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Re: Ktip message regarding panels
by SVGCrazy on Tuesday 08/Jan/2008, @06:23
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It is possible in plasma to have another panel today. What we don't have is the UI to make it yet. I think it's because this feature isn't completely done yet and need some minor adjustments(as well as the knewsticker applet). I'd say that it will be ready and shiny in kde 4.1.
If you want to test this feature anyway, all you have to do is edit the plasma-appletsrc file. On Opensuse, it is located at:
(don't forget to backup the file first)
~/.kde4/share/config
All you have to do is put a third Containment, plugin panel. (Since the first containment is the desktop and the second is the panel). Remember to change the location to 3 (location 3 is top). That means a panel at the top of the screen.
Example:
[Containments][3]
formfactor=2
geometry=0,5,1280,10
location=3
locked=false
plugin=panel
screen=0
transform=1,0,0,0,1,0,0,-1030,1
Restart plasma.
You can easly put and widget to the panel after that (the way we usually do).
It is very fun to play with this file and make some tests...
As I say before, I think this feature is not completely done, but don't worry, Kde developers will make it work perfectly :D
Here's a screenshot to prove it |
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Re: Ktip message regarding panels
by Josep on Tuesday 08/Jan/2008, @06:48
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Thank you!!!
I've got another question, it will be possible to make the top panel a bit smaller?
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Re: Ktip message regarding panels
by SVG Crazy on Tuesday 08/Jan/2008, @07:10
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I tried to change the size of the panels by changing the geometry parameter but it didn't work for me. I don't know if it's either a plasma bug or an opensuse's package problem. I think it wasn't implemented yet (maybe that's why we don't have a UI to change panel sizes).
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Re: Ktip message regarding panels
by fenerli on Sunday 24/Feb/2008, @01:11
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I noticed the same issue. I tried to halve the default panel's size to 24 (+4 for separator), and set all the coordinates correctly, and nothing changed. I made sure to kill off plasma before making the changes. Maybe it needs a restart.
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Re: Ktip message regarding panels
by Anon on Sunday 24/Feb/2008, @01:18
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There's a lot of stuff in Plasma that was hard-coded in the frenzied rush for the release date - I'd wait until you use packages where re-sizing has been officially added by the devs, if I were you :)
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