05-21 12:58 UTC by PK
Modified: 2026-05-25 17:15 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 6.7.0
Sentry Crash Report:


Attachments
system Breeze Global Theme (172.18 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-05-21 12:58 UTC, PK
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changed Breeze global theme a bit and made a new global theme of this (165.24 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-05-21 12:59 UTC, PK
Details
After applying the new global theme it looks like this (168.04 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-05-21 13:00 UTC, PK
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new ad hoc global theme (414.49 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-05-25 16:48 UTC, PK
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after applying ad hoc global theme (416.16 KB, image/jpeg)
2026-05-25 16:49 UTC, PK
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Description PK 2026-05-21 12:58:35 UTC
Created attachment 192515 [details]
system Breeze Global Theme

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The new global theme creator that was introduced in plasma 6.6 doesn't at all work well.
I did some experimenting.
- I activated the Breeze global theme given by the system (first attachment)
- I moved the panel to the left side of the screen and changed the size a bit (second attachment)
- I created a new global theme of the situation of the second attachment
- finally I activated this new global theme. Result in third attachment.
I could go on en on. It just never is "spot on"

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DESCRIPTION


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Change a global theme of the system/distribution (eg breeze)
2. Create a new global theme of this situation
3. apply new global theme

OBSERVED RESULT
The applied new global theme is wrong

EXPECTED RESULT
The applied new global theme is exactly the way I made it.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-15-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 4 × Intel® Celeron® J4105 CPU @ 1.50GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® UHD Graphics 600

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 PK 2026-05-21 12:59:35 UTC
Created attachment 192516 [details]
changed Breeze global theme a bit and made a new global theme of this
Comment 2 PK 2026-05-21 13:00:21 UTC
Created attachment 192517 [details]
After applying the new global theme it looks like this
Comment 3 PK 2026-05-21 13:02:13 UTC
From time to time I did some testing with this new functionality and not one time was the result as expected.
Comment 4 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-05-22 10:16:58 UTC
Can confirm, the panel sizes are completely wrong:
- The height/width is not being saved
- The "fill content" setting is not being saved
- The custom positioning is not being saved

Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-05-22
KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
Qt Version: 6.11.1
Kernel Version: 7.0.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600
Comment 5 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-05-22 10:19:32 UTC
(In reply to Akseli Lahtinen from comment #4)
> Can confirm, the panel sizes are completely wrong:
> - The height/width is not being saved
> - The "fill content" setting is not being saved
> - The custom positioning is not being saved
> 
> Operating System: KDE Linux 2026-05-22
> KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.80
> KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0
> Qt Version: 6.11.1
> Kernel Version: 7.0.9-arch1-1 (64-bit)
> Graphics Platform: Wayland
> Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
> Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.5 GiB usable)
> Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6600

Also seems system tray icon settings are not being saved
Comment 6 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-05-22 10:25:13 UTC
Just to clarify, by "being saved" i mean "either not saved or loaded properly"
Comment 7 Bug Janitor Service 2026-05-22 12:08:28 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/6638
Comment 8 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-05-22 12:21:43 UTC
Systray icons being reset is another bug: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520513
Comment 9 Nate Graham 2026-05-22 15:44:07 UTC
Fixed by Akseli Lahtinen with https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/commit/54d05ea274e86a49bfe9786b791dea2c3f250e7a for Plasma 6.7.0!
Comment 10 PK 2026-05-25 16:46:46 UTC
I just received a lot of updates (kde neon testing).
I tried again. I created a global theme - first attachment - and created a global theme of it.
Then I applied this global theme.
Result in second attachment. 
Panel left side 100% ok. Top panel not ok.
Comment 11 PK 2026-05-25 16:48:22 UTC
Created attachment 192597 [details]
new ad hoc global theme
Comment 12 PK 2026-05-25 16:49:05 UTC
Created attachment 192598 [details]
after applying ad hoc global theme
Comment 13 Nate Graham 2026-05-25 17:15:44 UTC
neon Testing doesn't have the fix yet. Only neon Unstable does.