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+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Devin Lin <devin@kde.org>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+/**
+ * Configuration updates for Plasma 5.24
+ * - Panel heights were changed, ensure those are updated
+ */
+
+print("Applying shell updates for 5.24...")
+for (let i in panels()) {
+    print("Found panel of type: " + panels()[i].type);
+    if (panels()[i].type === "org.kde.phone.panel") {
+        panels()[i].height = 1.25 * gridUnit;
+    } else if (panels()[i].type === "org.kde.phone.taskpanel") {
+        panels()[i].height = 2 * gridUnit;
+    }
+}
+