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Intro Apart from setting up a new open source project, it is important to understand how the application works in order to make the changes you need. In this blog I will go over how I find code, understand the application, and my progress so far with the Selection Action Bar. Read More

Intro This week I focused on making the Selection Action Bar draggable directly on the canvas. This would let the user reposition the toolbar that is best for their workflow. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More

Intro This week builds on the work from last week, where I started adding selection action buttons to the floating toolbar in Krita. The focus this time was on integrating more actions and improving the user interface by adding icons to those buttons. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More

Intro The main goal of this project is to add accessible functionality for users. This wouldn't be possible without buttons to activate those tools! This week’s focus was all about giving the user more direct access to selection tools by placing actionable buttons on top of the floating bar right on the canvas. Read More

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma! Every week we cover the highlights of what’s happening in the world of KDE Plasma and its associated apps like Discover, System Monitor, and more. Read More

tldr: QML port going full speed, researched KDE's design language, ISO Selection window added and Backend integration started Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on porting parts of the IsoImageWriter UI from traditional QtWidgets to QML. The goal is to modernize the look and feel, while also making the interface more extensible for future features. As expected, switching over to QML wasn’t just a copy-paste job, I had to spend quite a bit of time digging through KDE’s design guidelines to ensure the result actually feels like a KDE app, not just a weekend demo project. Read More

After my initial status blog, I was really surprised to see so much support and excitement about Karton, and I'm grateful for it! A few weeks have gone by since the official coding period for Google Summer of Code began. I wanted to share what I've been working on with the project! Read More

Intro Tools are meant to be used as needed. The Selection Action Bar is no exception. So this week I added in a toggle so that users are able to show or hide the Selection Action Bar. Read More