Buttons missing in maximised windows

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I have distro-hopped and have been on Garuda (on and off) since quite sometime now. I got my SSD back from shop after it died within warranty, and am looking to dual boot. Installation has been smooth and the experience is ...great, so far.

There is one issue that am not able to resolve : can't seem to put buttons on titlebar after maximising windows. I have resolved this in the past by getting into latte-dock settings but it seems Latte is retired and am not able to find a way out.

There is something about Kwin, but am not very good at doing that. If there is no other way, please explain or provide a link so that I can do it.

garuda-inxi

System:
Kernel: 6.2.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=e4f997a0-a56a-4bdc-9353-0b50ed98e24a rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.10
date: 09/09/2020
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701021
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB
desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3600 min/max: 2200/4120 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3600 2: 3600 3: 3600
4: 3600 5: 3600 6: 3600 bogomips: 43202
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] driver: nvidia v: 470.182.03
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 470.xx+
status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24) arch: Kepler code: GKxxx
process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1287 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85")
s-diag: 610mm (24")
Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92
size: 528x297mm (20.79x11.69") diag: 606mm (23.85") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.182.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT
730/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 25:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 27:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.2.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.31 TiB used: 330.36 GiB (24.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: AARVEX model: 256GB SSD
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: V0808A0 temp: 39.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: CONSISTENT SSD S6 128GB
size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8B0 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10EZEX-00BBHA0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Dual Drive
size: 57.3 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 66.96 GiB size: 66.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.77 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 430 MiB size: 429.1 MiB (99.80%)
used: 608 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 66.96 GiB size: 66.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.77 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 66.96 GiB size: 66.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.77 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 66.96 GiB size: 66.96 GiB (100.00%)
used: 10.77 GiB (16.1%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.55 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 35 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Info:
Processes: 263 Uptime: 38m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.55 GiB
used: 2.92 GiB (18.8%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1346
libs: 371 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.26
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
System install date:     2023-04-03
Last full system update: 2023-04-03
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:            plymouth-deactivate.service
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Have you even done a forum search?

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Open up ~/.config/kwinrc and flip the variable (or add it if not there) for Borderless Maximized Windows to false.

[Windows]
BorderlessMaximizedWindows=false
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I am sorry, I was not able to follow instructions when it talked about Kwin. Not everyone here is versed in terminal commands and needs elaboration. Almost all the answers talked about Latte dock method ( which I knew ). Thanks for helping out

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It's too bad that the dragonized version suffers from this issue if you simply change away from the global theme, which is just a Plasma feature. It's also too bad that Plasma doesn't have a setting for BorderlessMaximizedWindows in System Settings. It tends to cause some confusion. I know it did for me at first.

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Not sure I understand what you mean. Can you elaborate, plz?

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Just a question, but have you fully explored it’s features?

There is, or at least its an easily installed -kcm or widget install.

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Let's say a user installs the dragonized edition. They use it for a few weeks but then decide to try the Breeze global theme but only to find out that their maximized windows now have double the decorations. (well, as the OP said, one set of decorations is in the actual window itself and the other in the top panel). Without knowing how to fix this config which is only in a text file (not in a GUI for a layman), especially since everyone isn't a Plasma expert, they feel stuck and just resort to going back to the Dragonized theme/layout. They could even uninstall the Dragonized packages to no avail, because the config has already been copied from /etc/skel. Dragonized doesn't play nice with most other themes because of this. In fact, you could switch to another distro with Plasma, copy your home folder and this issue follows you. If "BorderlessMaximizedWindows" being true or false was just a part of the global theme itself this wouldn't be an issue (a Plasma limitation).

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If you’re referring to the Settings application, yes, I know almost every single feature and even discovered a few issues with window rules not working (causing invisible windows).

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