The actual okular version as reported by the about dialog is different, e. Jan 18, 2017 so, is there any sane kde5 plasma theme available that keeps the kde integration of libreofficefresh and looks good good anything not fancy, im ok with a lot of classical gui elements, i prefer oxygen over breeze, plastic is ok as well etc. A lot of work has gone into improving discover, plasmas software manager, and, among other things, we have. Applet global menu and hud for cinnamon post by ssspace. Navigate to the folder where you saved the libreoffice extension files on your system. When any of these global menus are enabled, libreoffice 6. The distro comes with the calamares installer, which has some cool new features in the kaos. Right click the kde icon application menu settings keyboard shortcuts tab. This will leave windows 7 users exposed to all sorts of bad stuff. First set up snap on your system, you can then install packages from the store or through plasma discover. Integration of session installer to add missing parts of libreoffice on the fly. How to enable global menu support for libreoffice in. With most programs, context rightclick menus and other menus have a shadow under them to indicate that theyre separate from the rest of the program. With this move, redmond hopes to encourage users to.
Well, theres should be another package that integrates firefox with the global menu. Global themes in plasma are meta or superthemes, capable of changing multiple aspects of the desktop environment at once, like window decoration, plasma theme, color scheme, icon theme etc. As you say, with active window control it rocks, and in combination with global menu allows to have a cleaner desktop without loosing functionality. To enable global menus open system settings, go into the application style category, and in the widget style settings you will find a tab called fine tuning.
This should work for kubuntu as well, and the ideas will be similar with other linux distros. Solved focus on libreoffice in magiea 5 kde on lo startup. Global menu is one of the most interesting features of kde plasma 5. The extension, the work of alberto ruiz, is available to install in 11. Libreoffice crashes on startup only on kde closed ask. Apr 19, 2017 global menu gnome extension gnome global appmenu is a gnome shell extension that integrates a global application menu into the gnome shell topbar. Libreoffice is a free and powerful office suite, and a successor to commonly known as openoffice. When using the integrated global menu in plasma 5, qt 5 applications work outofbox and qt 4 wont work keeps the menu without appmenuqt4. In fact, this theme makes that the use of global menu looks good even with apps that doesnt support it yet in plasma 5. This open source office suite is the defacto standard on linux as well as a good alternative for windows users who can do with basic editing without the complicated formatting and feature bloat of microsoft office. With it comes the return of global menus along with other awesome sauce features. Libreoffice gets kde 5 integration thats a gtk3kde5. Oct 09, 2018 the kde project announced today the general availability of the kde plasma 5.
Try autoremoving stuff first, just for good measure. Right click the kde icon application menu settings keyboard shortcuts tab shortcut. In libreoffice, select tools extension manager from the menu bar. Doubledup global menu applet when using libreoffice. Right click the kde icon application menu settings keyboard. How to enable global menu support for libreoffice in ubuntu. The global menu does not work with firefox and libreoffice in.
Improve libreoffice interface fonts in kde updated. Microsoft will stop providing updates for windows 7 on january 14 2020. In libreoffice, however, menus dont have shadows, and the top menu fileeditview, etc is still in the program window itself, instead of in the global menu. The sparkylinux development team released today sparkylinux 2020. Setting as indicated here under system settings application style windows decorations tab buttons brings global menus into a leftside button on the window upper margin. For some reason the global menu does not work with firefox and libreoffice on my computer or on my laptop. Kdeplasma integration of libreoffice fresh applications. Here i add the info how to enable global menus on plasma 5. I see you send only gmenumodels, if we using gtk frontend i do not know, which sort of global menus you send under kde, so, we need to look to your menumodel xml. Gtk applications will also keep the classical menu. For the last three months we have been adding features and fixing bugs and now invite you to install plasma 5. Kde software is preselected on installations from the opensuse dvd, so just click through the installation. As a workaround, you can create a window rule for libreoffice to exclude it from focus stealing prevention.
