fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones v3.0.11

PlasmaZones v3.0.11

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PlasmaZones v3.0.11

Changed

• Layer-shell state setters skip unchanged values across configure events (#522): KWin re-emits zwlr_layer_surface_v1 configure events on every virtual-desktop switch, and applyProperties was unconditionally re-sending the full layer-shell state (anchor, layer, exclusive zone, keyboard interactivity, margin, size, exclusive edge) — six to seven protocol messages per surface per configure. The applied state is now cached per surface and each setter only fires when its source property has actually changed.

Fixed

• Focus-follows-mouse activated tiled windows underneath an active popup (#461, #521): the 3.0.10 FFM fix made auto-focus-follow-mouse consistent for the common case but missed the case where an excluded or untracked window (emoji picker, notification popup, krunner) was active inside a zone. Moving the cursor across the underlying tiled window's visible area still activated that tiled window, sending the just-opened popup straight to the background. handleCursorMoved now also checks the currently active window — if it is an excluded app, dialog, popup, keep-above overlay, or below the min-size threshold, FFM pauses on the cursor's screen until a tileable window becomes active.
• Stale pending-restore entries for excluded apps grew session.json and logged on every daemon start (#461, #521): runtime gates already refused to honor pending restores for excluded apps, but the dead entries persisted on disk in PendingRestoreQueues and AutotilePendingRestores and reappeared on every restart. Both engines now prune their on-disk queues against the current exclusion lists at startup and whenever the lists change.
• Drag artifacts, post-snap flicker, and a gray decoration ring during snap drags (#516, #523): the zone-preview PassiveShell mapped on the Overlay layer fullscreen during a drag, masking KWin's Translucency-while-moving effect. On hybrid Intel+NVIDIA setups (CachyOS, Plasma 6.6.5, NVIDIA 595) this also forced a slower compositional path that produced the visible drag artifacts and post-snap flicker. The PassiveShell role is now downgraded to the Top layer — the same layer KDE's own panels live on — which coexists with the translucency effect. Fullscreen apps on Overlay still draw above the zone preview correctly.

Installation

Arch Linux (AUR):

yay -S plasmazones  # or plasmazones-bin

Arch Linux (manual):

sudo pacman -U plasmazones-3.0.11-*-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

KDE Neon / Debian-based:

sudo dpkg -i plasmazones_3.0.11-*_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):

# Fedora 43
sudo dnf install plasmazones-3.0.11-*.fc43.x86_64.rpm
# Fedora 44
sudo dnf install plasmazones-3.0.11-*.fc44.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (manual RPM):

sudo zypper install plasmazones-3.0.11-*.x86_64.rpm

openSUSE Tumbleweed (OBS):

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

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

tar xzf plasmazones-3.0.11-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