--new kde frameworks have solved the main issue
of very big shadows for very narrow background
thickness. On the contrary a secondary issue occurs
that in the previous case the shadows are masked
outcut for ShadowedRectangle implementation.
--more specific identifying properly when a vertical
view is shown and is touching a top or bottom view
that has requested to be fully trasparent when no
maximized window exists
--the multilayered background first layer is not
decoupled and is not the parent layer for all the
rest layer. This way we can really hide it without
influence the rest background layers.
--when background custom radius and shadow
are applied the dock window geometry shouldnot
change if these values are not altered. This
is especially true when a dock is hiding
its screen edge margin when there is a maximized
window and the same time is hiding also its
background shadows. In such case in the past because
shadows were temporarily disabled the dock was constantly
changing its geometry
--PlasmaExtended::Theme produces QRegions based on corners
radius that can be consumed afterwards from Effects calculations
in order to provide correct QRegions for custom backgrounds
produced from custom background radius option
--playing around with Kirigami.ShadowedRectangle in order
to provide a nice beautiful custom made panel background
that the user can chosen custom radius or shadow size.
Colors are going to be used totally based on current plasma
theme.
--that option from Behavior page is now renamed and
also its behavior has been upgraded by enabling
three possible options:
1. Disabled always
2. Auto - which is enabled for Docks and disabled for Panels
3. Enabled always
--after view startup real floating panels that are hiding
their thickness because of maximized windows must reposition
themeselves in order to have a valid visual state
Michail Vourlakos