Re: [gentoo-user] vertical panel in KDE4

[Alan McKinnon]

Apparently, though unproven, at 15:15 on Tuesday 24 May 2011, András Csányi 
did opine thusly:

> On 24 May 2011 15:09, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:53 on Tuesday 24 May 2011, András
> > Csányi
> >
> > did opine thusly:
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> I'm an old Gentoo fun and after a while I installed back to my
> >> machine. Unfortunately, I got used to the comfort of the Windows and
> >> my main purpose is that to make a comfortable work environment which
> >> is as comfortable as Win7 could be. The first step is in this process
> >> the taskbar.
> >>
> >> So, I'm just wondering is there any solution to have vertical menu in
> >> KDE4? I would like to something like Win7 taskbar? In Xfce I was able
> >> to do this but, to be honest, my favorite desktop environment in *nix
> >> world is KDE.
> >> I have 2 monitors and it's very comfortable that when I put the panel
> >> (taskbar) the right side of left monitor because this is almost
> >> centered.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> András
> >
> > Click the cashew at the right hand side of the taskbar, click Screen Edge
> > and drag it to where you want it to go.
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> Really??? I won the Lame of the Day prize.. :)


In truth, it's not that easy to find if you do not already know KDE. To 
someone new to KDE, the cashew could be many things - decoration? a button 
that does nothing? a broken button that flashes something and then goes away 
as soon as you move the mouse? but it being the config Go button is the very 
last thing most people will think of.

And then there's the problem of bounding the pointer inside the taskbar while 
moving it around. Move the pointer one pixel outside the black bar, and it 
instantly goes away.

KDE is and has many good things, but a well thought-out taskbar configurator 
is not in that list :-)


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