Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (929 mails)

[C <smaug42@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 09:43, ianseeks <ianseeks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You don't have to run KDE4 with your desktop widgets locked down...
> > you can just as easily leave them unlocked all the time, but.. you've
> > only yourself to blame when you accidentally click and drag an icon
> > off the taskbar... or hover and mis-click on the exit button on a
> > widget flyout.
> yes, i prefer leaving them unlocked.  Locking is a good idea for a kiosk type
> situation but at home, its a bit of overkill unless i'm supporting my gran.
> thanks for the reply, i thought that was the answer but it seemed too simple,
> i thought i was missing something :o)

Just to re-emphasise... don't complain when you mess up your desktop
if you run KDE4 in unlocked mode.  It is VERY easy for example to drag
a desktop widget... say a CPU or network monitor... to your task bar
if you're always in unlocked mode - and this can really make your task
bar do odd things.  It's also dead easy to accidentally spawn multiple
Activities.. it only takes a moment of inattention... a simple
mis-click and poof...  you're spending the next hour cleaning up the
mess you created.

In unlocked mode EVERYTHING on your desktop is movable... a desktop
disaster can be averted by simply locking things down.  You should not
be adding and removing things on the widget level so much that the
lock toggle is as great of an inconvenience as you think it is.

But... the beauty of it is, you can choose to run in unlocked mode
100% of the time if you want.

C.
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