kde-4.2

[Jim]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Sunday 01 March 2009 22:57:44 Jim wrote:
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>> Jim wrote:
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>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>>> On Sunday 01 March 2009 19:33:40 Jim wrote:
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>>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>>>>> On Sunday 01 March 2009 18:01:14 Jim wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On Sunday 01 March 2009 17:11:04 Jim wrote:
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>>>>>>>>> Anne Wilson wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> This is part of the Panel Config.  You can get that either from
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> Panel Settings menu (right-click on empty taskbar) or by
>>>>>>>>>> hitting the
>>>>>>>>>> small cashew at the extreme right of the panel.  When that
>>>>>>>>>> panel is
>>>>>>>>>> open, hovering over the icon will change the cursor to a
>>>>>>>>>> diamond, at
>>>>>>>>>> which point you can drag the icon to any position you want.  You
>>>>>>>>>> probably will want to do this with any new launch icons you
>>>>>>>>>> add, to
>>>>>>>>>> get them into the order you prefer.  Before you leave, check
>>>>>>>>>> out the
>>>>>>>>>> More Settings, just so that you know what the choices are.
>>>>>>>>>> Leave by
>>>>>>>>>> hitting the red X.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>>>>> I moved one Icon at left, over one spot,  and then the panel "tray"
>>>>>>>>> extended out to cover 50% of the panel, how do you resize the tray,
>>>>>>>>> same with clock.
>>>>>>>>> This Panel in KDE-4.2 is the screwiest  thing I've ever seen.
>>>>>>>>>                   
>>>>>>>> Sorry, I can't answer that.  I have 4.2 on three different systems
>>>>>>>> (hardware and software versions) and don't have that problem.  I
>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>> even guess the cause.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>>> I'm using 4.2 also.
>>>>>>>               
>>>>>> I'm just wondering if something left over from the updates is causing
>>>>>> this. Try renaming these two files
>>>>>> ~/.kde4/share/config/plasmarc
>>>>>> ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and re-start KDE.  You will lose any configuration you've done, but it
>>>>>> will be a clean start, and hopefully will then hold the settings you
>>>>>> make.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anne
>>>>>>             
>>>>> I renamed the two files to .bak and it generate new ones but it had no
>>>>> affect on Panel/Tray.
>>>>>           
>>>> The method Colin gave you would have been better.  Try that.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> The only thing I seen different was it deleted the Linked Icons I had
>>>>> made on Desktop folder.
>>>>> Since this is a new install , I login to Root and deleted the  User I
>>>>> setup  and made a new one, which gives me a new
>>>>> Panel/Tray, I will just have to Link new Icons on Desktop/Folder.
>>>>>           
>>>> I'm not sure what you mean by this.  You can certainly have launch
>>>> icons on the panel.  Is that now what you mean?
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Some place in .kde/share/config will have to be settings for Panel .
>>>>>           
>>>> Change the settings using the gui tools provided.
>>>>
>>>> Anne
>>>>         
>>> The only draw back is there is no way to resize the "Tray" which
>>> covers 50% of panel.
>>>       
> It's about 12-15% on this laptop and maybe 20-22% on the netbook.
>
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>> The settings for the Panel is in plasma-appletsrc, attached is example
>> of the Panel Tray :
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>> [Containments][3][Applets][8]
>> geometry=844,3,112,32
>>     
>
> I would think that the geometry line is what's defining the size.  My laptop 
> has 951,2,178,34 and the netbook has 716,6,216,33.  What strikes me is that 
> third parameter.  I'd try backing up the plasma-appletsrc, killing plasma then 
> editing that parameter to a larger number.  If it doesn't work as required you 
> can simply replace the old file.
>
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>> immutability=1
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>
> To me, that line suggests that it is locked.  I don't know whether 'unlock 
> widgets' affects the tray or not.  Have you tried that?  OTOH, both my systems 
> have it set to 1, so it's probably correct.
>
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>> plugin=systemtray
>> zvalue=0
>>     
>
> I'm casting around in the dark - sheer guesswork - but as long as you make 
> backups first you should be able to recover if you hit a problem.
>
> Anne
>   
That's exactly why I made a backup.