Can't disable wobbly windows on Kubuntu 26.04

[spirithawk]

saracatunga, I don't know your experience with Linux in general or Kubunbu in particular, I need to ask, after you disabled wobbly windows in the settings app, did you click on the Apply button at the bottom right of the page?

has anyone ha good luck with kubuntu 26.04 upgrade i have seen horror stories on redit and facebook

[Snowhog]

has anyone ha good luck with kubuntu 26.04 upgrade

Yes. I have, and so has die.boer. I'm positive there have been MANY, MANY more; likely more than those who have experienced issues. Each use case is different. Each users PC is different. Each PC configuration is different. Whether or not third-party software was installed prior to the upgrade attempt can affect things. In short, there are simply TO MANY VARIABLES that the developers cannot account for.

[Xolvix]

#Xolvix , # Elliot Alderson

any yous need a hanky ?

Yes please I'm actually developing a minor cold, a virtual hanky would be greatly appreciated.

Man I got pissed off it seems. But maybe I've seen it too much in life, you give useful advice and no-one cares. In any case it was indeed die.boer kwriteconfig6 commands that I originally posted. From memory, when disabling the features in the Effects GUI it was writing the wrong kind of config value, something with a $ sign in it or something, definitely not the word false so KDE treats it as the corrupted setting it is and switches back to the wobbly/transparent defaults.

The wobbling exists because the kubuntu-settings-desktop package was updated at some point during the beta to set those effects by default (and the enlarged taskbar and mouse cursor sizes), all of which I've undone on my own system. I can't do much to change the tastes of certain maintainers but at least I have the ability to undo them.

[Caviafulgida]

My workaround for this issue has been to go into the Wobbly Windows settings and uncheck the "Wobble when moving" and "Wobble when resizing" settings: the system properly remembers those settings, so when Wobbly windows inevitably gets reactivated, it doesn't actually do anything. I did test by turning Wobbly windows totally off, and today it's back on but I can only tell by going to system settings: i.e., it's de facto off and no wobbles.

What's extra annoying to me about this is the settings check box is orange colored as if it's something I manually set!

I should also note that I have the exact same problem with the Translucency setting. I don't want any transparency at all, but that setting kept being turned on alongside Wobbly windows, but the workaround there is similar: go into the configuration and make sure all the sliders are set to "opaque". That way when it turns back on it does nothing.

And I also upgraded from 25.10 to 26.04.

[claydoh]

My workaround for this issue has been to go into the Wobbly Windows settings and uncheck the "Wobble when moving

Fix it this way:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...913#post691913

Then you should be able to use it normally, if desired, and not have it stuck in the "ON" position

[Caviafulgida]

Fix it this way:
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...913#post691913

Then you should be able to use it normally, if desired, and not have it stuck in the "ON" position

Thanks, missed that before!

[knuuser]

The desktop way...
System settings > Apps & Windows > Window Management > Desktop Effects > Appearance > Wobbly Windows > checkbox

[claydoh]

The desktop way...
System settings > Apps & Windows > Window Management > Desktop Effects > Appearance > Wobbly Windows > checkbox

The whole issue here in this thread is that there is a known bug where this does not work for at least a lot of upgraders.......

[knuuser]

The whole issue here in this thread is that there is a known bug where this does not work for at least a lot of upgraders.......

I see. Don't mind me I'm new here