KDE Ships Frameworks 6.16.0

Friday, 11 July 2025  |  KDE Community

Friday, 11 July 2025

KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.16.0.

This release is part of a series of planned monthly releases making improvements available to developers in a quick and predictable manner.

New in this version

Baloo
  • [termgenerator] Avoid some QString is_shared/detach checks. Commit.
  • [termgeneratortest] Add benchmark for termlist. Commit.
  • Use data driven tests in more places. Commit.
  • [PostingDB] Reduce code duplication, remove DBPostingIterator. Commit.
Breeze Icons
  • Add audio-speakers and audio-input-microphone to devices/64. Commit.
  • Remove duplicated icons. Commit.
  • Add 64px colorful printer-error icon. Commit.
  • Edit create-app-symlinks.py. Commit.
  • CMakeLists.txt - unset CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION. Commit.
  • Disable LTO for qt_add_big_resources. Commit. Fixes bug #487452. Fixes bug #499674
  • Use big resource variant, else we OOM on 32 bit machines. Commit. Fixes bug #487452. Fixes bug #499674
  • Add TOML icon. Commit.
  • Add PIP Picture-in-Picture action icons. Commit.
  • Remove leftover of Virtualbox. Commit.
  • Remove outdated custom Virtualbox icon. Commit.
Extra CMake Modules
  • [ECMGenerateQDoc] Make QtTools optional. Commit.
  • [KDECMakeSettings] Disable warning about using private Qt modules. Commit.
  • Typo--. Commit.
Framework Integration
  • Plasma_workspace.notifyrc: Use low urgency for device added/removed. Commit.
KArchive
  • Allow giving the KCompressionDevice the size we know it has. Commit.
  • Kzip: Prevent integer-overflow found by oss-fuzz. Commit.
KBookmarks
  • Fix KBookmarkAction::slotSelected MouseButtons parameter. Commit.
KCMUtils
  • Kcm: supportsInstantApply property. Commit.
KColorScheme
  • It compiles fine without kf 6.14 deprecated methods. Commit.
KConfig
  • Kconfig_compiler: Add Time type. Commit.
  • Typo--. Commit.
  • Guard against KConfigWatcher getting deleted while emitting configChanged(). Commit. See bug #504657
  • Core: Fix parsing kdeglobals after rewinding system clock. Commit.
KConfigWidgets
  • KCommandBar: Fix Escape key press and release leaking through. Commit. Fixes bug #506394
  • KCommandBar: Add Q_OBJECT macros. Commit.
  • Bring kf6_entry.desktop to the source code. Commit.
KCoreAddons
  • Add example for using KCoreAddons from Python. Commit.
  • [python] Mark value types as such. Commit.
  • Apply fixits for clazy-qdatetime-utc. Commit.
  • Add handling for KFormat::AbbreviatedDuration with days and years. Commit.
  • Add KFormat Python example. Commit.
  • Skip time formatting tests when we can't change the system timezone. Commit.
  • Add timezone-preserving time formatting API for QML. Commit.
KDeclarative
  • Kquickcontrols/KeySequenceItem: Add support for setting KKeySequenceRecorder pattern. Commit.
KFileMetaData
  • Add AccessibleAltText property. Commit.
  • [PlaintextExtractor] Use peek for peeking, instead of seek. Commit.
KGuiAddons
  • Add Python example for KDateValidator. Commit.
  • Add Python example for KIconUtils. Commit.
  • Add Python example for KColorSchemeWatcher. Commit.
KHolidays
  • Changes Queen (El. II)'s day to King's (everywhere). Commit.
  • Update holidays for New Zaeland. Commit. Fixes bug #506251
  • Add holidays for the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Commit. Fixes bug #505924
  • Holiday_ru_ru: keep old date for "День молодежи" if year is less than 2023. Commit.
  • Holiday_ru_ru: moved "День молодежи" to last saturday in june. Commit.
  • Holiday_hk_zh-cn: Use the official Chinese name for October 1. Commit.
KI18n
  • Autotests: Add test cases for shortcut delimiter handling. Commit.
  • I18n/kuitsetup: Handle shortcuts that use a delimiter as a key. Commit.
KIconThemes
  • KIconButton: Use CE_IconButton to paint the button, if available. Commit.
  • KIconLoader: Stop looking for a stylesheet once we have found it. Commit.
KImageformats
  • TGA: add indexed write support. Commit.
  • IFF: read only support to Interchange Format Files. Commit.
  • Tga: Use Format_Indexed8 for indexed formats and support 32-bit BGRA colormap. Commit.
KIO
  • Improve discrete GPU detection using switcheroo-control. Commit.
  • RenameFileDialog: Add Add Text Strategy. Commit.
