KDE Desktop Environment Configuration

Published 29 Dec 2024. Nil revisions.

Set Dark Theme

Navigate to Global Theme via:

Appearance & Style > Colors & Themes

Select and apply the Breeze Dark theme.

Set Shortcuts

Navigate to Shortcuts via:

Input & Output > Keyboard > Shortcuts

Set Application Shortcuts

Set the following shortcuts for each respective application listed under the Applications list divider:

Action	Key(s)
Launch terminal	`Meta` + `Enter`
Launch web browser	`Meta` + `w`
Launch file explorer	`Meta` + `e`

If a desired application is not listed, then click Add New, then click Application select the desired program, then click Ok.

Set Window Shortcuts

Set the following shortcuts for Kwin under the System Services list divider:

Action	Key(s)
Maximise window	`Meta` + `m`
Minimise window	`Meta` + `Shift` + `m`
Close window	`Meta` + `c`
Switch to window left	`Meta` + `h`
Switch to window below	`Meta` + `j`
Switch to window above	`Meta` + `k`
Switch to window right	`Meta` + `l`
Quick tile window to the left	`Meta` + `Shift` + `h`
Quick tile window to the right	`Meta` + `Shift` + `l`
Switch to Desktop 1	`Meta` + `1`
Switch to Desktop 2	`Meta` + `2`
Switch to Desktop 3	`Meta` + `3`
Switch to Desktop 4	`Meta` + `4`
Window to Desktop 1	`Meta` + `Shift` + `1`
Window to Desktop 2	`Meta` + `Shift` + `2`
Window to Desktop 3	`Meta` + `Shift` + `3`
Window to Desktop 4	`Meta` + `Shift` + `4`

Modify Window Appearance

Remove Title Bar and Add Borders

Navigate to Window-Specific Overrides via:

Appearance & Style > Colors & Themes > Window Decorations > Edit Theme > Window-Specific Overrides

Click Add then enter .* into the Regular expression to match field to apply the changes to all windows.

Check the Border Size check-box and adjust the option to Large.

Check the Hide window title bar check-box.

Click Ok and then Apply to apply the changes.

Getting a Border to Display on Maximised or Tiled Windows

Navigate to General window decoration settings via:

Appearance & Style > Colors & Themes > Window Decorations > Edit Theme > General

Check the Draw border on maximised and tiled windows check-box to display the border.

Getting Firefox to Display a Border

Right click on the toolbar and then click Customise Toolbar.

Check the Title Bar check-box to display the border.

Click Done to apply the change.

Change the Border Colour of the Active Window

Navigate to Colors via:

Appearance & Style > Colors & Themes > Colors

Edit the existing theme.

Navigate to the Colors tab.

Change the Color Set option to Header.

Change the Normal Background colour to the desired colour for the active window border (e.g. #4b7f38).

Save the colour scheme. Note that the default colour schemes cannot be changed. So if editing the default scheme, a prompt will be given to enter a new name for the new custom colour scheme. After entering the new name click Ok.

Once the colour scheme is saved, click Close, then click Apply.