How do you change the rotation of a widget precisely?

spector , 4 months ago

The config file in ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc.

Search for the widget name. I will use org.kde.plasma.analogclock.

On my system this widget has a config section.

<span style="color:#323232;">[Containments][53][Applets][186]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">immutability=1
</span><span style="color:#323232;">plugin=org.kde.plasma.analogclock
</span>

It is applet 186. Search the string Applet-186 for a section that has entries containing ItemGeometries.

<span style="color:#323232;">[Containments][53]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometries-0x0=Applet-112:1712,48,144,256,0;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometries-1280x720=
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometries-1920x1080=Applet-186:1504,96,304,304,231;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometries-1920x1200=
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometries-3840x2160=
</span><span style="color:#323232;">ItemGeometriesHorizontal=Applet-186:1504,96,304,304,231;
</span>

The ItemGeometries are the layout of the widget on the desktop. I believe the last five semicolon separated numbers are:

• x position
• y position
• width
• height
• rotation in degrees

kgrnd OP , 4 months ago

Wow, thanks, I checked and the last number does change when I rotate it with my mouse. But now how can I apply it? I tried changing the number and saving the file but it doesn’t work like that.

leopold , 4 months ago

try restarting your plasma session

kgrnd OP , 4 months ago

Tysm! It worked