  • KDirListerTest: test Remote Urls are equal. Commit.
  • KCoreDirLister: Clean up the trailing slash as expected on remote systems. Commit. Fixes bug #451050
  • Smb: test if the needed helper we want to call is there. Commit.
  • Kdynamicjobtracker: Remove KUIServerJobTracker support. Commit.
  • KNewFileMenu: Fix tab order of folder button icons. Commit.
  • KPropertiesDialog/Checksums: Make accessible. Commit.
  • Fix compile with qt6.7. Don't use 6.8 api. Commit.
  • Bump down kf deprecated methods to 6.13. Commit.
  • KMountPoint: Fix device IDs for mountpoints with non-ascii paths. Commit.
  • KPropertiesDialog/General: Add placeholder text to symlink text edit. Commit.
  • KPropertiesDialog/General: Define QLabel::body from .ui file. Commit.
  • Properties/General: Make most of the information accessible. Commit.
  • Properties/General: Have tab focus order top to bottom. Commit.
  • Properties/General: Make information keyboard-accessible. Commit.
  • Remove solid linked to KF6KIOWidgets. Commit.
  • RenameFileDialog: allow to rename by replacing text. Commit. See bug #371383
  • BatchRenameJob: allow to pass a function to rename files. Commit.
  • Indent things inside the NOT KIOCORE_ONLY if. Commit.
  • Kfilewidget: Resolve relative file urls against current working dir. Commit. Fixes bug #490827
  • Rephrase misleading "full trash" message. Commit. Fixes bug #504785
Kirigami
  • [Dialog] Fix accessing contentItem. Commit.
  • Wheelhandler: Prevent division by zero. Commit.
  • Fix SoftwareRectangleNode leaking image nodes. Commit.
  • Fix ShadowedTexture crashing with software rendering. Commit.
  • Check for Height and ContentHeight to determine whether to show Dialog lines. Commit.
  • Do NOT parent the separator to the column. Commit.
  • Also show icons specified by source in context drawer actions. Commit.
  • Fix busy indicator not being shown on Android. Commit.
  • Fix crash when m_view is null. Commit. Fixes bug #506366
  • OverlayDrawer: go from speed to standard duration. Commit.
  • Make sure ApplicationWindow assigns pageStack of AbstractApplicationWindow. Commit.
  • [PageRowGlobalToolBarUI] Actually return computation result. Commit.
  • Parent separators to the columns. Commit.
  • Force opacity animations for notifications that are out of view. Commit.
  • ListSectionHeader: Support icons. Commit.
  • Fix spacing of global menu button in toolbar. Commit. Fixes bug #506104
  • UrlButton: fix icon positioning. Commit.
  • Revert "Properly Align menubar when there is a sidebar drawer". Commit.
  • Fix collapsed drawers width. Commit.
  • Beef up Icon documentation. Commit.
  • Use attached column preferredWidth. Commit.
  • Unconditionally check if leadingMinimumWidth < 0. Commit.
  • Move the savestate in a property. Commit.
  • Experimental load/save code. Commit.
  • A resize handle in the columnview separators. Commit.
  • Simplify ColumnView separators code. Commit.
  • Implement inertia scrolling in WheelHandler. Commit.
  • Allow for non-interactive Chips. Commit.
  • OverlayDrawer: don't relly on applicationWindow. Commit.
  • AbstractCard/Card: improve documentation. Commit.
  • Beef up InlineMessage documentation. Commit.
  • Beef up ActionToolBar documentation. Commit.
  • Heading: massage docs. Commit.
  • OverlaySheet: improve documentation. Commit.
  • Improve ActionTextField documentation. Commit.
  • InlineViewHeader: improve docs to say "trailing" instead of "right". Commit.
  • Fix Dialog List with Scrollbar. Commit.
  • Consider safe area margins in global and context drawer. Commit.
  • Achieve WCAG AA text contrast for labels using opacity. Commit.
  • Primitives: Don't use mix shader for Icon if we animate without old icon. Commit.
  • Consider safe area margins in NavigationTabBar. Commit.
KItemModels
  • Remove Q_UNUSED statements for variables that actually have usages. Commit.
KPackage
  • Cmake: Allow disabling the generation of the appstream metadata. Commit.
KQuickCharts
  • Controls: Handle Chart::destroyed() in LegendModel. Commit. See bug #503099
KTextEditor
  • Restore Qt6.7 buildability. Commit.
  • Fix selection ignored when layouting the line. Commit.
