HI all, In the past few days I have been having problems with KDE. I've got them more or less fixed. But one is driving me crazy! When I click on the bar at the bottom to bring up a new window KDE closes all other windows. I don't want it to do this. For example when I am working on a web site and need to use Kcalc the web site window closes. What I want is the web window open with the Kcalc window open too. How do I tell KDE to not close windows? Thanks, JIM -- Check out my stamp & postcard collection! Yankee GO HOME! Anti-US Propaganda on stamps, postcards, envelopes, and labels http://yankeegohome.18-t.com/ Check out my online Delcampe store http://www.delcampe.net/stores/warthogbulletin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:56:44 AM James Hatridge wrote:
HI all,
In the past few days I have been having problems with KDE. I've got them more or less fixed. But one is driving me crazy! When I click on the bar at the bottom to bring up a new window KDE closes all other windows. I don't want it to do this. For example when I am working on a web site and need to use Kcalc the web site window closes. What I want is the web window open with the Kcalc window open too.
How do I tell KDE to not close windows?
Thanks,
JIM
Hi Jim, I don't really understand the problem. Do you mean when you click on the taskbar to switch apps? Which version of KDE is it? I do like the web site. Thanks for the link. Jon -- Jonathan Dlouhy ------------------ "If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged" - Noam Chomsky -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi Jon et al, On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 02:01:42 AM Jonathan Dlouhy wrote:
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 7:56:44 AM James Hatridge wrote:
HI all,
In the past few days I have been having problems with KDE. I've got them more or less fixed. But one is driving me crazy! When I click on the bar at the bottom to bring up a new window KDE closes all other windows. I don't want it to do this. For example when I am working on a web site and need to use Kcalc the web site window closes. What I want is the web window open with the Kcalc window open too.
How do I tell KDE to not close windows?
Thanks,
JIM
Hi Jim, I don't really understand the problem. Do you mean when you click on the taskbar to switch apps? Which version of KDE is it? I do like the web site. Thanks for the link.
Jon
Ok, for example, I have right now a window open writing this email to you. But if I want to add 2+2 (lets keep it simple :) ) and I click on the Kcalc button at the task bar, the email window is gone and the only window then open is the Kcalc window. To get the email back I must click on it in the task bar then the Kcalc window is gone. In other words I can only have one window open at a time. I'm using the KDE that came with 12.1. JIM -- Check out my stamp & postcard collection! Yankee GO HOME! Anti-US Propaganda on stamps, postcards, envelopes, and labels http://yankeegohome.18-t.com/ Check out my online Delcampe store http://www.delcampe.net/stores/warthogbulletin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 25 Apr 2012 08:23:07 James Hatridge wrote:
Ok, for example, I have right now a window open writing this email to you. But if I want to add 2+2 (lets keep it simple :) ) and I click on the Kcalc button at the task bar, the email window is gone and the only window then open is the Kcalc window. To get the email back I must click on it in the task bar then the Kcalc window is gone. In other words I can only have one window open at a time. I'm using the KDE that came with 12.1.
Did you enable the netbook workspace instead of desktop? That maximises all windows by default, which could cause what you see (although you don't write that the windows are maximised). Will -- Will Stephenson, openSUSE Board, Booster, KDE Developer SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
HI Will et al, On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 08:35:33 AM Will Stephenson wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Apr 2012 08:23:07 James Hatridge wrote:
Ok, for example, I have right now a window open writing this email to you. But if I want to add 2+2 (lets keep it simple :) ) and I click on the Kcalc button at the task bar, the email window is gone and the only window then open is the Kcalc window. To get the email back I must click on it in the task bar then the Kcalc window is gone. In other words I can only have one window open at a time. I'm using the KDE that came with 12.1.
Did you enable the netbook workspace instead of desktop? That maximises all windows by default, which could cause what you see (although you don't write that the windows are maximised).
