diff --git a/libs/ui/forms/KisWelcomePage.ui b/libs/ui/forms/KisWelcomePage.ui
index 0d2214d990..55bba83442 100644
--- a/libs/ui/forms/KisWelcomePage.ui
+++ b/libs/ui/forms/KisWelcomePage.ui
@@ -1,775 +1,775 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>KisWelcomePage</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="KisWelcomePage">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>1061</width>
     <height>538</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
    <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
     <horstretch>0</horstretch>
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
   <property name="autoFillBackground">
    <bool>false</bool>
   </property>
   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_12">
    <item>
     <widget class="QFrame" name="dropFrameBorder">
      <property name="frameShape">
       <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="frameShadow">
       <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="lineWidth">
       <number>4</number>
      </property>
      <property name="midLineWidth">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
       <item row="0" column="2">
        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>5</width>
           <height>5</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="0">
        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_11">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>5</width>
           <height>5</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="1">
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
         <property name="spacing">
          <number>5</number>
         </property>
         <property name="topMargin">
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <property name="rightMargin">
          <number>20</number>
         </property>
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="startTitleLabel">
           <property name="font">
            <font>
             <pointsize>18</pointsize>
            </font>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>Start</string>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="newFileLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>New File</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="newFileLinkShortcut">
             <property name="minimumSize">
              <size>
               <width>20</width>
               <height>0</height>
              </size>
             </property>
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>false</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string/>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <property name="bottomMargin">
            <number>30</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="openFileLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Open File</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="openFileShortcut">
             <property name="minimumSize">
              <size>
               <width>20</width>
               <height>0</height>
              </size>
             </property>
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>false</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string/>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_10">
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="recentDocumentsLabel">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <pointsize>18</pointsize>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Recent Documents</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="clearRecentFilesLink">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
              </sizepolicy>
             </property>
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Clear</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_12">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>5</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="QListView" name="recentDocumentsListView">
           <property name="sizePolicy">
            <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
             <horstretch>0</horstretch>
             <verstretch>0</verstretch>
            </sizepolicy>
           </property>
           <property name="minimumSize">
            <size>
             <width>300</width>
             <height>250</height>
            </size>
           </property>
           <property name="font">
            <font>
             <underline>true</underline>
             <kerning>false</kerning>
            </font>
           </property>
           <property name="focusPolicy">
            <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="autoFillBackground">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
           <property name="frameShape">
            <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="frameShadow">
            <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="lineWidth">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <property name="autoScroll">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
           <property name="showDropIndicator" stdset="0">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
           <property name="selectionBehavior">
            <enum>QAbstractItemView::SelectItems</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="movement">
            <enum>QListView::Snap</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="resizeMode">
            <enum>QListView::Fixed</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <property name="viewMode">
            <enum>QListView::ListMode</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="uniformItemSizes">
            <bool>true</bool>
           </property>
           <property name="wordWrap">
            <bool>false</bool>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="2">
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
         <property name="spacing">
          <number>5</number>
         </property>
         <property name="leftMargin">
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <property name="topMargin">
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <property name="rightMargin">
          <number>30</number>
         </property>
         <property name="bottomMargin">
          <number>0</number>
         </property>
         <item>
          <widget class="QLabel" name="helpTitleLabel">
           <property name="font">
            <font>
             <pointsize>18</pointsize>
            </font>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>Community</string>
           </property>
           <property name="margin">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_7">
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="manualLink">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
              </sizepolicy>
             </property>
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>User Manual</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_7">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeType">
              <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>5</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="gettingStartedLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Getting Started</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>5</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="supportKritaLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Support Krita</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="userCommunityLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>User Community</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_5">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="kritaWebsiteLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Krita Website</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_6">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_8">
           <property name="spacing">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <property name="bottomMargin">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="sourceCodeLink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Source Code</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_8">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_11">
           <property name="bottomMargin">
            <number>20</number>
           </property>
           <item>
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="poweredByKDELink">
             <property name="font">
              <font>
               <underline>true</underline>
              </font>
             </property>
             <property name="focusPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Powered by KDE</string>
             </property>
             <property name="checkable">
              <bool>false</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="flat">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_13">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_9">
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="dragImageHereLabel">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
              </sizepolicy>
             </property>
             <property name="frameShape">
              <enum>QFrame::Box</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="lineWidth">
              <number>2</number>
             </property>
             <property name="text">
              <string>Drag Image in window to open</string>
             </property>
             <property name="alignment">
              <set>Qt::AlignCenter</set>
             </property>
             <property name="wordWrap">
              <bool>true</bool>
             </property>
             <property name="margin">
              <number>30</number>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_10">
             <property name="orientation">
              <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
             </property>
             <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
              <size>
               <width>40</width>
               <height>20</height>
              </size>
             </property>
            </spacer>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </item>
         <item>
          <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
           <property name="orientation">
            <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
           </property>
           <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
            <size>
             <width>20</width>
             <height>20</height>
            </size>
           </property>
          </spacer>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="3">
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
         <item>
-         <widget class="QLabel" name="helpTitleLabel_2">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="lblNews">
           <property name="font">
            <font>
             <pointsize>18</pointsize>
            </font>
           </property>
           <property name="text">
            <string>News</string>
           </property>
           <property name="margin">
            <number>0</number>
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="KisNewsWidget" name="newsWidget" native="true"/>
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="1" column="4">
        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_9">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>5</width>
           <height>5</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
       <item row="2" column="1">
        <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
           <width>5</width>
           <height>5</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
       </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>KisNewsWidget</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
    <header>widgets/KisNewsWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/libs/ui/widgets/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp b/libs/ui/widgets/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
index fa4b6316ec..4923dddeda 100644
--- a/libs/ui/widgets/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/widgets/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
@@ -1,278 +1,281 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
  * Copyright (C) 2018 Scott Petrovic <scottpetrovic@gmail.com>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Library General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "KisWelcomePageWidget.h"
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include "kis_action_manager.h"
 #include "kactioncollection.h"
 #include "kis_action.h"
 
