reduce height of KDE kicker icon
I recently updated to Fedora 25, KDE 4.14.29 and the icon for the kicker
("K") menu is much too tall, no matter what size of icon to put in it.
There's no way to resize it through the UI, nor any config file I can find.
How do I reduce its height?
Re: Options to right click and open to view some how.
On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:22:36 +0100 Martin Bednar wrote: > Hi, > > Le Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:06:30 PM CET John_82 a écrit : > > If I am having problems and need to start poking about in system files that > > don't have an association I have to scroll through all of the alternatives > > to get to say kwrite. > > This is the "open with" dialog I get: > http://i.imgur.com/fO9kxoE.png > Note the "Remember application association ... " At the bottom. > Also not the text bar at the top, where you can write the name of the binary > directly. > > > > > That has been driving me nuts for years at times. I had to use windows at > > work and it's easy to add things to a right click there that will always be > > present what ever is clicked on. > > > > Is there anything that I can edit to add options to a right click in kde > > 5.26 ? Associations aren't on as some have no suffix. > > System settings -> Applications -> File Associations > > Martin. > > > -- > Why top posting? > Why are forums read from top to bottom? Yeh - I wondered about should be top posted too but the idea is that some one reading can get all info by reading one mail top to bottom so I bottom post. There is some mileage in Dunken's all probably more than I have found so far. I notice though that the all check seems to come last so anything added wont appear in right clicks if there is an association. Adding to the allfiles part as well may go further. I've been using kde since 2.something and have had problems when I've used the remember the selected association option so I don't use it as I might open all sorts of things and giving those an association can mess things up. It has for me anyway. ;-) I may have used kde for a rather long time but never done much with any scripts that are used in it due to lack of documentation. I lack the directory mentioned in the other suggestion. It might be a user option but no way of telling. Just a note. I prefer list replies and don't mind html as my email reader copes and doesn't allow any funnies. Some don't like them on the lists at all. Rich text would be another option but not usually available other than sending via yahoo. John -
Re: Zig zag side edges when I move a window around quickly
On Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:39:58 +0100 René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Wednesday March 15 2017 06:13:22 Duncan wrote: > > >That's easily togglable (and strength configurable when it's on) as kwin's > >wobbly-windows effect. Plasma system settings, Workspace, Desktop > >Behavior, Desktop Effects. There's a big list broken into categories. > >In the Appearance category, uncheck or hit the reconfigure icon for > >Wobbly Windows, and you can turn it off entirely (uncheck) or reduce/ > >increase the wobbliness (configure). > > That's presuming the OP has the effect enabled in the first place. What he > describes can also be the result of a particularly bad video configuration > where the software draws much faster than the hardware can follow. > First things to check are if you're using the best drawing method the > hardware can support; XRender/Native for anything that doesn't support OpenGL > properly, OpenGL/Raster for hardware that does. That's probably in the > compositor settings with Plasma5. Then you have to experiment with tearing > prevention. I never tried to figure out the exact meaning of the different > options but basically it means you start a screen content update when the > monitor is about to start its own refresh (on old CRTs that would be when the > electron beam was about to go back to the top-left screen corner). > If your screen has a refresh rate of 50ms or better (20 frames/sec or more) > you shouldn't notice any issues with moving, resizing etc (fast and/or very > fine-grained animations may suffer but those are candy anyway). > > If you like to see window geometry displayed when moving windows, use the > desktop effect and not the option in the KWin/Moving settings (and certainly > not both). > > Finally, glitches like the OP describes can probably be attenuated by making > window contents transparent while moving. That's a desktop option that also > works with the XRender backend, and a very useful one (an almost perfect > marriage between moving the window frame only as I usually prefer, and > solid/opaque moves). > > R. Thanks. Interesting. I changed the compositor speed to one mark off instant and the edges track. For me that option is in monitor in kde "system" settings. It was set mid way. They tracked better when I activate wobble to see what would happen. That area looks a bit clunky though. I tried zeroing all of it's settings. Made things worse. The original setting tracked and wobbled very well. Reseting to defaults wouldn't get that back. It did restore the advanced setting and but not the normal ones. Playing with those by hand didn't achieve anything. No more good wobbles - not that I want them. I'm using the nvidia driver. Currently that's been encouraged a little on opensuse. Changing to that to try and fix it just sharpened text up a tiny touch on the desktop but I wouldn't have complained about how it was. The graphics card is a few years old now. Nvidia via Asus and as fast as they go without a fan. There is a newer model but looking at it's spec it wouldn't have helped this sort of problem. Motherboard has a 3.8ghz xenon on it. The only task that gets that running flat out is a kfind content search. ;-) I got fed up with the cost of building a workstation so bought an ex demo one. John -
Re: Zig zag side edges when I move a window around quickly
On Wednesday March 15 2017 10:13:23 Martin Bednar wrote: >Wayland should help indeed. but that doesn't solve your current problem :) Who knows, for now it's still quite a bit of a way to Neverland ;)
Re: Options to right click and open to view some how.
