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Toggle compositing in KDE
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qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.active

Gives you true or false depending on whether it is currently enabled or not

You can enable compositing by calling

qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.resume

and disable by calling

qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.suspend

also alt-shift-F12 toggles compositing

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lg188 commented Jun 28, 2025

The resume and suspend methods have been removed in more recent version. You can still check it through the active property and the shortcut still works.

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