December 13, 2018.
KDE Applications 18.12 are now released.
We continuously work on improving the software included in our KDE Application series, and we hope you will find all the new enhancements and bug fixes useful!
What's new in KDE Applications 18.12
More than 140 bugs have been resolved in applications including the Kontact Suite, Ark, Cantor, Dolphin, Gwenview, Kate, KmPlot, Konsole, Lokalize, Okular, Spectacle, Umbrello and more!
If you would like to read more about the changes in this release, head over to the complete changelog. Although a bit intimidating due to its breadth, the changelog can be an excellent way to learn about KDE's internal workings and discover apps and features you never knew you had.
New MTP implementation that makes it fully usable for production
Huge performance improvement for reading files over the SFTP protocol
For thumbnail previews, frames and shadows are now only drawn for image files with no transparency, improving the display for icons
New thumbnail previews for LibreOffice documents and AppImage apps
Video files larger than 5 MB in size are now displayed on directory thumbnails when directory thumbnailing is enabled
When reading audio CDs, Dolphin is now able to change CBR bitrate for the MP3 encoder and fixes timestamps for FLAC
Dolphin’s 'Control' menu now shows the 'Create New…' items and has a new 'Show Hidden Places' menu item
Dolphin now quits when there is only one tab open and the standard 'close tab' keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+w) is pressed
After unmounting a volume from the Places panel, it is now possible to mount it again
The Recent Documents view (available by browsing to recentdocuments:/ in Dolphin) now only shows actual documents, and automatically filters out web URLs
Dolphin now shows a warning before allowing you to rename file or directory in such a manner that would cause it to immediately become hidden
It is no longer possible to try to unmount the disks for your active operating system or home directory from the Places Panel
KFind, KDE's traditional file search, now has a metadata search method based on KFileMetaData.
Inactive tabs' icons are now highlighted when they receive a bell signal
Trailing colons are no longer considered parts of a word for the purposes of double-click selection, making it easier to select paths and 'grep' output
When a mouse with back and forward buttons is plugged in, Konsole can now use those buttons for switching between tabs
Konsole now has a menu item to reset the font size to the profile default, if it has been enlarged or reduced in size
Tabs are now harder to accidentally detach, and faster to accurately re-order
Improved shift-click selection behavior
Fixed double-clicking on a text line that exceeds the window width
The search bar once again closes when you hit the Escape key
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