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I remember being quite fond of the detachable menus in KDE when I first tried linux (redhat 7.2 iirc) but I found the rest of the linux experience a bit too much at the time. Since then I've become a regular SuSe user and a KDE devotee, but I can't seem to find a way to bring the detachable menus back, either for the K menu, or application menus. Does anyone know how I could do this? Thanks in advance.
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Paul, On Sunday 14 November 2004 08:37, Paul Howie wrote:
I remember being quite fond of the detachable menus in KDE when I first tried linux (redhat 7.2 iirc) but I found the rest of the linux experience a bit too much at the time.
Since then I've become a regular SuSe user and a KDE devotee, but I can't seem to find a way to bring the detachable menus back, either for the K menu, or application menus.
Does anyone know how I could do this?
I don't share your fondness for this GUI scheme, but here's how you access detachable menus: Look for the gnurled texture at the left or top of a menu or tool bar. Click and drag from that area and the menu or tool bar will detach and float. Alternately, you can double-click that area to get a floating menu or tool bar. Double-clicking the drag bar of the floating tool pallete will reintegrate it into the main window from which it was detached. Lastly, in many cases dragging these bars can also be used to establish alternate positions (top vs. left, e.g.). This is signified by a change in the shape of the outline that tracks the mouse as you drag.
Thanks in advance.
De nada. Randall Sculz
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On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:25:09 -0800, Randall R Schulz
On Sunday 14 November 2004 08:37, Paul Howie wrote:
Since then I've become a regular SuSe user and a KDE devotee, but I can't seem to find a way to bring the detachable menus back, either for the K menu, or application menus.
Does anyone know how I could do this?
I don't share your fondness for this GUI scheme, but here's how you access detachable menus: Look for the gnurled texture at the left or top of a menu or tool bar. Click and drag from that area and the menu or tool bar will detach and float.
I'm using SuSe 9.1 pro and there is no gnurled texture or other grabable handle on my menus in KDE. I've done some hunting around and I still can't find an option for it. Any more ideas? Thanks Paul
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Paul Howie wrote:
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:25:09 -0800, Randall R Schulz
wrote: On Sunday 14 November 2004 08:37, Paul Howie wrote:
Since then I've become a regular SuSe user and a KDE devotee, but I can't seem to find a way to bring the detachable menus back, either for the K menu, or application menus.
Does anyone know how I could do this?
I don't share your fondness for this GUI scheme, but here's how you access detachable menus: Look for the gnurled texture at the left or top of a menu or tool bar. Click and drag from that area and the menu or tool bar will detach and float.
I'm using SuSe 9.1 pro and there is no gnurled texture or other grabable handle on my menus in KDE.
I've done some hunting around and I still can't find an option for it. Any more ideas?
There are on my copy of 9.1. You'll find them at the extreme left of the tool bars. They look like 3 vertical lines.
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Paul, On Friday 19 November 2004 01:25, Paul Howie wrote:
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:25:09 -0800, Randall R Schulz
wrote: On Sunday 14 November 2004 08:37, Paul Howie wrote:
Since then I've become a regular SuSe user and a KDE devotee, but I can't seem to find a way to bring the detachable menus back, either for the K menu, or application menus.
Does anyone know how I could do this?
I don't share your fondness for this GUI scheme, but here's how you access detachable menus: Look for the gnurled texture at the left or top of a menu or tool bar. Click and drag from that area and the menu or tool bar will detach and float.
I'm using SuSe 9.1 pro and there is no gnurled texture or other grabable handle on my menus in KDE.
I've done some hunting around and I still can't find an option for it. Any more ideas?
Well, you said KDE, but as far as I know, the description I gave applies only to native KDE applications, not universally to all applications that happen to be launched under KDE. Also I don't believe that all KDE applications implement this feature, since it presumably requires some extra programming effort. (OK--I found one. Amarok does not have a detachable menu bar, though it is a KDE application.) If I understand correctly, some Gnome-based applications have tear-off menus. You can identify them by the "performations" at the top of the menu (between the menu name and the first command). Selecting that performation instead of one of the menu commands will detach that menu and turn it into a floating tool bar. What application(s) are you using?
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Paul
Randall Schulz
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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:09:35 -0800, Randall R Schulz
Well, you said KDE, but as far as I know, the description I gave applies only to native KDE applications, not universally to all applications that happen to be launched under KDE. Also I don't believe that all KDE applications implement this feature, since it presumably requires some extra programming effort. (OK--I found one. Amarok does not have a detachable menu bar, though it is a KDE application.)
If I understand correctly, some Gnome-based applications have tear-off menus. You can identify them by the "performations" at the top of the menu (between the menu name and the first command). Selecting that performation instead of one of the menu commands will detach that menu and turn it into a floating tool bar.
What application(s) are you using?
Ah, I think this is where the confusion has arisen. I was talking about the gnome type tear-off menus, though I'm pretty sure that I've never used gnome for more than a day per distro I've installed. I suppose I could be mistaken, maybe I'm remembering a feature from gnome. The floating toolbars and menu bars work normally, as I recall (I'm in the office right now on a windows box). I like the idea of being able to have, for example, the k>programs>graphics menu open as a window, rather than having to navigate it 3 times to open 3 programs. In windows I can right click on the folder and choose to open it in an explorer window but just keeping the menu open would be ideal. Maybe it can't be done. Paul
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