Created attachment 193227 [details] video showing the issue DESCRIPTION When I hover over application categories there is no blue highlight. This is a recent-ish regression since it was fine in Beta 2. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 6.7.0 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.27.0 Qt Version: 6.11.1 Graphics Platform: Wayland Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 6800
Likely an SVG caching bug. Can you move aside (don't delete) ~/.cache/ksvg-elements and ~/.cache/plasma_theme_default.kcache, reboot, and see if that's fixed it? If that's fixed it, upload the cache files you moved aside to this bug report. Thanks!
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Likely an SVG caching bug. > > Can you move aside (don't delete) ~/.cache/ksvg-elements and > ~/.cache/plasma_theme_default.kcache, reboot, and see if that's fixed it? > > If that's fixed it, upload the cache files you moved aside to this bug > report. Thanks! Moving those files doesn't help. I even tried moving the entire .cache folder, but the issue still persists.
I can't reproduce this on master. Could you try a new user account to see if it still happens there?
(In reply to cwo from comment #3) > I can't reproduce this on master. Could you try a new user account to see if > it still happens there? It doesn't happen on a new account, I managed to figure out that it breaks if "Switch sidebar categories when hovering over them" is enabled in kickoff's settings.
(In reply to kostadinshishmanov from comment #4) > It doesn't happen on a new account, I managed to figure out that it breaks > if "Switch sidebar categories when hovering over them" is enabled in > kickoff's settings. I can reproduce that.
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/merge_requests/3831
Git commit 1cb436cecd85160ca01c2e035510e772254d9c50 by Christoph Wolk. Committed on 19/06/2026 at 06:35. Pushed by cwo into branch 'master'. applets/kickoff: show sidebar highlight with switch on hover Until recently, we had two mechanisms for drawing the sidebar ListView highlight: usually the default highlight, but sometimes we would set it as a background for specific purposes and have some logic to choose which one to use (e.g. for the flashing animation when a new favorite is added). We now use the background method for all of them, replacing the background if we need special handling. But in this switch we missed the case where the setting to switch category on hover would defer to the standard highlight, and the custom implementation removes the logic from the standard background, so we don't display any highlight if that setting is active. Instead, remove that special handling and show the background highlight. FIXED-IN: 6.7.1 M +1 -3 applets/kickoff/ApplicationsPage.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/1cb436cecd85160ca01c2e035510e772254d9c50
Git commit 968f9a1a128a84fd4fd9740a1c95113523d3e024 by Christoph Wolk. Committed on 22/06/2026 at 20:12. Pushed by cwo into branch 'Plasma/6.7'. applets/kickoff: show sidebar highlight with switch on hover Until recently, we had two mechanisms for drawing the sidebar ListView highlight: usually the default highlight, but sometimes we would set it as a background for specific purposes and have some logic to choose which one to use (e.g. for the flashing animation when a new favorite is added). We now use the background method for all of them, replacing the background if we need special handling. But in this switch we missed the case where the setting to switch category on hover would defer to the standard highlight, and the custom implementation removes the logic from the standard background, so we don't display any highlight if that setting is active. Instead, remove that special handling and show the background highlight. FIXED-IN: 6.7.1 (cherry picked from commit 1cb436cecd85160ca01c2e035510e772254d9c50) Co-authored-by: Christoph Wolk <cwo.kde@posteo.net> M +1 -3 applets/kickoff/ApplicationsPage.qml https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/commit/968f9a1a128a84fd4fd9740a1c95113523d3e024
*** Bug 522013 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 521917 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Correction: I missed that the setting also applies to the Places tab, and needs special handling there. Wolfgang Müller spotted this and kindly submitted a fix, which I've confirmed works, and is scheduled for 6.7.2. (A similar issue applied to the quick-dial when you click on a letter in the All Applications page, which I'll also try to get in for 6.7.2). So if it works for the Applications tab in 6.7.1 but not for the Places tab, please wait for 6.7.2. If the highlight is missing for the Applications tab in 6.7.1, or for either tab in 6.7.2, please comment in this bug report or file a new one.
It works in the applications tab, it doesn't in the places tab on 6.7.1.
*** Bug 522494 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***