[ale] RH8.0: first impressions & QUESTION about KDE

ChangingLINKS.com x3 at ChangingLINKS.com
Mon Mar 3 16:17:46 EST 2003


It was Control Center -> Look & Feel - Taskbar. THANK YOU!!!! That was the 
only thing that I didn't like about Suse 8.1. I am ok with the switch to KDE. 
With Suse it just is easier to get working with. I was also able to NOT show 
all windows from all desktops.

Thank you very much.

Drew


On Monday 03 March 2003 12:05 pm, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> On Friday 28 February 2003 10:02 pm, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > KDE under SUSE is a better choice. I accept that.
> > 1. How do you keep the tasks separated?
> > There seems to be no regard for which desktop number I am selecting. It
> > still puts all of the same program in one selection bar at the bottom of
> > the screen. I want them to stay separate so I don't have to select it so
> > carefully. For example, currently, if I open 4 vims, it will put them
> > all in a selection menu - To return to one that I want, I must click the
> > "vim cluster" then read carefully which vim I want, and click it from
> > the pop up menu. That defeats the purpose of having "virtual desktops."
> > I cannot separate it by simply putting it in a different desktop.
>
> This is an option in the KDE configuration.  Open the control panel and
> select Desktop->Taskbar.  There is an option "Group similar tasks".
> Your's is probably set to "Always".  Change that to "Never" or "When
> Taskbar is Full" and select the "Apply" button.
>
> Michael
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