KDE Panel not changing color when switching between light/dark themes

Hi all,
Very recent convert. When I change my theme from light to dark it seems that the panel doesn’t change unless I log out and then log back in. Every other window switches to the light theme almost instantly. It’s only the taskbar that doesn’t change (until I logout/login).
I’ve searched the forum and google but I’m either using the wrong search terms or it’s something specific to my computer. Any guidance would be appreciated!
W

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.79-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
  root=UUID=2278ad49-3c51-4a1e-b7a9-a068951533ec rw quiet
  resume=UUID=ad8d5651-a97a-4284-b217-41a899288c7d udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.3 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Latitude 7520 v: N/A
  serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 07MHG4 v: A00 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Dell
  v: 1.9.3 date: 09/03/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 61.9 Wh (100.0%) condition: 61.9/61.9 Wh (100.0%)
  volts: 17.5 min: 15.2 model: SMP DELL TN2GY19 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
  status: Full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.36 GiB used: 2.94 GiB (19.1%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8C (140) stepping: 1 microcode: 8A
  cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 5 MiB L3: 12 MiB bogomips: 28888
  Speed: 1175 MHz min/max: 400/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1199 2: 1186
  3: 1126 4: 1150 5: 1196 6: 1172 7: 998 8: 1128
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni
  avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f
  avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush
  clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl
  dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma
  fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify
  hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
  pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good
  sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tme tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
  tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid
  x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Dell
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 3-6:4 chip-ID: 1bcf:2bab class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2048x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 541x304mm (21.3x12.0")
  s-diag: 621mm (24.4")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.5
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Dell
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci bus-ID: 00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:a0c8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.79-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
  chip-ID: 8086:a0f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 3-10:6 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 946.1 GiB used: 761.35 GiB (80.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
  size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QGXA7 temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Switch
  size: 14.59 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 20 GiB size: 19.52 GiB (97.59%) used: 8.87 GiB (45.4%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: root
  uuid: 2278ad49-3c51-4a1e-b7a9-a068951533ec
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
  used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  label: BOOT uuid: 9878-0578
  ID-3: /data raw-size: 821.4 GiB size: 821.4 GiB (100.00%)
  used: 751.76 GiB (91.5%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
  label: data uuid: 4009BE223AC42B46
  ID-4: /home raw-size: 20 GiB size: 19.52 GiB (97.59%) used: 723 MiB (3.6%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: home
  uuid: 7f66fbe5-ecc0-4136-b916-db6bdd9a3e51
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 20 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 label: swap
  uuid: ad8d5651-a97a-4284-b217-41a899288c7d
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
  label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 49.49 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
  uuid: 46F401B4F401A6F1
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 517 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
  uuid: 90AEC68FAEC66CF2
  ID-4: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 14.59 GiB fs: vfat label: ESD-USB
  uuid: 0CF7-7F06
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: SanDisk Cruzer Switch type: Mass Storage
  driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 224mA
  chip-ID: 0781:5572 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Dell Dell Universal Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
  driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 413c:2514 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-6:4 info: Sunplus Innovation Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 1bcf:2bab class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 3-8:5 info: Broadcom 58200 type: Smart Card driver: N/A
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5842
  class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 3-10:6 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
  class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 249 Uptime: 30m wakeups: 1830 Init: systemd v: 249
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1074 lib: 301
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.09

Are you talking about the panel ?


if so please edit the title kde task manager is kde system monitor

Try changing Plasma and icon theme

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Issue resolved!

The Plasma Style seemed to still be stuck on the Breath2 Light theme, even though the Global Theme was Breath2 Dark. I changed the Plasma Style to match the Global Theme and the Panel now changes colour according to whichever Global Theme is applied.

Thank you both for your help–much appreciated!

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