From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QOraa-00077v-2t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:24:00 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DB36A1C4FC; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 919D91C4FC for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 13:22:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so6422204wyi.40 for ; Tue, 24 May 2011 06:22:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :message-id; bh=0bY9BX5Xx1qJLm9w63mTVtP/M1UXVbku4wlPNQbWVL0=; b=rrJuSFBOX6847YvLDs52SrlxppfmW7pd7+MQqiL5+R1B7/pigHDnipjMbWfCJW7HY1 aiwTsGycoC0AeJBM1KYWX+VFKvka09RyaxuymhpO2o2qloK5SfqcYoh633znyAO2v/Fl RqKbkcd3bL21Ey6v1hHzeELUSyUFHT3KwtsRE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=Ew6RgG4JsK9igKoPVxoU25ugQ/oTFUfis3nny7c2/eboiONVnyrTgxCQrS/UbMFfI7 3pfxNz+Iz2fgRQwdPT52IBB6Brs2zRCgYLvoiNe7E02Jp3N0qAluhrI9KOIfJmme8xyS +WFkuCT6DaRy8exivdbFGgwNs29O1xMcqq1Zw= Received: by 10.216.58.134 with SMTP id q6mr582216wec.7.1306243358760; Tue, 24 May 2011 06:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nazgul.localnet (dustpuppy.is.co.za [196.14.169.11]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id o78sm3826465wep.0.2011.05.24.06.22.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 24 May 2011 06:22:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] vertical panel in KDE4 Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 15:21:52 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/2.6.38-ck-r1; KDE/4.6.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201105241509.02047.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Message-Id: <201105241521.52520.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 4a71659e2922c2ec52af232931565602 Apparently, though unproven, at 15:15 on Tuesday 24 May 2011, Andr=C3=A1s= Cs=C3=A1nyi=20 did opine thusly: > On 24 May 2011 15:09, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > Apparently, though unproven, at 14:53 on Tuesday 24 May 2011, Andr=C3= =A1s > > Cs=C3=A1nyi > >=20 > > did opine thusly: > >> Hi Guys, > >>=20 > >> 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 proces= s > >> the taskbar. > >>=20 > >> So, I'm just wondering is there any solution to have vertical menu i= n > >> KDE4? I would like to something like Win7 taskbar? In Xfce I was abl= e > >> to do this but, to be honest, my favorite desktop environment in *ni= x > >> world is KDE. > >> I have 2 monitors and it's very comfortable that when I put the pane= l > >> (taskbar) the right side of left monitor because this is almost > >> centered. > >>=20 > >> Thanks in advance, > >>=20 > >> Andr=C3=A1s > >=20 > > Click the cashew at the right hand side of the taskbar, click Screen = Edge > > and drag it to where you want it to go. >=20 > Hi Alan, >=20 > 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=20 someone new to KDE, the cashew could be many things - decoration? a butto= n=20 that does nothing? a broken button that flashes something and then goes a= way=20 as soon as you move the mouse? but it being the config Go button is the v= ery=20 last thing most people will think of. And then there's the problem of bounding the pointer inside the taskbar w= hile=20 moving it around. Move the pointer one pixel outside the black bar, and i= t=20 instantly goes away. KDE is and has many good things, but a well thought-out taskbar configura= tor=20 is not in that list :-) --=20 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com