[kde-linux] Locking widgets doesn't work correctly

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On Tuesday 01 September 2009 14:45:02 James Kerr wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 September 2009 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 September 2009 19:34:48 Duncan wrote:
> > > The root problem is that the space available inside panels
> > > is too plastic -- there's no way to absolutely place the
> > > various applets.  Some of them are simply space hogs.
> > > taking up WAY more space than they should given the size
> > > of the panel, making them look WAY bigger than other
> > > plasmoids, or simply insisting on a whole bunch of unused
> > > blank space between them and the next plasmoid.
> >
> > OK, so now I understand a bit better.  I wonder if there's
> > more than one issue here, though.  This 'jumping about' -
> > Connie, could it be that you are seeing the result of a sort
> > order?  By default the application icons on the taskbar are
> > sorted alphabetically.  I didn't like this, and found a way
> > to change it. Unfortunately, at this moment I can't remember
> > how it was done.  I'll look into that tomorrow and report
> > back.
>
> Task Manager Settings - General - Grouping & Sorting

ah yes -- found it, thank you james

the art is in finding a spot on the taskbar to right click on 
that doesn't give a context menu for a running application -- 
easy enough to do if you close all but one or two apps, but it 
only seems obvious after you've found it once

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