 #include "KConfigGroup"
 #include "KSharedConfig"
 
 #include <QListWidget>
 #include <QListWidgetItem>
 #include "kis_icon_utils.h"
 #include "krita_utils.h"
 #include "KoStore.h"
 
 
 KisWelcomePageWidget::KisWelcomePageWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
 {
    setupUi(this);
 
    recentDocumentsListView->viewport()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
    recentDocumentsListView->setSpacing(2);
+
+   newsWidget->setVisible(false);    
+   lblNews->setVisible(false);
 }
 
 KisWelcomePageWidget::~KisWelcomePageWidget()
 {
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::setMainWindow(KisMainWindow* mainWin)
 {
     if (mainWin) {
         mainWindow = mainWin;
 
 
         // set the shortcut links from actions (only if a shortcut exists)
         if ( mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_new")->shortcut().toString() != "") {
             newFileLinkShortcut->setText(QString("(") + mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_new")->shortcut().toString() + QString(")"));
         }
 
         if (mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_open")->shortcut().toString()  != "") {
             openFileShortcut->setText(QString("(") + mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_open")->shortcut().toString() + QString(")"));
         }
 
 
         populateRecentDocuments();
         connect(recentDocumentsListView, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(recentDocumentClicked(QModelIndex)));
 
 
         // we need the view manager to actually call actions, so don't create the connections
         // until after the view manager is set
         connect(newFileLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotNewFileClicked()));
         connect(openFileLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotOpenFileClicked()));
 
         // URL link connections
         connect(manualLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotGoToManual()));
 
         connect(gettingStartedLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotGettingStarted()));
         connect(supportKritaLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotSupportKrita()));
         connect(userCommunityLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotUserCommunity()));
         connect(kritaWebsiteLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotKritaWebsite()));
         connect(sourceCodeLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotSourceCode()));
         connect(clearRecentFilesLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotClearRecentFiles()));
         connect(poweredByKDELink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotKDESiteLink()));
 
 
         slotUpdateThemeColors();
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::showDropAreaIndicator(bool show)
 {
     if (!show) {
         QString dropFrameStyle = "QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 0px }";
         dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
     } else {
         QColor textColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Text);
         QColor backgroundColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Background);
         QColor blendedColor = KritaUtils::blendColors(textColor, backgroundColor, 0.8);
 
         // QColor.name() turns it into a hex/web format
         QString dropFrameStyle = QString("QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 2px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append(" }") ;
         dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotUpdateThemeColors()
 {
 
     QColor textColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Text);
     QColor backgroundColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Background);
 