Will
Mmm not sure, how do I do that? I'll be honest I've been changing the settings so much trying to get my icons back (which I did) that I'm not sure what settings I have anymore. :( Thanks, JIM -- Check out my stamp & postcard collection! Yankee GO HOME! Anti-US Propaganda on stamps, postcards, envelopes, and labels http://yankeegohome.18-t.com/ Check out my online Delcampe store http://www.delcampe.net/stores/warthogbulletin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 25 April 2012 08:56:43 James Hatridge wrote:
Mmm not sure, how do I do that? I'll be honest I've been changing the settings so much trying to get my icons back (which I did) that I'm not sure what settings I have anymore.
System Settings->Workspace Behaviour->Workspace, change to Desktop. Glad you got your icons back. Did you notice which change restored them? Will -- Will Stephenson | openSUSE Board, openSUSE Boosters Team, KDE Developer SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:59:25 AM Will Stephenson wrote:
On Wednesday 25 April 2012 08:56:43 James Hatridge wrote:
Mmm not sure, how do I do that? I'll be honest I've been changing the settings so much trying to get my icons back (which I did) that I'm not sure what settings I have anymore.
System Settings->Workspace Behaviour->Workspace, change to Desktop.
This is what I have now.
Glad you got your icons back. Did you notice which change restored them?
Folder view settings > Layout: Folder view Then they were there again. Thanks, JIM
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:53:36 +0530, James Hatridge
Mmm not sure, how do I do that? I'll be honest I've been changing the settings so much trying to get my icons back (which I did) that I'm > not sure what settings I have anymore.
System Settings->Workspace Behaviour->Workspace, change to Desktop.
This is what I have now.
there's another setting (systemsettings) that can lead to windows opening maximized by default: systemsettings -> window behavior -> window behavior (tab on the left) -> placement one of the options there is "maximized," which you probably don't want. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 25 April 2012 15:03:29 phanisvara das wrote:
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:53:36 +0530, James Hatridge
wrote:
Mmm not sure, how do I do that? I'll be honest I've been changing the settings so much trying to get my icons back (which I did) that I'm >
not sure what settings I have anymore.
System Settings->Workspace Behaviour->Workspace, change to Desktop.
This is what I have now.
there's another setting (systemsettings) that can lead to windows opening maximized by default:
systemsettings -> window behavior -> window behavior (tab on the left) -> placement
one of the options there is "maximized," which you probably don't want.
Yeah, that could do it - if James' problem involves maximized windows. That is bad layout in that KCM, it looks like the new window placement policy is part of the tabbing group. Will -- Will Stephenson | openSUSE Board, openSUSE Boosters Team, KDE Developer SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:20:48 +0530, Will Stephenson
Yeah, that could do it - if James' problem involves maximized windows. That is bad layout in that KCM, it looks like the new window placement policy is part of the tabbing group.
would be interesting to know if that's the case, if his (james') windows open maximized, and if the other windows show up when that window's maximization is switched off. if not, something really weird is going on, since i haven't seen or heard of a situation where all other windows are (or appear to be) minimized when another one gets the focus. only other situation i can think of is that he has those windows open on different desktops, and his task manager is set to display app.s from all desktops. then, when clicking on the task manager entry for an application on another desktop, the display would switch to that desktop, and the previously open window 'disappears.' -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
James Hatridge said the following on 04/25/2012 01:56 AM:
HI all,
In the past few days I have been having problems with KDE. I've got them more or less fixed. But one is driving me crazy! When I click on the bar at the bottom to bring up a new window KDE closes all other windows. I don't want it to do this. For example when I am working on a web site and need to use Kcalc the web site window closes. What I want is the web window open with the Kcalc window open too.
How do I tell KDE to not close windows?
It sounds like you HIDING windows, not closing them. Closing them (menu -> close or F4) means the content goes away. Its likely that when you say "I click on the bar at the bottom to bring up a new window" you are actually switching between virtual desktops There are many setting that can cause windows to be hidden when a new one opens. -- It seems to work fairly well but composing e-mail on a phone keypad is akin to trigonometry in binary. -- ajtr2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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