[opensuse] How to remove a widget?
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)?! :-) Thanks for any enlightenment on this vexed question :-) . BC -- Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampart. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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 -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 17/02/12 15:13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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. BC -- Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampart. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:19:07 +0530, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
On 17/02/12 15:13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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. -- phani. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Friday 17 Feb 2012 14:40:08 phanisvara das wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:19:07 +0530, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au>
wrote:
On 17/02/12 15:13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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. 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
On 17/02/12 23:03, Will Stephenson wrote:
On Friday 17 Feb 2012 14:40:08 phanisvara das wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:19:07 +0530, Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au>
On 17/02/12 15:13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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
wrote: 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 :-( . BC -- Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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
On 17/02/12 23:57, C wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 13:31, Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote: [pruned]
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)
:-D But in this case I don't think it is PEBKAC - more like talking across purposes, so to speak, or more like lack of proper information.
If you are in the default Desktop view with KDE4.x, you:
And here lies the problem, and the lack of information. I do NOT use the default Desktop setting. I have 6 Desktops/workspaces which all have a different wallpaper - and the screen is completely empty of anything widget-ty. All I have is a wallpaper. All icons which launch my applications are sitting in the Taskbar which is auto-hidden at all times and only shows up when I "hover" over it. The best way I can describe what my desktop (any desktop) looks like is shown here: http://picpaste.com/desktop3-CfPZi0Wm.jpg And when I hover over the invisible taskbar I get this: http://picpaste.com/desktop3-2-BJb6bSFn.jpg The bottom line to all this is that the only wodgets I see are those which appear when I "do things to the taskbar" :-) , and here, while I can ADD widgets, I cannot DELETE them. [pruned]
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.
Which is what appears to be the only solution. But while this may be OK for this "ihatethecashew' rpm what about all the other widgets? At least for now I don't have to worry about this "hatecashew" widget as I got it to work (as you can see from the screenshots on picpaste). BC -- Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 17/02/12 20:10, phanisvara das wrote:
On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:19:07 +0530, Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> wrote:
On 17/02/12 15:13, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin<blchupin@iinet.net.au> [02-16-12 21:35]:
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).
Nope, this does not work :-) . I tried this yesterday and earlier today and with/without CTRL, ALT, TAB, and every other known key pressed at the same time and nothing happens :-( . BC -- Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant. Niccolo Machiavelli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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