Kmail is a stateoftheart email client that integrates well with widely used email providers like gmail. In the window menu top left of the libreoffice window, search for rules for this window or rules for this program. Kde software compilation is the innovative free software suite that increases your pleasure and productivity. Its unfortunately too late for the upcoming libreoffice 6. Unity global menu integration for mozilla builds linux. Why are menus in libreoffice not rendering correctly and. A global menu extension for gnome shell is in development. Most of these are currently made from kde neon packaging on the kde neon servers. Kde mascots libreoffice extensions and templates website.
Its clean interface and featurerich tools help you unleash your creativity and enhance your productivity. It provides many tools and features to maximize your productivity and makes working with large email accounts easy and fast. If you prefer to save download time, burn the live kde image to a cd or a usb stick all the. The global menu for the others applications had already been disabled after removing appmenugtk3, appmenugtk or appmenuqt. Libreoffice has no menubar in kubuntu if global menus are. The table above refers to the kde applications release version that okular was part of. Download the file browse to where it is saved on your hard drive right click on it and select open with libreoffice. For macos have a look at the kde on macos webpage for information on how to install kde software on macos. Plasma is kde s lightweight and full featured linux desktop. I currently volunteer at the design team of libreoffice and unfortunately the kde icon themes bundled with it are quite neglected and incomplete and would appreciate any help in improving this for kde users. Builds from releases go into the candidate channel and when.
Being merged today to libreoffice mainline git is a kde5 backend that is mostly the existing kde4 backend ported to using qt5 and kde frameworks 5. Last in my list of kdefocused distributions is the independently built kaos linux. Old, original message is below with strike through format. February 7, 2018 if youre using the plasma desktop, well you should because its dope, and you happen to be using libreoffice, which you most likely are, after all, lets face it, tis the most popular office suite for linux, then you may have come across an annoying bug. With it comes the return of global menus along with other awesome sauce features to enable global menus open system settings, go into the application style category, and in the widget style settings you will find a tab called fine tuning. Kde is an international technology team creating userfriendly free and open source software for desktop and portable computing. With this move, redmond hopes to encourage users to upgrade to. Plasma is kdes lightweight and full featured linux desktop. I installed the kde integration package from the rpms i got with the download from, but libreoffice is not using the system theme oxygen. I assume here that you already know how to enable global menus in plasma.
A fully functional plasma desktop with a windows 7 theme. If kdes window manager puts libreoffice in background without interaction with other windows, this could be a bug. Among other updated components, theres the recently released libreoffice 6. Thats not a doubled global menu, thats libreoffice rendering.
How to get a working dark theme in libreoffice tutorial. It runs successfully on other desktop environments like xfce 4 and so on. Many kde apps now are available as snap packages which can be installed on any linux distro. Libreoffice currently ships with the crystal and oxygen themes, with one looking ancient and one being incomplete. Although currently in beta the extension works well on gnome 3.
It also replaces qcamera webcam app with gnomes cheese and vokoscreen with vokoscreenng. The global menu for the others applications had already been disabled after removing appmenugtk3, appmenugtk or. The funny thing is that on my wifes laptop, if the global menu works with libreoffice. A lot of work has gone into improving discover, plasmas software manager, and, among other things, we have added a firmware. Firstly, check the global app menu integration in about. Doubledup global menu applet when using libreoffice writer. In addition, one can define the complete layout, like what panel to use where, the menu type used and much more. Global menu gnome extension gnome global appmenu is a gnome shell extension that integrates a global application menu into the gnome shell topbar. While i was waiting for a reply i did some more searching online and found the following.
How to get a working dark theme in libreoffice tutorial so, as im sure many of you know, it is a pain in the butt to get a working dark theme together in libreoffice using kde neon. Phone integration using kde connect youll be notified on your desktop of text message, can easily transfer files, have your music silenced during calls and even use your phone as a remote control. How to properly add appmenu global menu support to libreoffice. Why are menus in libreoffice not rendering correctly and how. Kde icon themes in libreoffice kde community forums. Applet global menu and hud for cinnamon linux mint forums. Thats not the beall and endall however as enabling it. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. The kde project announced today the general availability of the kde plasma 5.