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

[Andrew Lowe <agl@wht.com.au>]

On 04/10/16 01:44, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 09/04/2016 17:45, »Q« wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:48:12 +0800
>> Andrew Lowe <agl@wht.com.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.
> 
> 
> autohide works correctly here, so to track this down we'd need to find
> out how my setup differs from you two fellows
> 
> 

	First and foremost would be "Where does the task bar store it's config
values such as Alignment and Visibility"? I've had a look in ~/.kde4 and
~/.config and can't find anything - then again it is currently 02:34 in
Perth, Australia and waaay past my bedtime so I may have missed something.

	Andrew