On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 13:31, Basil Chupin
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