On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 13:31, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
Using oS 12.1 with KDE 4.8.
Added a widget yesterday - this is simple enough - but how does one *remove* the thing (or any widget for that matter)?! :-)
unlock widgets move mouse pointer over widget side-tab will emerge selece "X" at lower part of side-tab lock widgets
Nope. I saw this during a search. This possibly may have been the case earlier (I saw the video where this was done in, I think, KDE4.1 or something) but no side menu appears; also one cannot click-hold-drag the widget to the desktop.
what patrick wrote works for widgets on the desktop, not for those on panels. in that case, right-click on the offending widget, that should show a 'remove' option (with unlocked desktop, of course). to move them around, within the panel or to the desktop, you have to click the panel's "cashew" first.
When the panel toolbox is open (click its cashew), hovering a widget makes a tab pop out with the same controls (close + configure) as on the desktop widgets. Or you can right click any widget for the same options.
Thanks Will but here this does not happen :-( .
I thought that this non-compliance may only be the characteristic of the new widget I installed but, NO, all the others that I have all behave in the same manner :-( .
Something is broken on your system... or you have a case of PEBKAC (something I'm far too often afflicted with myself) If you are in the default Desktop view with KDE4.x, you: - Unlock the widgets (a simple right-click on the desktop and picking Unlock Widgets from the context menu is enough) - If the widget is on the desktop, hover your mouse over the widget and the flyout menu is shown. Click the X on the flyout. Alternatively, right-click on the widget and select Remove this <widget_name> - If the widget is on the panel, right-click on the widget and select Remove this <widget_name> - Right-click on the desktop and lock your widgets when you are done If this isn't working... then... what widget did you add? Is it possible that this widget is breaking or blocking something on the desktop and preventing you from removing things? Sometimes a widget lives as a hidden object... those are a bit harder to remove since there is nothing to right-click on. I've only had this happen once, and removing the RPM was enough. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org