General Behavior

This module configures general workspace behavior.

Desktop

Allow Plasma to show:

Panel and widget tooltips: Tooltips appear when you hover over items in a panel or on the desktop.
OSD popups for status changes: Widgets can show on-screen popups for changes like volume and brightness level, or switching audio devices.

Clicking in scrollbar track:
- Scrolls to the clicked location: The scroll handle jumps to where you clicked. This is the default.
- Scrolls one page up or down: Clicking moves by one page, and middle-clicking scrolls to the clicked location.
Prefer smooth scrolling: Animates transitions when scrolling with a mouse wheel or the keyboard. Some applications may not honor this.

Clicking files or folders:
- Selects them: Files and folders must be double-clicked to open, and a single click selects them. This is the default.
- Opens them: Files and folders open with a single click. To select them, click their selection markers, drag a rectangle around them or Ctrl+click.
Middle-click: Pastes selected text makes middle-clicking in a text field paste the selection. The system has to be restarted for a change here to take effect, and the module offers a Restart button.
Double-click interval: Two clicks within this time count as a double-click. Some applications may not honor this. Double-click the test folder to check it: if it doesn't change its appearance, increase the interval.

When dragging files or folders:

Always ask what to do: Shows a dialog when you drop, unless you hold Shift to move, Ctrl to copy or Shift+Ctrl to create a symlink.
Move if on the same device: Moves without asking. Hold Shift when dropping to see the other options.

Enable Tablet Mode. In tablet mode, the virtual keyboard appears when needed.

Automatically enable as needed: Turns it on whenever the system detects a touchscreen but no mouse or touchpad, for example when a transformable laptop's keyboard is flipped around or detached.
Always enabled: Use this if you mainly use the desktop with a touchscreen.
Never enabled: Use this if you don't need tablet mode on your device.