I would like the ability to set the login screen background for Plasma Login Manager, and the layout for selecting Plasma Wayland and other installed desktops (along with regular user stuff) in the system settings widget - Alternate comprehensive layouts (like SDDM) or item tweaks like all selection items in an integrated Box similar to Maldives SDDM; where the time date go if present; what the background image is (or are - Daily Slide Show?); special message and so on.
It just appears that the defaults are adequate but not so appealing.
I recognize we have the ability to set wallpaper with full functionality - and Clock on and off - But more layout control would be welcome. given the current resources in System Settings.
The KDE folks develop Plasma applications, not Manjaro. Iâm not sure where the best place to post would be, however you could try the KDE Community. Development happens on the KDE GitLab.
Keep in mind Plasma Login Manager is not a finished product. The final version will be released alongside Plasma 6.6 next month.
Youâre right that SDDM is functional but not entirely flexible or excitingâŚ
Custom background
Themes - like Maldives or Sugar Candy
Many features are theme-dependent, not core Plasma features.
Layout for the session chooser is controlled also by the SDDM Theme as are other things like time/date layout.
So youâd need to go to the KDE Plasma forum to suggest perhaps that more advanced layout tweaks could be exposed in the GUI, but that means upstream KDE or SDDM changes.
So yes, for now weâre pretty limited to the offerings in the KDE community releases; but for me, Breeze is fine alreadyâŚ
I donât spend a lot of time on the login screen, so Iâd be more interested in bringing back some cool screensavers that play after you lock your screenâŚ
I have a problem understanding what the benefit would be, for something one uses once as one logs in and (normally) one does not see it again, until one logs out of the session. If it were up to me, I prefer it the way it is. I have no use for extra settings that may, or may not break once the system is upgraded. More settings, usually means more things that can go wrong. Commonly, statements like âoh, didnât think about thatâ makes all the bugs. That and âifâ statements in code (courtesy of Uncle Bob).
It already has a sort of âscreen saving effectâ, where the screen is blurred after a while (unless it has been taken out in some upgrade, I donât see it very often as I usually donât wait long enough to log in).
I vote no.
As for âscreensaversâ, itâs been a long time any screen had to be saved from burn-in effects: https://www.howtogeek.com/128644/htg-explains-why-screen-savers-are-no-longer-necessary/; unless, of course, one still uses a CRT monitor. They also mention why playing movies/animations during a locked state is bad. It has the potential of making the computer go into âgame modeâ (whatever that is, I donât play such games) and consume more energy while one isnât even there to see them.
Lolz - no benefit at all, this is for when youâve nothing to do and you just sit around, not yet having logged in and think⌠hmmmm Letâs customise it until it breaks
Just last year I spent an hour or so just looking at splash screens - I had a cool Amiga (floppy going into the slot) one, a really nice âbeautiful treeâ that never had time to get halfway throughâŚ
I did find a solution - and it works really well:
yay -Rnsuv plymouth
Iâd actually started to miss the whole thing I remembered from Hardy Heron - as you boot, thereâs text flying up the screen⌠and thatâs my favourite.
OK I get the message! If I was a business I would desire these things - I suppose a deeper config file editing would do. Personally I dislike (not object to) the placement of the session type in lower left corner and greatly prefer layout in SDDM Maldives. â Good comments - Thanks
Custom background
