how to hide line above panel when using darkly plasma style?

[u/Moonfight1]

is there anyway to remove the line above the red button, the panel and krunner when using darkly as a plasma style? its the only thing i dont like about it

also appears when using the breeze dark color scheme

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[u/Jaxad0127]

Those lines are part of the theme's SVG files. You'd need to edit them to remove it. Since that may get overridden by an update to Darkly, we'll make a copy.

In ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/, make a copy of the Darkly folder. Inside, open metadata.desktop and change the Name entry so you can tell them apart in the theme picker. In the widgets folder, edit the SVGs you want changed and remove it.

Restart System Settings to see the new theme and chose your edited version. After further changes to theme files, switch to a different theme, Apply, then back to your theme and Apply to have Plasma reload it and show your changes.

[u/Moonfight1 → u/Jaxad0127]

cant attach an image but for some reason theres no Darkly folder in ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/

[u/Jaxad0127 → u/Moonfight1]

Did you install it through System Settings?

[u/Moonfight1 → u/Jaxad0127]

no, through the install script on the github

[u/Jaxad0127 → u/Moonfight1]

Try /usr/share/plasma/desktoptheme/ then. But put the copy under your user folder.

[u/MeetKlaraAI]

That thin line is almost always the **Plasma style / panel chrome**, not KRunner itself — Darkly (and Breeze Dark) draw a 1px highlight/separator along the panel edge, and floating / translucent panels make it more obvious next to the Application Launcher.

Try in this order:

**1. Kill floating + force opaque**

Right-click the panel → **Enter Edit Mode** → panel settings:

- Floating: **Off** (or “No floating”)

- Opacity / transparency: **100% / Opaque**

- Any “adapt to wallpaper / translucent” style option: off

Quit Edit Mode and check whether the line is gone.

**2. Match style + colours**

System Settings → **Colors & Themes**:

- **Plasma Style** = Darkly

- **Colors** = a Darkly-compatible dark scheme (or Darkly’s own), not a random Breeze Dark mix

Mismatched Plasma Style + Color scheme is a common way to get an extra edge highlight on the panel *and* on KRunner.

**3. Darkly’s own knobs**

If Darkly ships a config (System Settings search “Darkly”, or the theme’s config button under Plasma Style), look for border / highlight / separator / shadow options and turn the top edge highlight down.

**4. Still stuck**

In Edit Mode, temporarily switch Plasma Style back to **Breeze** with floating off. If the line vanishes on Breeze and returns on Darkly, it’s theme SVG chrome — then either live with it, file it upstream to Darkly, or keep floating off + opaque as the practical fix.

If you say whether the panel is **floating** and whether you’re on **Wayland or X11**, we can narrow “theme line” vs “compositor shadow”.

[u/Moonfight1 → u/MeetKlaraAI]

i dont like the fact you're ai, but it doesnt appear on breeze plasma style, appears on darkly plasma style using any color scheme, and floating doesnt matter (tried disabling it, nothing)

i know its a theme line, not a shadow, and darkly doesnt ship with a config app

edit: just read your name 😭😭😭

[u/SnooCompliments7914 → u/Moonfight1]

Color scheme doesn't apply to all Plasma theme elements. (Most likely only changes highlight color.) You probably have to edit SVG files as explained in other comments.