fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones v2.4.7

PlasmaZones v2.4.7

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PlasmaZones v2.4.7

Added

• Center-distance zone selection for overlapping zones ([#258]): When zones overlap (e.g. quadrants + halves + fullscreen), the zone whose center is closest to the cursor now wins instead of always picking the smallest zone. This lets users reach background zones by dragging toward their center — matching the FancyZones behavior. The multi-zone span path is unaffected, preserving the [#211] fix.

Fixed

• Window picker inserts unmatchable values ([#251]): "Pick from running windows" in App Rules and Exclusions inserted raw X11 window class format (e.g. "signal signal") instead of the normalized form used for matching ("signal"). Manually typing the name worked; using the picker did not.
• Keyboard shortcuts move excluded windows ([#251]): Move, Push, and Swap keyboard shortcuts ignored exclusion rules, moving the window behind an excluded app instead of doing nothing. All navigation shortcuts now check exclusions consistently.
• Drag-out unsnap doesn't clear persisted zone ([#251]): Dragging a window out of its zone and closing it would still persist the zone, causing the window to snap back on reopen. The floating state flag was not always set due to an overly strict guard condition.
• D-Bus zone detection missing geometry recalculation: detectMultiZoneAtPosition did not call recalculateZoneGeometries before detection, potentially using stale zone coordinates.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S plasmazones  # or plasmazones-bin

Arch Linux (manual):

sudo pacman -U plasmazones-2.4.7-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

KDE Neon / Debian-based:

sudo dpkg -i plasmazones_2.4.7-1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Install dependencies if needed

Fedora (COPR):

sudo dnf copr enable fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones
sudo dnf install plasmazones

Fedora (manual RPM):

sudo dnf install plasmazones-2.4.7-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (manual RPM):

sudo zypper install plasmazones-2.4.7-1.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (OBS):

sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:ilFrance/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:ilFrance.repo
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install plasmazones

Community-maintained package by ilFrance

Universal Linux (AppDir):
For Fedora Atomic, Steam Deck, or non-root user installation:

tar xzf plasmazones-2.4.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd plasmazones-linux-x86_64
./install.sh

NixOS (flake):

# flake.nix inputs
plasmazones.url = "github:fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones";

# configuration.nix
programs.plasmazones.enable = true;

NixOS (standalone):
Download plasmazones.nix from the release assets, then:

# configuration.nix
environment.systemPackages = [
  (pkgs.callPackage ./plasmazones.nix {})
];

Post-Installation

systemctl --user enable --now plasmazones.service
systemsettings kcm_plasmazones