Window Title Reborn - for KDE Plasma 6.6+

A clean, customizable KDE Plasma panel widget that shows the active window's title and icon.

See it on the KDE Store: https://store.kde.org/p/2350022

Features

• Shows the active window's title and icon with rich text and HTML substitution support
• 5 widget length modes: Contents, Fixed, Maximum, Minimum, and Min + Max
• Horizontal text alignment and hide when unavailable options
• Configurable appearance: Font formatting, spacing, and icon choices
• App name substitutions via customizable regex matching
• Behavior options: Show on maximize only, scroll tasks, middle-click close, and double-click maximize/minimize

Screenshots

Requirements

• KDE Plasma 6.6+
• KDE Frameworks 6
• Qt 6.x

Installation

Option 1: Install from Plasma widgets (recommended)

1. Open panel edit mode and choose Add/Manage Widgets.
2. Click Get New… → Download New Plasma Widgets.
3. Search for "Window Title Reborn".
4. Click Install and add the widget to your panel.

Option 2: Install from KDE Store download

1. Go to https://store.kde.org/p/2350022
2. Open the Files tab and download the Window Title Reborn .plasmoid file (if applicable).
3. In Plasma, open Add/Manage Widgets → Get New… → Install Widget From Local File.
4. Select the downloaded .plasmoid file and complete the installation.

Option 3: Install from source with kpackagetool6

git clone https://github.com/ShrekBytes/window-title-reborn.git
cd window-title-reborn
kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -i .

Restart plasmashell:

systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell

or log out and log back in.

Upgrading an existing kpackagetool6 installation

From inside the project directory:

kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -u .

Then restart plasmashell again:

systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell

or log out and log back in.

Uninstalling existing kpackagetool6 installation

kpackagetool6 -t Plasma/Applet -r org.kde.plasma.windowtitlereborn

Text Substitutions

Substitution	Replaced With
%a	Application Name
%w	Window Title
%q	Activity Name
<b>…</b>	Bold text
<i>…</i>	Italic text
<br> / <p>	New line

Acknowledgements

• Based on plasma6-window-title-applet by Dhruvesh Surolia
• applet-window-title by Psifidotos

License

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0