I have two similar systems on different machines: Manjaro Qonos 21.2.6 + Plasma 5.24.5
The first system is two years old (has been updated many times), the second one is fresh and due to it I’ve noticed the first one is missing the opacity setting
I’ve recreated panels several times, changed their position, alignment, etc. in vain. So far this is the only difference I’ve noticed, the both systems work smoothly.
By the way, I had panel issues one year ago. Turned out some Plasma config was full of filenames and its removal solved the issues. I hope this time I won’t have to reset everything
Following @Mirdarthos comment, i see that bloc has been removed from the online documentation. So that “disappearance” might be intentional…
The page hasn’t been updated since 2019, and the feature was introduced in 2021…
Maybe the option is only available for relevant themes?
Do you have the issue with the Breeze themes?
I don’t actually need static opacity, but adaptive. Anyway, tried your recipe and it didn’t affect the panel, just darkens for a second after pressing ‘apply’
Changing theme doesn’t trigger this block. The both systems use ChromeOS theme and even have almost similar Desktop Effects
upd: I update this theme regularly so it’s the same version on the both machines. This issue is on Wayland too
Add a second panel to the old system by right click on desktop > Add panel > Default Panel. It will open at the bottom. Enter edit mode of the second panel and check if the opacity options are available.
It’s shown for the new user, like on my new system. The way I see it, Plasma didn’t upgrade old configs correctly (this feature was released with Plasma 5.22 about year ago). And the main question is where can I find panel configs to try to merge them with working ones ?