# Nextcloud desktop client look weird and is nearly unusable **URL:** \ **Category:** 📱 Desktop & mobile clients\ **Tags:** desktop-client\ **Created:** [July 16, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007 "2026-07-16T12:03:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/1 "2026-07-16T12:03:03Z")
My Nextcloud desktop client looks very weird: ![Bildschirmfoto_20260716_133825](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/1/715cad542df316087408c8378f504bf20f0b9f93.png) Same happens to sharing options when I right-click on a file in dolphin: ![Bildschirmfoto_20260716_140052](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/6/463ec7de7163f993c4cb0dcb89cdf4ba1c6312f9.png) Since the buttons are blank/white I don’t know what they do and the client is nearly unusable. I’m on Arch Linux, KDE Plasma 6.7.2 (Wayland). I didn’t configure anything special. Is this a known problem? How can I solve it? ---
**Author:** ![adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/adelaar/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/adelaar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/2 "2026-07-16T13:11:41Z")
Which client version is it? I do see no blank/white buttons in your photos but two telling you, you have unsolved conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/3 "2026-07-16T13:20:19Z")
Client version is 33.0.7. Here you can see blank buttons: ![grafik](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/b/ab051f95b2070be22de9c27fe64658cdb287c911.png) (Conflicts are solved now. The were the reason to open the nc-client 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/4 "2026-07-16T13:23:19Z")
And please note the missing window border/decoration, the weird avatar size and the unability to resize the “window”. ![grafik](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/c/3c67e88f589646c294a20ca1665cb1922c5fe0b6.png) ---
**Author:** ![adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/adelaar/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/adelaar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/5 "2026-07-16T13:27:28Z")
> [@beedaddy](#): > > Client version is 33.0.7 Appimage from [https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/download/v33.0.7/Nextcloud-33.0.7-x86\_64.AppImage](https://github.com/nextcloud-releases/desktop/releases/download/v33.0.7/Nextcloud-33.0.7-x86_64.AppImage) or any other source, eg. your distributions package manager? Sorry for the questions but my cristall balls are broken ---
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/6 "2026-07-16T13:33:46Z")
The native Arch package (as I said, I use Arch Linux). Otherwise (AppImage, etc.), I certainly would have mentioned it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/adelaar/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/adelaar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/7 "2026-07-16T13:52:03Z")
I don’t use Arch, but Debian, so i can’t test the Arch package. I did test Nextcloud-33.0.7-x86\_64.AppImage and it works as expected. View: ![Bildschirmfoto_2026-07-16_15-45-31](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/8/d8a26a136fa4e92a54e956afa39db9bb77c0124d.png) Also i do not use KDE Plasma nor Wayland, but xfce. ---
**Author:** ![adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/adelaar/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/adelaar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/8 "2026-07-16T14:23:51Z")
What would i do now to check what cause the Problems? 1. switch from Arch package Version to AppImage (its most easy, since all credentials are safe and wont be deleted. Especially not the file `/home//.config/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg`. 2. if that won’t help i woud try to use X instead of Wayland. Some Distros allow to switch between X and Wayland at login-screen. In Ubuntu community Wayland is well known for cause issues with some Software 3. but well you may also wait for someone’s response using same config as you use, Means Arch, KDE, Wayland and Client version 33.0.7 from Arch Package ---
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/9 "2026-07-16T14:45:34Z")
Yes, I can confirm that using the AppImage, it looks ways better. No empty buttons. ---
**Author:** ![adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/adelaar/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@adelaar](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/adelaar)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 9:19am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/10 "2026-07-17T09:19:32Z")
So you shall create a bug-report to your Arch package maintainer. ---
**Author:** ![beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/beedaddy/32/175_2.png) [@beedaddy](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/beedaddy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/11 "2026-07-17T10:41:45Z")
Done. And the ticket has been immediately [closed](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/nextcloud-client/-/work_items/33). “Not an Arch problem”. At least, `Exec=env QT_QUICK_CONTROLS_STYLE=Basic nextcloud %u` in the .desktop file helps and the buttons are not empty anymore. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/system/32/29333_2.png) [@system](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-desktop-client-look-weird-and-is-nearly-unusable/247007/12 "2026-10-14T12:03:53Z")
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