On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:03:02 +0530, Kevin O'Brien <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/8/2011 12:11 PM, phanisvara das wrote: >> On Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:36:01 +0530, Kevin O'Brien<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I would like to have a sidebar on my desktop to display things like >>> system monitors, weather info, etc. IS there a way to do that in KDE 4+? >>> If not, is there a better way to do this? What I would like is the have >>> this info always on top, without hiding anything underneath it. >>> >> easy: just add another panel by right-clicking on the desktop. (you'll have >> to 'unlock' the widgets first, if they are locked.) in your case i'd choose >> an 'empty' panel, which will by default appear on top of the screen, i >> think. at the right of that panel you find a diamond-type of thingy; click >> on that to open config. options for that new panel. one of the controls says >> 'edge' or 'screen edge'; drag that to the side of the screen where you want >> the panel. under 'more options' you can choose if application windows can >> cover the panel, or move under it (which is what you want, if i understood >> correctly). >> > Thanks, that got me the panel. But what I really want is to keep other > windows from any overlap with the panel, i.e., I don't want application > windows to go over or to go under. I s there a setting for that? > ah, so i misunderstood. just choose the "always visible" option; that should do it. -- phani. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.
