v1.9.0

AppGrid 1.9.0

A big step up from the 1.8 series. Alot has went under the hood and more will follow.

New

• Compact mode — opens straight to the search bar with the grid hidden, KRunner style. Bind it to a shortcut like Alt+Space and use AppGrid as a drop-in for KRunner.
• Inline autocompletion — the search field completes the name as you type. Press Right arrow to accept it.
• Smarter search — KDE search-plugin actions and calculator chain-typing, your default apps ranked correctly, results that follow your KRunner plugin order, and a search font that scales with your icon size.
• Redesigned category bar — show categories as text, icons, or icons with text. Open a category on hover, and page hands-free.
• Tidier grid — square cells so long names stop wrapping awkwardly, a 5×4 default, labels that scale with the size preset, and an option for tighter spacing.
• Manage in Discover — update or remove system and Snap apps straight from the right-click menu.
• Reworked settings
• Better theming support — optional Plasma theme background for the Center variant, dividers drawn from your theme, density that scales with icon size, and independent blur and background-contrast toggles.
• One compiled module — the QML interface is now compiled into the C++ plugin and shipped as a single .so. Faster, more reliable loading and a cleaner install.

Upgrading

Because AppGrid is now a compiled plugin, after updating you need to restart Plasma for the new version to load — log out and back in, or run kquitapp6 plasmashell && kstart plasmashell.

Fixes

• The panel popup keeps its size when you switch to it from Kickoff or Kicker.
• Plenty of smaller crash, layout, and Wayland fixes.

Contributors

Thanks to everyone who helped make the 1.9.0 series happen:

• Frédéric Rousseau
• dcog989
• orange-seele
• Kingproone

And a big thank-you to everyone who filed issues, tested the release candidates, and packaged AppGrid for their distro.

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0