KDE Frameworks 5.38.0 released with numerous bug fixes and improvements

The KDE community has announced availability of KDE Frameworks 5.38.0, latest stable release of Qt addon libraries which provides various commonly used functionalities with high reliability and stability. This release of KDE Frameworks includes various bug fixes and improvements, especially in Kirigami, a set of QtQuick components which can be used to build user interfaces based on the KDE UX guidelines.

Following are some important bug fixes and improvements included in KDE Frameworks 5.38.0 release.

Directory based search has been fixed in baloo, the file indexing and searching library for Qt.

KActivitiesStart has been updated with refracted query which combines linked and used resources, Reloading the model when the resource gets unlinked, and also the issue with query when merging linked and used resources is fixed.

Added support for uninstalled plugins in kcoreaddons_add_plugin

klauncher: fix appId matching for flatpak apps

Port the webshortcuts KCM from KServiceTypeTrader to KPluginLoader::findPlugins

Add mimetype filtering capabilities to KUrlCompletion

Remove busy loop check in TransferJobPrivate::slotDataReqFromDevice

Changes in Kirigami

hide scrollbars when useless

Add basic example for adjusting column width draggable handle

ider layers in handles positioning

fix handle placing when overlaps the last page

don't show fake handle on the last column

don't store stuff in the delegates (bug 383741)

as we already set keyNavigationEnabled, set wraps as well

better left-alignment for the back button (bug 383751)

don't take into account the header 2 times when scrolling (bug 383725)

never wrap the header labels

address FIXME: remove resetTimer (bug 383772)

don't scroll away applicationheader in non mobile

Add a property to hide the PageRow separator matching AbstractListItem

fix scrolling with originY and bottomtotop flow

Get rid of warnings about setting both pixel and point sizes

don't trigger reachable mode on inverted views

take page footer into account

add a slightly more complex example of a chat app

more failsafe to find the right footer

Check item validity before using it

Honour layer position for isCurrentPage

use an animation instead of an animator (bug 383761)

leave needed space for the page footer, if possible

better dimmer for applicationitem drawers

background dimming for applicationitem

fix properly back button margins

proper margins for back button

less warnings in ApplicationHeader

don't use plasma scaling for icon sizes

new look for handles