Excalibur

Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net

Description:

Excalibur is a simple Launcher with two columns and a search bar on top and a session control (logout, restart, shutdown) on the bottom.
It is based upon kicker and made after the image of the Lancelot menu launcher available for KDE SC 4.

The search uses the global Plasma Search to search for not only applications but also files and recent documents.

Last changelog:

2.7 2 years ago

- Fixed removing and adding apps to favorites for specific activities (Plasma 5.12.x)
- Fixed moving of favorites when more then visible (so if you have to scroll down to see other favorites and want to move them around)

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nathanael
15 days ago

This reminds me of the time when we did KBFX - seems to be very similiar - I am dying of nostalgy here

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nathanael
15 days ago

Though using it shows an early state of kbfx usability

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speedjoe
1 month ago

10 10 the best

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jaymot
2 months ago

7 I just tried installing it again, this time using ocs-url, and it worked. I too wish it cold be resized and that there was a configuration option to move the categories to the left pane and the apps to the right like Whisker Menu has, then this would be a perfect menu for those of us coming to KDE from Xfce.

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distrobro
2 months ago

The only thing that I would ask is that the developers make it resizable (like the whisker menu)...otherwise it rocks!

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distrobro
2 months ago

9 9 excellent

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awilliams17
4 months ago

Man, if there was a way to make the menu taller I would absolutely be using this with no questions asked.
I don't like having recent applications or recent documents, and when I disable those the menu gets shorter since those entries are gone. Too short.

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jaymot
4 months ago

...and I'm using kernel 5.6.0-2.

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jaymot
4 months ago

I'm getting the same error as everyone else. I've installed qml-module-qt-labs-platform version 5.11.3 and rebooted. I have Plasma 5.14.5.

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manon1502
9 months ago

Hello everybody,

i've the same problem on Manjaro 5.6.0 and others kernels.

Error loading QML file: fille:///home/manon/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.excalibur/contents/ui/main.qml:84:9: Cannot assign to no-existent property "showAllSubtree"

I've installed and tried the twice with the same error.

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zubinparihar
1 year ago

Hey Guys,

Anybody have a solution for stock Kubuntu 18.04.3 running KDE Plasma 5.12.9 for the error message:

Error loading QML file: ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.excalibur/contents/ui/main.qml:84:9: Cannot assign to non-existent property "showAllSubtree"

I had this running on Neon with KDE Plasma 5.14.0

I've installed the p59_p511 version.

I really want to get this working.

Thanks!

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Met
1 year ago

10 10 the best

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antechdesigns
1 year ago

10 10 the best

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antechdesigns
1 year ago

I love this menu, good job. Is their an easy way to change the the blue hover state color, thanks L33K ;)

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tuxmerlin
1 year ago

9 9 excellent

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venkatanaresh
1 year ago

If an issue comes like local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.excalibur/contents/ui/main.qml:84:9: Cannot assign to non-existent property "showAllSubtree"

The following commnads solved the problem. Got the solution from some other forum.

sudo apt install qml-module-qt-labs-platform
killall plasmashell; kstart5 plasmashell

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radwulf
1 year ago

9 +

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radwulf
1 year ago

Currently the number of favourites is limited to the height of the number of categories. Anything more than that requires scrolling. Can the numbers of favourites be extended further or until the search bar touches the bottom of the screen?

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mrhnhrm
2 years ago

Alas, version 2.7 does not work in Plasma 5.14.3
The problem is probably already sickeningly familiar:
Error loading QML file: ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.excalibur/contents/ui/main.qml:84:9: Cannot assign to non-existent property "showAllSubtree"

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mrhnhrm
2 years ago

2.5 seems to work, though. Either that, or Plasma has big trouble cleanly uninstalling widgets.

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Grzegorzery
2 years ago

9 +

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intika
2 years ago

9 +

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andreaskainz
2 years ago

9 look very clean and usefull.

I woulc switch the two rows and have activated by default
Zulest benutzte Anwendungen which would be from my point of view more usefull than pin manuel apps.

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azarilh
2 years ago

Doesn't work, do i miss something?
«Error loading QML file: file:///home/azarilh/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.excalibur/contents/ui/main.qml:84:9: Cannot assign to non-existent property "showAllSubtree"»

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invernomuto
2 years ago

On 2 updated installations of Manjaro with KDE 5.12, excalibur's favourites disappear at every login.
Iv' tried both: uninstall plasmoiod, clear all relative folders in home and then install plasmoid again, and "play" with .local/share/kactivitymanagerd/resources/, but nothing works.

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2.7 2 years ago

2.6 2 years ago

- Unified Excalibur menu code so there is only one code compatible with Plasma 5.9+ and 5.11+
- Added some delegate speed improvements

Fixed Plasma 5.11 Favorites 3 years ago

Plasma 5.11.x version now saves favorites correctly again.

Added Version for Plasma 5.11 3 years ago

Added a Version compatible with Plasma 5.11

Version 2.3 3 years ago

- Fixed (hiding recent documents/apps hides sysactions)
- Fixed having more than 3 sysactions (resize buttons according to sysactions you add)
- Added scroll functionality for favorites (scroll to see the rest of your favorites)

Updated Plasma 5.9.x version 3 years ago

The updated Plasma 5.9.x version fixes some bugs like favorites vanish on restart.
It also includes alpha sorting feature from kicker 5.9.x

Updated to version 2.1 3 years ago

Set favorites to fixed size (until figured out how to add a scrollbar or some other solution for showing more items)

Added Plasma 5.9 version 3 years ago

Added a version compatible with Plasma 5.9

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speedjoe Oct 13 2020 10 the best

10 the best

jaymot Oct 03 2020 7 good

I just tried installing it again, this time using ocs-url, and it worked. I too wish it cold be resized and that there was a configuration option to move the categories to the left pane and the apps to the right like Whisker Menu has, then this would be a perfect menu for those of us coming to KDE from Xfce.

distrobro Sep 28 2020 9 excellent

9 excellent

Met Jun 29 2019 10 the best

10 the best

antechdesigns Jun 15 2019 10 the best

10 the best

tuxmerlin Jun 05 2019 9 excellent

9 excellent

radwulf Apr 14 2019 9 excellent

Grzegorzery Nov 18 2018 9 excellent

intika Oct 19 2018 9 excellent

andreaskainz Sep 13 2018 9 excellent

look very clean and usefull. I woulc switch the two rows and have activated by default Zulest benutzte Anwendungen which would be from my point of view more usefull than pin manuel apps.