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SnowGepard
Asked: 2019-12-20 07:27:30 +0800 CST

Global Menu in KDE 5.12 + with Wayland

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I use KDE in Wayland, since from 5.13 the main support for X11 will end and Wayland works much better. The only issue I face is KDEs global menu, which I am not able to use, since it is just not visible.

Is there a specific package I might need to install or something I might need to change in QT?

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    X11 will still be used by KDE Plasma in the foreseeable future. There is still a lot of work to be done as evidenced by the following quote from KDE Decides the Three New Challenges: Wayland, Consistency, and Apps published in September 2019:

    Despite its many merits, the X server has become very long in the tooth, and Wayland is poised to become a more modern and dependable alternative. However, KDE's software is still quite far off from being completely implemented on the newer protocol.

    "As technology and the needs of modern computer users advance, X server has been proven less and less capable to keep up", says Fanis Bampaloukas, author of the first proposal. "I propose to make our goal to migrate the core of the Plasma desktop, and make X server an optional compile and runtime dependency".

    To achieve this goal, Fanis says KDE will have to fix major breakages and implement missing features.

    Even Kubuntu 19.10 still defaults to X11.

    A Plasma Wayland session can be added by installing the package plasma-workspace-wayland, but is not officially supported. This will add a Plasma (wayland) session option at the login screen. Users needing a stable desktop experience should select the normal ‘Plasma’ (without Wayland) option at login.

    Source: https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-19-10-is-released-today/

    Given that 19.10 is the precursor of the next LTS to be released in April 2020, X11 will be supported by Kubuntu till at least April 2023.

    So, if you use an X11 session, global menus are available for the applications that support them.

    If you want to track the progress the KDE team is making with Wayland, monitor Plasma/Wayland Showstoppers.

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