KDE has rolled out Plasma 6.2 Beta, packed with a bunch of exciting changes for users to explore. These involve giving the drawing tablet stylus buttons a makeover by re-binding them to different mouse clicks, mapping the drawing tablet area to the screen area like a pro, calibrating the drawing tablet with a wizard, and entering testing mode for those fancy drawing tablet settings. The beta also gives a thumbs up to KWin's version of the Wayland color management protocol and happily uses the color profile data that’s baked right into the monitor. 

KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta Release

KDE Ships Plasma 6.2 Beta. Here are the major changes available in the Plasma 6.2 beta:

For digital artists

• Option to re-bind the drawing tablet stylus buttons to different types of mouse clicks  Feature Discuss
• Option for how to map drawing tablet area to screen area  Feature Discuss
• Drawing tablet calibration wizard  Feature Discuss
• Test mode for drawing tablet settings  Feature Discuss
• Turned on support for KWin's implementation of the Wayland color management protocol  Feature Discuss
• Option to use color profile data built into your monitor, if it has one

Power management

• Per-monitor brightness control  Feature Discuss
• Ability to override apps that are blocking sleep or screen locking  Feature Discuss
• Battery widget's icon now shows a power profile badge too  Feature Discuss
• The Battery Monitor widget once again stays visible while the computer is charging  Feature Discuss
• Meta+B shortcut to switch power profiles now cycles through them individually  Feature Discuss

Discover and system updating

• Ability to shut down after applying an offline system update, not just reboot  Feature Discuss
• Discover now supports PostmarketOS  Feature Discuss
• Discover now helps you write better reviews  Feature Discuss
• Discover now present apps' license information more accurately  Feature Discuss

Accessibility

• Full Sticky Keys support on Wayland  Feature Discuss
• Colorblindness filters now appear in the Accessibility KCM  Feature Discuss
• Overhaul UI of Accessibility KCM for greater… accessibility!  Feature Discuss

Weather widget

• Night forecasts for NOAA weather provider  Feature Discuss
• Now shows "feels like" temperatures for providers that support it] (NOAA and EnvCan, currently)  Feature Discuss
• More information for BBC weather forecasts]  Feature Discuss
• Now uses information-poor providers only as a fallback  Feature Discuss

Input device configuration

• Support for turning on the "autoscrolling" feature of the Libinput driver  Feature Discuss
• Option to disable smooth scrolling in KDE apps  Feature Discuss

Networking

• Support for Enhanced Open (OWE) Wi-Fi security  Feature Discuss
• Support for WebAuth for SAML-based network authentication  Feature Discuss

UI/visual design

• Accent color is now respected when using the Breeze Dark Plasma theme or Breeze Twilight global theme  Feature Discuss
• Better layout for System Tray expanded grid view  Feature Discuss
• Overhauled Widget Explorer UX
• The Meta+V clipboard popup now uses the same UI as the Plasma widget  Feature Discuss
• Redesign the Keyboard KCM  Feature Discuss
• Modernize the Thunderbolt KCM  Feature Discuss
• Use the same "Open With" dialog everywhere]  Feature Discuss
• More rich visualizations of Plasma features in Welcome Center  Feature Discuss
• Connecting or disconnecting a screen now plays a sound  Feature Discuss
• Removed KWin Morphing Popups effect because it was unfixably buggy [Feature Discuss]( https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487681 By default, can now drag Breeze-themed windows only from header areas, not from everywhere
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Miscellaneous

• Option to disable window outlines in the Pager widget  Feature Discuss
• "Minimize All" widget now only minimizes windows on the current virtual desktop and activity  Feature Discuss
• Integrated cropping tool when setting your user avatar [Feature Discuss]( https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4731630 Ability to name your custom shortcuts
• Once-a-year donation request notification  Feature Discuss  Feature Discuss

Technical

• Memory page in Info Center  Feature Discuss
• Implemented the alpha-modifier KWin protocol  Feature Discuss
• Initial implementation of SVG cursor theming, and ported the Breeze themes to use it  Feature Discuss

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KDE Plasma 6.2 Beta Release