Install PlasmaZones on CachyOS

What should I do after installing PlasmaZones?

1. Open PlasmaZones from your app menu.
2. It installs these commands: plasmazones-editor, plasmazones-report, plasmazones-settings, plasmazones-shader-validate and plasmazonesd.
3. The package ships the systemd unit plasmazones.service. Read the project docs before you enable it.
4. Run pacman -Qi plasmazones to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove PlasmaZones?

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What is PlasmaZones?

Window snapping, tiling and scrolling for KDE Plasma.

Package description: Window tiling and autotiling for KDE Plasma

Reviews of PlasmaZones on CachyOS

From GitHub

fuddlesworth/PlasmaZones · ★ 374 stars · last commit Nov 1, 2026 · latest release Oct 29, 2026

Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

1. [Feature] Preview shader effects in zone editorClosed

   Originally posted by rutgersemp February 10, 2026 Some option to preview shader effects and settings would be great Right now it seems shader effects can only be tested by saving the layout and using it, which is cumbersome I checked the wiki and documentation, but it only…

   @fuddlesworth · Feb 10, 2026 · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

2. [Feature] With "Activate on every window drag" enabled: custom key to deactivate snappingClosed

   Originally posted by chrschorn March 15, 2026 Hey, thank you for this amazing tool! Coming from Windows FancyZones, I got used to the feature that allows you to always show the zones on every window drag, but still deactivate them with a hotkey (I used right mouse click). In…

   @fuddlesworth · Mar 26, 2026 · 1 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

3. plasmazonesd segfault on startup after Plasma update — SIGSEGV in PhosphorWayland::IdleNotifier::setTimeoutClosed

   Distro: CachyOS (Arch-based, rolling) Kernel: 7.1.8-1-cachyos Wayland session (KDE Plasma), single monitor plasmazones: 3.3.8-1 (AUR, rebuilt from source) KWin: 6.7.4-7.1 plasma-workspace: 6.7.4-3.1 Qt: 6.11.1 Started working before: 2026-08-20 CachyOS update (kwin 6.7.4-5.1 ->…

   @bstevens1214 · Aug 21, 2026 · 1 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

4. Add adjustable opacity for the editor canvas veilOpen

   Product: PlasmaZones Component: layout editor — canvas appearance Version: 3.4.19 Type: Enhancement (new setting) The layout editor canvas is covered by a fixed 70% black veil. It has no setting. On a dark theme the veil hides the windows behind the editor, so anyone placing a…

   @gleyconJ · Oct 22, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

5. Automatically adapt saved layouts to different display scaling factors and resolutionsOpen

   plasmazones-report-20261025-150308.tar.gz Summary Following up on #1160, which addressed fixed-pixel zone coordinates under fractional display scaling. Although that issue was closed following the fix in #1158, applying a layout originally configured at 100% display scaling to a…

   @phildabill · Oct 25, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

6. feat: Focus-based 'last used zone' tracking for smarter window placementClosed

   Enhance the "Move new windows to last zone" feature by also updating the last-used zone when a snapped window is focused, not just when a window is snapped. The mlastUsedZoneId is only updated when a window is snapped to a zone: This means if you have windows in zones 1, 2, and…

   @fuddlesworth · Jan 29, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

7. Right mouse button as zone activation (non-primary button to toggle)Closed

   Add the ability to activate the zone overlay while dragging a window by holding a mouse button (e.g. right click), similar to FancyZones' "non-primary mouse button to toggle zone activation" — enabling one-handed tiling with the mouse. From: Discussion #77

   @fuddlesworth · Feb 5, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

8. [Feature Request] Zone activation without hotkey?Closed

   Originally posted by OtherStep February 21, 2026 Maybe I'm missing this in the documentation and UI, but can plasmazones activate zones without the hotkey like FancyZones and KZones? Both of those apps allow you to activate their zones when you start moving the window. Thanks for…

   @fuddlesworth · Feb 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

9. [Feature] Separate values for each side when adjusting edge gapsClosed

   Originally posted by pairomaniac February 21, 2026 It would be useful if you could set specific values for left, right, top and bottom when adjusting layout edge gaps. At the moment it's more of a global value. Allows more cohesive look when using things like transparent panels.…

   @fuddlesworth · Feb 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

10. [Feature] Setting to allow the zones to have entire desktop access / specifically ignore task bar(s)Closed

    Originally posted by crovaxon February 20, 2026 Hello! As mentioned in the brief exchange on Discord, I would have use for Plasmazones being able to ignore the reserved space for task bar(s), so basically for it to make use of the full desktop geometry and not just what is…

    @fuddlesworth · Feb 20, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

11. [Bug] Fixed pixel zones use logical coordinates at fractional display scalingClosed

    Plasma: 6.8.0 PlasmaZones: 3.5.1 Session: Wayland plasmazones-report-20261022-134255.tar.gz Fixed-pixel zones do not retain their requested physical pixel dimensions when KDE display scaling is above 100%. My monitor is a 7680×2160 57" ultrawide. At 100% scaling I use three…

    @phildabill · Oct 22, 2026 · 1 comments · View on GitHub

12. Widen a scrolling column to an X11 window that commits wider than itClosed

    Left open by PR #1129, which listed it under "Known remaining". PR #1129 widens a scrolling column to the size a window actually commits. That only works for Wayland clients. An X11 or XWayland window that commits larger than its column never reports it, so the column keeps its…

    @fuddlesworth · Oct 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

13. Fix a scrolling window taller than its tile overlapping the tile stacked under itClosed

    Left open by PR #1129, which listed it under "Known remaining". PR #1129 widens a scrolling column when its window commits wider than the column. It does not do the same across the strip. A window that commits taller than its tile in a horizontal strip, or wider in a vertical…

    @fuddlesworth · Oct 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

14. Check the caller of compositor-only daemon D-Bus methodsClosed

    Some daemon D-Bus methods are meant to be called only by the KWin effect, but nothing checks who calls them. Any process on the session bus can call: org.plasmazones.Scrolling.reportCommittedSize (added by PR #1129). A forged call can teach a scrolling column a floor up to the…

    @fuddlesworth · Oct 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub

15. Fix a scrolling column that only straddles the screen edge parking instead of peekingClosed

    Found during the PR #1129 audit (finding CR3-3). PR #1129 documents this trade-off but doesn't fix it. PR #1129 gives a column a remembered peek width when its client commits wider than the column. A column that only ever straddles the viewport edge, and is never shown whole,…

    @fuddlesworth · Oct 21, 2026 · 0 comments · View on GitHub