Plasma-window-decorations VS tile-gaps

Compare Plasma-window-decorations vs tile-gaps and see what are their differences.

Plasma-window-decorations

Window styles for KDE Plasma highlighting the active window in the color scheme's accent color (by nclarius)

tile-gaps

KWin script to add space around windows touching a screen edge or other window (by nclarius)
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Plasma-window-decorations

Posts with mentions or reviews of Plasma-window-decorations. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-01.
  • I made outlines for KDE Breeze window decoration
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Nov 2022
    > That would take years. I use Debian Stable.

    That kinda is the whole point of static releases like debian stable, ubuntu lts, red hat or windows ltsc? That you actively don't want to have any changes like these but want stable (=static) foundations to build on. (currently writing this on old stable; don't feel bothered to upgrade right now)

    > I think Plasma has something like "Decorations" - can a custom decoration be used? Can one use scripts in the "Decorations"?

    The software under discussion seems to be a change to the breeze window decoration so for this one probably not (yet), but e.g. for aurorae

    https://store.kde.org/p/1678088

  • Is it possible to draw a thin border (~4 pixles) around windows?
    2 projects | /r/kde | 7 Aug 2022
    I've also tried other window decorations from KDE store, for example, No-Titlebar theme and Active Accent, but both of them makes the windows animations unbearable laggy.
  • Is prevention of disablement of window-decoration possible?
    1 project | /r/kde | 22 Apr 2022
    Also. I don't know if it helps you, but there is ActiveAccentFrame. It put a color border around active windows. Can be installed from Get new thing for Windows Decoration in Settings.
  • Maximized Window without border
    1 project | /r/kde | 9 Mar 2022
    The workaround I will be using is to change decorations from https://store.kde.org/p/1678088 to https://store.kde.org/p/1709569 So there is at least some sort of indication of active window :/
  • This week in KDE: Oh so many things
    1 project | /r/kde | 19 Feb 2022
    If you can't wait for it, you can use RealezzZ' and my Active Accent window decoration in the meantime: https://github.com/nclarius/Plasma-window-decorations
  • Active Accent window decoration v3.0
    2 projects | /r/kde | 14 Feb 2022
    Frame: Without titlebar, for any color scheme
  • Floating Tiles v5.0
    9 projects | /r/kde | 20 Jan 2022
    Active Accent window decoration - highlight the active window in accent color

tile-gaps

Posts with mentions or reviews of tile-gaps. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Plasma-window-decorations and tile-gaps you can also consider the following projects:

bismuth - KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

floating-tiles - KWin script to prevent windows from overlapping

kde-plasma-adaptive-wallpaper-accent-color - This is a simple tool for automatically changing accent color based on wallpaper for kde plasma.

KWin-window-positioning-scripts - KWin scripts controlling window placement on multi-monitor setups

KWin-window-geometry-scripts - KWin scripts to control window geometry via keyboard shortcuts

shell-scripts - Collection of shell scripts and instructions for window opening and file updating

task-manager-modified - Modification of the KDE task manager applet to make it centered and more minimal

Grid-Tiling-Kwin - A kwin script that automatically tiles windows