[Panel-devel] Panel issues in KDE4 (especially K3PanelApplet )

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Sunday 18 November 2007, Chani wrote:
> On November 18, 2007 23:12:05 Christian Esken wrote:
> > the KDE4 sources, but I don't find any way to add K3PanelApplet's to the
> > Panel. For example the KMix panel applet is using it, it is also
> > compiling and installing fine, but cannot be used. Has anybody an idea
> > how to do this?
>
> I don't quite know what k3panelapplet is, but it really sounds like
> something that would depend on the dead kicker, because right now there is
> absolutely no way kde3 panel applets could be put on the plasma panel. it's
> flat-out impossible. I don't know whether it will be impossible forever,
> though.

it could be done the same way as the systray icons, actually, which is to say 
it would not be pretty.

> I'm 99% sure that this k3panelapplet class is some remnant of the old
> kicker that really should be gotten rid of

yes

> unless someone's planning to 
> work some magic to make it into something actually usable.

i really doubt that's realistic given the API of the old KPanelApplet. i'm not 
really sure why it was even kept around aside from completeness and in case 
any non-kicker app was using it.

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