I'm running Fedora-23beta/KDE, and I am unable to add apps to my panel. This used to be possible by right-clicking on the K-button, going to Alternatives, and switching to "A launcher based on cascading ...". But this no longer seems to help.
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running Fedora-23beta/KDE, and I am unable to add apps to my panel. This used to be possible by right-clicking on the K-button, going to Alternatives, and switching to "A launcher based on cascading ...". But this no longer seems to help.
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
-- Rex
Rex Dieter wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running Fedora-23beta/KDE, and I am unable to add apps to my panel. This used to be possible by right-clicking on the K-button, going to Alternatives, and switching to "A launcher based on cascading ...". But this no longer seems to help.
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
-- Rex
That's nice, but I'd really like these new launchers on the right of the taskbar - they're on the left and I don't see a way to move them.
Rex Dieter wrote:
I'm running Fedora-23beta/KDE, and I am unable to add apps to my panel. This used to be possible by right-clicking on the K-button, going to Alternatives, and switching to "A launcher based on cascading ...". But this no longer seems to help.
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
Thanks for that.
Incidentally, is the term "taskbar" better than "panel"? Or do they have slightly different meanings?
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Incidentally, is the term "taskbar" better than "panel"? Or do they have slightly different meanings?
Different meanings.
To me,
"panel" refers to the whole bar
By "task bar", I really meant "task manager" (sorry for the botched terminology) which is but one of the applets that runs in the panel in addition to other stuff like, kickoff/start-menu, systray, clock, etc...
-- Rex
Rex Dieter wrote:
Incidentally, is the term "taskbar" better than "panel"? Or do they have slightly different meanings?
Different meanings.
To me,
"panel" refers to the whole bar
By "task bar", I really meant "task manager" (sorry for the botched terminology) which is but one of the applets that runs in the panel in addition to other stuff like, kickoff/start-menu, systray, clock, etc...
Thanks very much, that clarifies matters.
On Tuesday 13 October 2015 07:54:55 Rex Dieter wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Incidentally, is the term "taskbar" better than "panel"? Or do they have slightly different meanings?
Different meanings. To me, "panel" refers to the whole bar By "task bar", I really meant "task manager" (sorry for the botched terminology) which is but one of the applets that runs in the panel in addition to other stuff like, kickoff/start-menu, systray, clock, etc...
Aha, that's why Timothy couldn't move it to a different panel position (unless he moved the whole taskbar).
On 10/13/2015 08:05 PM, Rex Dieter wrote:
Timothy Murphy wrote:
I'm running Fedora-23beta/KDE, and I am unable to add apps to my panel. This used to be possible by right-clicking on the K-button, going to Alternatives, and switching to "A launcher based on cascading ...". But this no longer seems to help.
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
I installed VirtualBox via the Oracle repositories.
It creates a menu entry which calls the command "VirtualBox" which is actually /bin/VirtualBox which is a symbolic link to /bin/VBox which is a shell script.
The created launcher however tries to execute /usr/lib/virtualbox/VirtualBox but fails with access denied but which can be executed from the command line.
Bug?
Rex Dieter wrote:
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
That's not a better way, it's a worse way. I want my app launchers to always stay there, whether or not an instance is already running. (I have Konqueror and Konsole launchers that I use to spawn new instances. I don't use tabs.)
Kevin Kofler
Am 19.10.2015 um 01:54 schrieb Kevin Kofler:
Rex Dieter wrote:
There's a better way (imo), run the app in question, then in right click it's taskbar entry and choose option "Show a launcher when not running"
That's not a better way, it's a worse way. I want my app launchers to always stay there, whether or not an instance is already running. (I have Konqueror and Konsole launchers that I use to spawn new instances. I don't use tabs.)
you can drag and drop that launcher and than it stays persisent, but beware you can't change the position afterwards - weirds usability all that KDE5 stuff