**Update: 01/27/25: I had to refactor my PC yesterday, so I was able to try installing from the Apps & Widgets GUI and there were a couple of things that I realized:

1) The KDE6 widgets panel isn't displaying preview/thumbnail isn't showing up properly(should be a quick fix)

2) There's absolutely no feedback whatsoever when the app is installed. Since I didn't want a placeholder image/text when the app wasn't in use; this is kind of supposed to be how it is, but I didn't realize how weird it was until I re-installed it. I think I'm just going to add a placeholder image that fades out when it's registered as a widget for the first time, but I'm open to suggestions.

3) There are more downloads than I expected, thanks! If there's anything else besides the aforementioned issues above - feel free to leave a comment, unless it's something that is just impossible for QML/QT6 I'll consider anything suggested.

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A minimalist MPRIS media player widget/desktop applet for KDE Plasma 6.

Based on KDE's default mediacontroller plasmoid, I trimmed the fat for a minamlistic QML component and replacing the GUI with hotkeys for control of the currently playing media. I made this because I'm a habitual ricer and didn't like the bloated look of the default viewer.

I built this without any idea that plasmusic-toolbar(https://www.pling.com/p/2128143) already existed, so if you don't like my applet, check out ccaterina's!

keybinds

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left/right arrow keys to seek -/+ 5 seconds

ctrl+left/right arrow keys to go to previous/next song

up/down arrow keys to increase/decrease volume by 5%

spacebar while in focus to pause/play current song


Other Features

- text overlay to display current position when updating seek/volume

- Adjustable widget opacity (use mouse scroll up/down while it has focus)

- change the location of the volume %/seek text via the applet's plasma and more via the applet configuration page (Alt+D or right click -> configure simple-mpris)


Other notes

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changing the overlay text multiple times/or pressing one of the hotkey buttons while inside of the configuration page can break the applet. Logging out, removing and adding the applet or using 'kquitapp6 plasmashell && kstart plasmashell' to forcefully re-create the applet should all restore functionality.

Resizing the container may look/feel janky, this is actually intended because of how applets are resized in kirigami units, it allows the image to be freely resized while keeping the aspect ratio of the cover art to prevent clipping the exterior container.

However if for whatever reason you want to change it, just change lines 109-110 in contents/ui/main.qml. YTMND.