On the exporting the current setup as a look and feel:
Comment on a purely technical side (ignore the UI of that completely): the feature is partly already there as pure implementation in the lookandfeelexplorer tool from plasma-sdk, code in part there (creation of the package and export of other settings) and in part in plasmashell itself, as the dumpCurrentLayoutJS() DBus method.

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Dolphin still doesn't look anything like this and even that cyan border is still there. While I understand the need to redesign a major app, all the other QT apps look just as bad or worse. A lot of this is down to the theme engine.

This deserves a blog post with screenshots!

These mockups have now all been implemented :) Regarding the tabbar, I ended up with a vertical design as it worked the best with some calligra apps containing a lot of tools.

Moved to https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/43, where I've summarized the rough conclusion here, and we can work on turning it into something actionable quickly.

Moved to https://invent.kde.org/teams/vdg/issues/-/issues/12

This is done now for Plasma 6!

That was merged, and this is basically done in Plasma 6 now.

This is largely done in Plasma 6 now!

as a long fan KDE user, i would like to share my ideas and be a part of next evolution of KDE desktop.

minimal kcm Ui wallpaper MR: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3395

We've switched to double-click by default in Plasma 6; closing.

Will it land in Plasma 6?

In T11662#209135, @ndavis wrote:

Here's another mockup:

Rounded end:

The Windows version:

The blue box at the end is a button focus highlight (T11124)

Big parts of it have already been implemented. Here is a screenshot that shows what Dolphin looked like when this task was started.

This looks amazing @ngraham !
Is it scheduled for implementation some time after Plasma 6? Like in Plasma 6.1 or whenever?
Is it being worked on?

With https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/-/merge_requests/1235, we have a path forward here, at least for QML apps.

I wonder if this thread has been moved somewhere and if there is any work to move in that direction? It does feel like combining the UI would make Activity features more discoverable and those mokcups look great!

Backend work started at https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/merge_requests/3122