Gear/Gear 24.05

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User-facing changes

NeoChat

• We removed the fancy effect. They were not working anymore and were causing some serious performance regression https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/1700
• Integration with Itinerary https://invent.kde.org/network/neochat/-/merge_requests/1505
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Tokodon

• Badge counter for follow requests
• Allow popping out the composer on desktop for browsing while writing a post or reply

Merkuro

• Merkuro now make uses of the new Date and Time picker from Kirigami Addons instead of bringing it's own. The date picker instance is also now shared in multiple places to reduce memory and CPU usage and speedup opening the even editor.

Spectacle

• Spectacle regains a Crop tool
• Improved quality of blurs, pixelations, and shadows in Spectacle’s annotations https://invent.kde.org/graphics/spectacle/-/merge_requests/339
• Improved the visual quality of cross-screen screenshots that Spectacle takes when using multi-screen setups where the screens have different scale factors https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=478426

Dolphin

• Dolphin now by default shows custom information for special folders (https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/731). Examples (This is quite verbose so promo gets the point, it doesn't need to be this elaborate or at all in the announcement):
  • The list of recently used files and folders shows the modification time by default and sorts by it so the most recent items are actually at the top by default. The actual location of the item on disk is also displayed.
  • The Trash folder by default shows for each file when and where it was removed from.
  • While searching, the results views are adjusted: For images it shows the image dimension and creation time, for audio the track author, album and duration, for a non-specific search (i.e. what happens when one does a normal search in Dolphin) the results will be shown next to their path (where they actually are) and their modification time by default.
• Dolphin now shows a visible error message when you use a keyboard shortcut to trigger an action that can’t be performed in the current context, like cutting a file in a read-only folder https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/738
• Better animation:
  • When dragging a file or folder over another folder in Dolphin with the option turned on that opens the folder if you hold the dragged file there for a moment, the hovered folder now displays a little animation showing it open a bit https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/715
  • Most of Dolphin’s bars now animate appearing and disappearing https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/725
• Arrow key navigation while using right-to-left languages works as expected now (instead of acting like a psychopath who misinterprets every arrow key press). https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/700
• Dolphin's compact view mode works well in right-to-left languages now. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/742
• Users are now able to speed up browsing and navigating in Dolphin even further by completely disabling directory size counting if they want. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/726
• There is now a setting to choose whether files with mime application/x-trash should be hidden as hidden files https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/695
• (I might be a bit too elaborate with the above. Please don't feel like me listing so many points above means that I would be bothered if you didn't include everything.)

Elisa

• you can now switch between list and grid views as you see fit https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411952
• you can now search for albums on the Tracks page

Ark

• Ark can now open and un-archive self-extracting .exe archive files https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/merge_requests/233

Kate

• You can now split embedded terminal views in Kate horizontally or vertically https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1417

• Kate now considers a file as recent when it’s saved or closed, not just when it’s opened. This means your recent files list will no longer omit files you kept open for a long time while working on them https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486203

KWrite

• KWrite now shows a hamburger menu by default instead of a traditional menu bar, and the hamburger menu has gained an assortment of curated actions on the top to speed up access to them https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1422 https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1445 https://invent.kde.org/utilities/kate/-/merge_requests/1446

Gwenview

Gwenview now has a minimal “Spotlight View” mode in which all the normal UI is hidden, and all you see is the image and the window titlebar https://invent.kde.org/graphics/gwenview/-/merge_requests/222

Kdenlive

• [Feature] Group effects - ability to add an effect to a group of clips
• [Feature] Automatic Subtitle Translations - AI (Offline) subtitle translation
• Huge performance boost moving clips with the spacer tool
• Multiple Bins improvements
• Audio capture reimplemented

KSSHAskPass

• KSSHAskPass now supports SK-type SSH keys https://invent.kde.org/plasma/ksshaskpass/-/merge_requests/9

Itinerary

• https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/04/06/kde-itinerary-february-march-2024.html

PIM

• https://kontact.kde.org/blog/2024/2024-05-01-kde-pim-march-april-2024/