  • Rename config from autoreload-on-external-changes to auto-reload-on-external-changes + set auto-reload-on-external-changes default value to false + use only config to autoreload. Commit.
  • Use config interface instead of virtual method. Commit.
  • Remove verification according to autoreload configuration on external changes + add documentHasAutoReloadConfiguration virtual method to document. Commit.
  • Add verification on AutoReloadOnExternalChanges in slotDelayedHandleModOnHd. Commit.
  • Add auto reload on external changes option. Commit.
  • Formalize a little more what VariableRemoveSpacesItem does. Commit.
  • Support ctrl-backspace to delete word in vi mode. Commit. Fixes bug #504033
  • Avoid that we create xxxxxx pixel long menus. Commit.
  • Draw selection background ourselves. Commit. Fixes bug #502233
  • Fix xml indent test. Commit.
  • Fix test. Commit.
KUnitConversion
KWallet
  • Depend on what/when we use it. Commit.
KWidgetsAddons
  • Kcollapsiblegroupbox: don't blow up initial window size. Commit. Fixes bug #505820
  • KPageTabbedView: Avoid focus going to intermediary container. Commit.
  • Disable auto-repeat for "toggle full screen" action. Commit.
  • Fix crash on windows when opening KDateCombobox after an invalid date has been typed. Commit.
KWindowSystem
  • Platforms/wayland: Properly reset shadow tile buffer when wl_shm is withdrawn. Commit.
KXMLGUI
  • We emit a critical error, we don't need to abort. Commit. Fixes bug #400271
  • About Dialog: Send people to support page for support. Commit.
Network Manager Qt
  • Delete duplicate DBus connections. Commit.
QQC2 Desktop Style
  • Add footer line and padding to QQC2.Dialog style. Commit.
  • Use correct height for treeview delegates. Commit.
  • Check for text truncation correctly to fix tooltip visibility. Commit. Fixes bug #505745
  • Add the tooltip code from Kirigami.MenuDialog to QQC.ItemDelegate. Commit.
  • Skip disabled tabs when switching pages by mouse wheel. Commit.
  • Remove modelIndex property from TreeViewDelegate. Commit. Fixes bug #505437
  • Use loader for treeview indicators. Commit.
Solid
  • Use UTF-8 encoding for USB device property keys. Commit.
  • Fix garbled USB device properties. Commit. Fixes bug #505913
  • Fix build with -DUDEV_DISABLED=ON. Commit.
  • Fix build with USE_DBUS=OFF. Commit.
Syntax Highlighting
  • Remove doc comment from KQuickSyntaxHighlightingPlugin. Commit.
  • Remove asterisks from docs. Commit.
  • Link docs for QML module in index page. Commit.
  • Sagemath is a superlanguage of Python, and uses .sage extensions. Commit. Fixes bug #506125
  • DTD: add single quote string, Conditional Section and PEReference. Commit.
  • XML (Debug): add tests. Commit.
  • XML (Debug): fix DOCTYPE statement, optional prolog and the endless stacking of contexts. Commit.
  • XML (Debug): indentation. Commit.
  • Scheme: fix double hyphen error in a XML comment (Kawa extension): '--->' is a error. Commit.
  • Vue: remove double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • RHTML: remove ]]&gt; as EntityRef in CDATA and double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • Mustache: remove ]]&gt; as EntityRef in CDATA and double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • Mako: remove ]]&gt; as EntityRef in CDATA and double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • HTML: remove ]]&gt; as EntityRef in CDATA and double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • Django HTML Template: remove ]]&gt; as EntityRef in CDATA and double hyphen error in comment. Commit.
  • XUL: use XML syntax, except for the CDATA part which has a special meaning. Commit.
  • XML: remove ]]> as EntityRef in CDATA context and add ]]> as Error in text part. Commit.
  • SGML: add a comment on missing features. Commit.
  • Perl: remove symbol operators of operators list. Commit.
  • Perl: do not mark text after a numeric variable as Data Type. Commit.
  • Perl: add r flag with regex substitution. Commit.
  • Perl: fix digit separator and floating point ; add hexadecimal floating point. Commit.
  • Perl: simplify RegExpr: remove unnecessary \s* or replaces them with simpler rules. Commit.
  • Perl: add control flow highlight. Commit.
  • MediaWiki: fix some errors. Commit.
  • XSLT generated from the XML file. Commit.
  • XML: mark spaces before an attribute name as "Other Text". Commit.