     // make the welcome screen labels a subtle color so it doesn't clash with the main UI elements
     QColor blendedColor = KritaUtils::blendColors(textColor, backgroundColor, 0.8);
     QString blendedStyle = QString("color: ").append(blendedColor.name());
 
 
     // what labels to change the color...
     startTitleLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     recentDocumentsLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     helpTitleLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     manualLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     gettingStartedLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     supportKritaLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     userCommunityLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     kritaWebsiteLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     sourceCodeLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     newFileLinkShortcut->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     openFileShortcut->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     clearRecentFilesLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     poweredByKDELink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     recentDocumentsListView->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
 
     newFileLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     openFileLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
 
 
     // giving the drag area messaging a dotted border
     QString dottedBorderStyle = QString("border: 2px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append("; color:").append(blendedColor.name()).append( ";");
     dragImageHereLabel->setStyleSheet(dottedBorderStyle);
 
 
     // make drop area QFrame have a dotted line
     dropFrameBorder->setObjectName("dropAreaIndicator");
     QString dropFrameStyle = QString("QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 4px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append("}");
     dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
 
     // only show drop area when we have a document over the empty area
     showDropAreaIndicator(false);
 
     // add icons for new and open settings to make them stand out a bit more
     openFileLink->setIconSize(QSize(30, 30));
     newFileLink->setIconSize(QSize(30, 30));
     openFileLink->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-open"));
     newFileLink->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-new"));
 
     // needed for updating icon color for files that don't have a preview
     if (mainWindow) {
         populateRecentDocuments();
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::populateRecentDocuments()
 {
     // grab recent files data
     recentFilesModel = new QStandardItemModel();
     int recentDocumentsIterator = mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length() > 5 ? 5 : mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length(); // grab at most 5
 
     for (int i = 0; i < recentDocumentsIterator; i++ ) {
 
        QStandardItem *recentItem = new QStandardItem(1,2); // 1 row, 1 column
        QString recentFileUrlPath = mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().at(i).toString();
        QString fileName = recentFileUrlPath.split("/").last();
 
 
        // get thumbnail -- almost all Krita-supported formats save a thumbnail
        // this was mostly copied from the KisAutoSaveRecovery file
        QScopedPointer<KoStore> store(KoStore::createStore(QUrl(recentFileUrlPath), KoStore::Read));
 
        if (store) {
            if (store->open(QString("Thumbnails/thumbnail.png"))
               || store->open(QString("preview.png"))) {
 
                QByteArray bytes = store->read(store->size());
                store->close();
                QImage img;
                img.loadFromData(bytes);
                recentItem->setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(img)));
 
            }
            else {
                recentItem->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-export"));
            }
 
        }
        else {
            recentItem->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-export"));
        }
 
 
        // set the recent object with the data
        recentItem->setText(fileName); // what to display for the item
        recentItem->setToolTip(recentFileUrlPath);
        recentFilesModel->appendRow(recentItem);
 
 
     }
 
 
     // hide clear and Recent files title if there are none
     bool hasRecentFiles = mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length() > 0;
     recentDocumentsLabel->setVisible(hasRecentFiles);
     clearRecentFilesLink->setVisible(hasRecentFiles);
 
 
     recentDocumentsListView->setIconSize(QSize(40, 40));
     recentDocumentsListView->setModel(recentFilesModel);
 }
 
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::recentDocumentClicked(QModelIndex index)
 {
     QString fileUrl = index.data(Qt::ToolTipRole).toString();
     mainWindow->openDocument(QUrl(fileUrl), KisMainWindow::None );
 }
 
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotNewFileClicked()
 {
     mainWindow->slotFileNew();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotOpenFileClicked()
 {
     mainWindow->slotFileOpen();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotClearRecentFiles()
 {
     mainWindow->clearRecentFiles();
     mainWindow->reloadRecentFileList();
     populateRecentDocuments();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotGoToManual()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://docs.krita.org"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotGettingStarted()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/getting_started.html"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotSupportKrita()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://krita.org/en/support-us/donations/"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotUserCommunity()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=136"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotKritaWebsite()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://www.krita.org"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotSourceCode()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://phabricator.kde.org/source/krita/"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotKDESiteLink()
 {
     QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl("https://userbase.kde.org/What_is_KDE"));
 }