Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.6.2. Plasma 5.6 was released in March with many feature refinements and new modules to complete the desktop experience.

This release adds another week's worth of new translations and fixes from KDE's contributors. The bugfixes are typically small but important and include:

Weather plasmoid, bbcukmet. Update to BBC's new json-based search and modified xml. Commit. Fixes bug #330773
Breeze and Oxygen widget themes: Add isQtQuickControl function and make it work with Qt 5.7. Commit. Code review #127533
[calendar] Fix calendar applet not clearing selection when hiding. Commit. Code review #127456. Fixes bug #360683

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Breeze

Fix isQtQuickControl check with Qt 5.7. Commit. Code review #127524

KScreenlocker

Workaround problems with Qt::QueuedConnection. Commit. Fixes bug #361008. Fixes bug #361007

KWin

[autotests] Use DMZ-White as cursor theme. Commit.

libkscreen

Do not unconditionally enable logging. Commit. Code review #126630

Oxygen

Add isQtQuickControl function and make it work with Qt 5.7. Commit. Code review #127533

Plasma Desktop

Fix typo in c9e6dd77591511185ac3161474d1ca1a0c1f52db. Commit.
Break if xcb_connection has error in record event handling. Commit.
Revert "TaskManager: Force grouping for Icons-Only Task Manager". Commit. Fixes bug #361172
Avoid dead loop for xcb_poll_for_reply if xcb connection is dead. Commit.
Guard round this delegate getting deleted during menu exec. Commit. Fixes bug #360711

Plasma Networkmanager (plasma-nm)

Update tooltip when connection name gets changed. Commit. Fixes bug #361348
Improve tooltip displaying current active connections. Commit. Fixes bug #360668
Editor: fix indexing for 802-1x authentication. Commit.

Plasma Audio Volume Control

Fix bindings in KCM MuteButton. Commit. Code review #127487
KCM: Add ScrollView to PulseView. Commit. Code review #127477
KCM: Fix icon size in StreamListItem. Commit. Code review #127466

Plasma Workspace

[weather bbcukmet] Readd bbcukmet ion to build & install. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Update Credit. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Fix for crash bug #332392 and error handling improvements. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Trivial fix for the "clear sky" typo. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Handle cases where min. or max. temperatures are not reported. Commit.
[weather bbcukmet] Update to BBC's new json-based search and modified xml. Commit. Fixes bug #330773
[Weather] Remove no longer used custom DataEngineConsumer class. Commit.
[Weather dataengine] Do not install CamelCase forward header Ion for now. Commit.
Don't crash on launchers with sorting disabled. Commit. Fixes bug #361166
[calendar] Fix calendar applet not clearing selection when hiding. Commit. Code review #127456. Fixes bug #360683