PMo6022 Posted September 29, 2004 Report Share Posted September 29, 2004 Is there any way to remove entries for running programs in the taskbar along the bottom of the screen - in KDE? For instance, I leave several programs running at all times, such as Konsole, and don't want the entries for them cluttering up the taskbar. Any ideas? Thanks! Pete [moved from Tips & Tricks by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeyKlitske Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Yes i would like to see how that is done, because it bothers me often that there are that many items on the taskbar. Like i always run xmms and want it to be present on top of all, but i do not need it to take up space on the taskbar. Help (please) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 K, this is a challenge, lol. Not to find how to do this but to explain in English. I better attach an image: Right click on the small separator in the taskbar, the one which indicates the beginning of the empty (or filled with apps ..) area, will bring up a menu, and I have no idea what it is called in English, lol. You can change the settings of the 'Fensterleiste', or you can remove the whole thing. But I don't know how to re-insert it ;-) once it is removed. I just decided to install my next MDK 10.1 in English locale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Forgive me for contradicting you, Anna, but I get the menu you've included by left clicking - gives me Move Taskbar; Remove Taskbar; Configure Taskbar...; and Panel Menu. In Configure Taskbar, you can 'show only iconified windows', which reduces the number of entries; or as you say, you can remove the Taskbar. To recover the Taskbar, right click on any of the separators, and do Add - Applet - Taskbar. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Wow - I get it only when I right click exactly on this seperator thing. I get nothing when left clicking. Is this a setting too, a mouse setting? :o good to know that it's called taskbar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 haha, found it ! When I left click on the very very small arrow on the top of the separator: I get the menu. When I right click on the separator itself I get the same menu ! I have 12 points, spiny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Anna - if you go into the Panel menu (Kontrollleisten-Menü) - Configure Panel - click Taskbar, you can change the mouse behaviour if you wish, although I haven't... B) Was that 12 points or pints? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMo6022 Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Anna and spinynorman, I do not see the entry "show only iconified windows' in configure taskbar. Below is a screenshot of my "configure taskbar" window. I'm running KDE 3.2. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 I see 'minimized windows' only - but I already have 12 Heineken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Sorry, they've changed the wording from 'iconified' to 'minimized' in 10.0, but it should do the same thing. I have to go back to 9.1 at the moment, because of my dodgy modem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMo6022 Posted September 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 I've tried 'minimized windows only', and that is not exactly what I want. I would like to specify that certain windows never have a taskbar entry, but that others do whether minimized or maximized. If 'minimized windows only' is as close as we can get, I guess it'll have to do. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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