Hi everyone, I’m reaching out because I’m experiencing a persistent issue with KWin desktop effects since updating to version 26.04. Specifically, I’m having trouble with Transparency and Wobbly Windows. Even though I disable these effects in the System Settings, one of them always re-enables itse…

Look here: [image] Can not disable desktop effects for "Transluency" and "Wobbly Windows" Help I just upgraded from KDE 6.5 to KDE 6.6.4. How I have the problem, that the desktop effects for “Transluency” and “Wobbly Windows” don’t stay disabled, when I turn …

looks like a mystery … a real who done it.

Same question I asked at the other link. Is there a known fix, did it work for you, and do you know why the upgrade broke it? Were you also upgrading Kubuntu from 25.10 to 26.04? I’m asking because I have only 46 days till Kubuntu 25.10 goes out of support, and translucent windows sounds like the k…

[image] ArlieS: Is there a known fix A fix the user needs to use for the moment until they can figure out why the settings are “stuck” I upgraded from 24.04, and did not have the problem in disabling them, though I do use both of the effects. [image] ArlieS: I’m asking because I have on…

Aha. Happening only when moving a window is not anywhere near as bad as I feared. Thank you. FWIW, I have encountered bleed-through as an aesthetic choice, and I believe the term used there was also “translucency”. This was, IIRC, on MacOS - in shell windows, of all things.

Issues with Transparency and Wobbly Windows persistence after 26.04 update

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claydoh May 3, 2026, 8:55am 2

Look here:

And the associated bug report: