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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Activities
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:32:25
Message-Id: 201412292032.09756.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Activities by "J. Roeleveld"
1 On Monday 29 Dec 2014 16:31:00 J. Roeleveld wrote:
2 > On Monday, December 29, 2014 07:46:20 AM Daniel Frey wrote:
3 > > On 12/29/2014 12:57 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote:
4 > > >>> How did you remove the icon? I haven't found a way yet.
5 > > >>
6 > > >> I did it by the following (I think, anyway):
7 > > >>
8 > > >> 1. Open the Panel toolbox. (Click the cashew-looking thing to the
9 > > >> right of the clock)
10 > > >
11 > > > That thing's so discreet I'd hardly noticed it.
12 > > >
13 > > >> 2. mouse over the three circles
14 > > >> 3. Click Close (the 'X')
15 > > >> 4. Close the Panel toolbox.
16 > > >
17 > > > Excellent! Well done that man! Thank you Dan
18 > >
19 > > No problem!
20 > >
21 > > I remember clicking on that Activities thing by accident and going
22 > > "WTF?" and it did something strange to my desktop. It took me about 10
23 > > minutes to figure out how to close it, in the process I closed the
24 > > kicker panel itself and really went "Oh shit!" until I figured out how
25 > > to restore it (I didn't reboot, I found another way but it escapes me
26 > > now.)
27 > >
28 > > Shortly after that frustrating experience I found that cashew thing.
29 > >
30 > > Dan
31 >
32 > To complete this:
33 >
34 > Another annoying thing: Accidentally removing or moving parts on the
35 > bottom- bar around.
36 >
37 > To avoid that: Right-click on an empty part, then:
38 > Panel Options -> Lock Widgets
39
40 What's really missing is a big Undo button, that restores your desktop
41 configuration to its previous almost satisfactory settings, just before it
42 went sideways. No, I don't mean restoring from a back up. :-)
43
44 --
45 Regards,
46 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] KDE Activities Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>