Hi, Le Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:06:30 PM CET John_82 a écrit : > If I am having problems and need to start poking about in system files that > don't have an association I have to scroll through all of the alternatives > to get to say kwrite. This is the "open with" dialog I get: http://i.imgur.com/fO9kxoE.png Note the "Remember application association ... " At the bottom. Also not the text bar at the top, where you can write the name of the binary directly. > > That has been driving me nuts for years at times. I had to use windows at > work and it's easy to add things to a right click there that will always be > present what ever is clicked on. > > Is there anything that I can edit to add options to a right click in kde > 5.26 ? Associations aren't on as some have no suffix. System settings -> Applications -> File Associations Martin. -- Why top posting? Why are forums read from top to bottom?
Re: Zig zag side edges when I move a window around quickly
Hi, Le Monday, March 13, 2017 2:39:31 PM CET John_82 a écrit : > Thought I might mention this. It's not running on a slow machine etc. > KDE5.26 27"monitor 2560x1440 5.26? That would be kde-frameworks, I presume. what about plasma (which includes kwin)? > > Curious thing is that it's worse over the desktop and not so bad if it's > over another window and often stays straight. No problems with the top and > bottom even if it's just moved up and down. The side to side on the edges > was easy to notice and no signs of this on 4 at all. > Go to System Settings -> Desktop Effects -> Compositor and check your vsync settings. Experiment with different values. Also, as René mentioned, check the rendering backend. Make sure it is openGL. > Maybe wayland might help at some point. If any one on here has access to > those people please ask them not to forget graphic tablets users. I use a > hanvon. Some one maintains a driver. The tablet is fully featured and needs > X to set it up. It's 1/2 the price of a similar waycom. Some might say > better too actually. Wayland should help indeed. but that doesn't solve your current problem :) Martin
Re: KWin5 and colour scheme special application setting
Something I didn't yet notice: KWin doesn't seem to respect the setting when I restart the application. It's still there, and applied when I click through the app settings dialog. As if the application name isn't set properly when I start Spotify and KWin thus doesn't detect it. R
Re: Zig zag side edges when I move a window around quickly
On Wednesday March 15 2017 06:13:22 Duncan wrote: >That's easily togglable (and strength configurable when it's on) as kwin's >wobbly-windows effect. Plasma system settings, Workspace, Desktop >Behavior, Desktop Effects. There's a big list broken into categories. >In the Appearance category, uncheck or hit the reconfigure icon for >Wobbly Windows, and you can turn it off entirely (uncheck) or reduce/ >increase the wobbliness (configure). That's presuming the OP has the effect enabled in the first place. What he describes can also be the result of a particularly bad video configuration where the software draws much faster than the hardware can follow. First things to check are if you're using the best drawing method the hardware can support; XRender/Native for anything that doesn't support OpenGL properly, OpenGL/Raster for hardware that does. That's probably in the compositor settings with Plasma5. Then you have to experiment with tearing prevention. I never tried to figure out the exact meaning of the different options but basically it means you start a screen content update when the monitor is about to start its own refresh (on old CRTs that would be when the electron beam was about to go back to the top-left screen corner). If your screen has a refresh rate of 50ms or better (20 frames/sec or more) you shouldn't notice any issues with moving, resizing etc (fast and/or very fine-grained animations may suffer but those are candy anyway). If you like to see window geometry displayed when moving windows, use the desktop effect and not the option in the KWin/Moving settings (and certainly not both). Finally, glitches like the OP describes can probably be attenuated by making window contents transparent while moving. That's a desktop option that also works with the XRender backend, and a very useful one (an almost perfect marriage between moving the window frame only as I usually prefer, and solid/opaque moves). R.
