Plasma 6.7 - KDE CommunityPlasma 6.7<br>A productivity powerhouse that’s a joy to use<br>Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Plasma 6.7 brings powerful new features to KDE’s classic desktop, and refines its user experience to new levels.<br>Enjoy thoughtfully-designed improvements that solve real problems, a sneak peak of future theming bliss, better performance, and more.<br>Read on to learn all about it!
Highlights
Per-screen virtual desktops<br>After 21 years, hopefully it will have been worth the wait… per-screen virtual desktops have finally arrived!
Test your microphone volume<br>No more being told your audio is too loud or quiet, or wondering if it’s your microphone or an app that’s misbehaving.
Press-and-hold for special characters<br>With Plasma’s virtual keyboard enabled, press and hold a key to type special characters related to it.
Widgets<br>Light/dark mode toggle<br>In Plasma 6.6, we introduced the ability to create your own Global Themes, and switch between them as part of the day-night cycle. Plasma 6.7 puts you even more in control with a quick toggle to switch between light and dark Global Themes immediately.<br>Vietnamese lunar calendar<br>Plasma 6.7 adds the Vietnamese lunar calendar to its available set of non-Gregorian calendars. Now you can keep up with dates and events using both calendar systems with more ease than ever!<br>“Background Apps” in the System Tray<br>The System Tray is already the place for monitoring apps running in the background using traditional methods. Plasma 6.7 extends this support by also showing apps using the newer “Background Apps” system, which is more common for apps using the Flatpak package format.
Printing<br>Plasma’s printing support continues to mature. Now the System Tray icon for printers shows the number of active jobs in a little badge.<br>On the enterprise side, Plasma 6.7 makes it substantially easier to connect to shared printers on Windows networks, and a new print queue management tool offers more power than ever before to those administering multiple frequently-used printers — while remaining simple and comprehensible enough for home use, too.
Usability<br>Plasma 6.7 puts a particular focus on refining the desktop experience to make common tasks faster than ever. Here’s just a small assortment:<br>Faster virtual desktop switching in the Overview<br>When you press Meta + W to open the Overview screen, Plasma 6.7 lets you switch virtual desktops simply by scrolling or pressing the Page Up or Page Down keys.<br>Drag and drop to add and remove favorites<br>It’s now easier than ever to add or remove favorite apps in the Application Launcher, Application Menu, and Application Dashboard widgets: just drag and drop!<br>More intuitive software management<br>The Discover software center now features a more obvious “Install” button and redesigned app cards with more information, plus a more intuitive sorting order.<br>In addition, installed software is now grouped by type, making it easier than ever to find what you’re looking for.<br>Easier to compare different time zones<br>How much earlier is it in Denver if you’re in Berlin? No longer will a question like this require mental gymnastics; Plasma 6.7 makes it easy to see how many hours earlier or later it is in each time zone shown in the Digital Clock widget compared to your local time zone.<br>“Type-ahead” on the desktop<br>For power users, the desktop layout now supports switching to “type-ahead” mode for quickly selecting files when typing on the desktop. You can change this back to activating KRunner if you prefer by Right-clicking on desktop and selecting Desktop and Wallpaper > Icons > Typing on the desktop from the pop-up menu.
Theming and styling:<br>Something old, something new<br>Oxygen<br>In preparation for KDE’s 30th anniversary later this year, we’ve brought the Oxygen theme — used by default in KDE 4 — back up to par with the current Breeze theme.<br>Air, the Plasma Style providing a light version of Oxygen, has also returned, and we’ve reworked our Global Themes to feature light, dark, and twilight versions. Both Air and Oxygen benefit from a multitude of fixes, improvements, and restorations, including support for adaptive opacity, different panel positions, and more.<br>The classic KDE 4 Air and Horos wallpapers also make a return.<br>Breeze<br>The default Breeze theme also continues to evolve, now featuring rounded list and grid view highlights for many applications, and visible click effects for menu items.<br>Plasma’s Notifications have been given a fancier animation: they now slide in from the nearest screen edge. This makes them more visually prominent and less likely to be missed, while at the same time avoiding being too attention-grabbing.<br>Union<br>Though Plasma’s theming capabilities are second to none, for years creating those themes has been a difficult and fragmented experience.<br>Plasma’s all-new Union theming system intends to streamline theming by making it possible to style Plasma, QtQuick apps, and QtWidgets apps all with a single set of easy-to-write CSS — the world’s most...