Dear Devs,

Going to have to come clean here and admin some user error - although I
do think this issue will trip up other folks who are new to Plasma
6.x...

It turned out I hadn't been paying close attention to:
Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Window Management -> "Close Window or show 
Logout Option"

I wasn't aware that the Kwin Script had created it...

Simply ensuring the default "Alt+F4" shortcut was unticked under
Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Window Management -> "Close Window"

and ensuring that "Alt+F4" key binding was assigned to:
Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Window Management -> "Close Window or show 
Logout Option"

When ticking/enabling:
Settings -> Window Management -> KWin Scripts -> "Alt-F4 Desktop" 

Makes the Kwin Script function as intended...

I can see that in Plasma 6.5, the setting to configure the default "Alt+F4" 
close window shortcut has been moved to 
System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts > KWin.

IMHO, Plasma 6.5 having relocated the default Alt-F4 Close Window shortcut to 
Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts >KWin Scripts 
is a great improvement to have the option where it is likely to reside with any 
alternative KWin Script and reduce the duplication of settings living is 
disparate places...

It was only because I have been distro-hopping lately (after a long
haitus away from Ubuntu/Kubuntu) that I tried Bazzite 43 that the penny
drop moment occurred...

I hope I haven't wasted any Dev's time with all this but I do think it
would be worth adding this to Kubuntu 26.04 Release Notes when it
(hopefully soon) moves to Plasma 6.5+   And I would submit my 2c on why
there is a compelling reason for the Devs to move to Plasma 6.5 as a
minimum - The reduction in Settings duplication is real and greatly
improves UX - and would have reduced a lot of friction for me coming
onto the OS - Which is superb by the way and is far above half dozen
popular distros I tried in terms of hardware/software compatibility and
ease of use.

Thank you team and community!

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  Alt-F4 Desktop KWin script not functioning in Kubuntu 25.10

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