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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504426


           Summary: It is Not Possible to Create Two Panels on Top Of each
                    other
    Classification: openSUSE
           Product: openSUSE 11.1
           Version: Final
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: KDE4 Workspace
        AssignedTo: kde-maintainers@xxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: alpha096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
          Found By: ---


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Gecko/2009042700 SUSE/3.0.10-1.1.1 Firefox/3.0.10

It is not possible to have more than one panel at the bottom of the screen, the
top of the screen and on both sides. Panel creation is limited to one panel for
top, bottom and both right and left.
Example: The bottom of the screen has a default Panel. I would like to add
another panel immediately above the bottom panel default and add 1 single
Widget to this second bottom panel of a Task Manager - being the total length
of the new Panel.

As you can see by this simple example, it is not possible AND desirable to be
able to have 2 or more panels on top of each other or on each side.

Currently once a panel has been created at the bottom, top, each side of the
screen it is not possible to create another panel as we are not offered the
ability in KDE3 to have multiple panels on top of each other.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Attempt to Add a New Panel and position it just above the default screen
bottom panel.
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
You will either end up with a panel that starts at the top and extends to the
bottom of the screen which will obscure the total desktop.

Expected Results:  
We should be able to create a panel on top of another as was functionally
possible in KDE3. I am not suggesting that KDE4 Panel and Widgets are poor -
not at all. KDE4 Panels and Widgets are totally unreal - Its just that we
cannot have two panels on top of each other.
Yes in this case we could just have a huge bottom panel, however widget
placements and alignment properties do not lend themselves to this being at all
easy.
There is not an alignment Option of "NO Alignment" to permit the user to decide
where to place widgets without having to fight against the default alignment.

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