[gentoo-user] Re: Latest kde Plasma appears to not autohide taskbar

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On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:48:12 +0800
Andrew Lowe <agl@×××××××.au> wrote:

[plasma 5 panels]
> Even though I have "Autohide" selected, the thingy won't
> autohide. This is a real pain as I have the task bar running across
> the top of the screen and not autohiding means that it sits over the
> title bar of apps that are full screen. Due to this I can't change
> the position or size of the apps windows. I've moved the task bar to
> the bottom of the screen and the behaviour persists, not autohiding.
>
> Has anyone else come across this problem and fixed it or got
> any idea as to how I can fix it?

It's bugging me too.  For me, setting it to 'Always Visible' then back
to 'Auto Hide' cures it temporarily.  I've now turned off taskbar
notifications (System Settings » Applications » Launch Feedback) and
that seems to have fixed things, but it hasn't been long enough for me
to be sure.