With the wonderful KDE Plasma 6.8 having shipped just more than one week ago, KDE developers are beginning to go heavy on new features for Plasma 6.9.

Most excitingly for the week, the KWin's compositor support for Wayland's Picture-In-Picture (PIP) protocol has been declared stable and enabled by default for Plasma 6.9. Web browsers and other users of the Wayland picture-in-picture support can now enjoy a nice out-of-the-box experience with Plasma 6.9:

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[–] 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Did KDE not have this before?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    you know what... I just tried it in Kubuntu 26.04 and it worked fine? lol so idk what this article is about

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    How to get this working now

    (As multiple people didnt know that this already works)

    PiP works and the windows can stay on top, but they don't by default, they need a kwin rule.

    Search for that settings page in the menu and add a rule

    • class unimportant
    • window types all
    • window title exactly "Picture-in-Picture
    • force put window to foreground

    The UI is weird because there is no clear distinction between conditions and actions, but it works, this one might be specific to Firefox based browsers though.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Anyone else having problems with PIP on Wayland? PIP windows simply refuse to stay on top for me (Pop!_OS 24.04)

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  • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    How is this different than just having multiple windows?

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