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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kicker (toplevel applet) patch
From:       Matthias Ettrich <ettrich () trolltech ! com>
Date:       2000-08-29 17:26:36
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Die, 29 Aug 2000 wrote Carsten Pfeiffer:
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 12:37:56PM +0200, Wilco Greven wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>  
> > Good that you removed it. The first time I saw the code it looked rather ad hoc
> > to, and it still does. Hopefully you can find a much better solution. 
> 
> it was the only taskbar that could manage more than a few windows tho. The
> embedded one quickly runs out of space and has no way to show new
> tasks. Matthias' first incarnation had a little drawer and sliders so that
> you could scroll thru all tasks. It was cumbersome to use (IMHO), but it
> worked. Now we are stuck with using Alt-Tab.

You are right. Where did the drawer disappear? Who removed that and why? It was
functionality of the panel to provide these things whenever there wasn't enough
space.

We need an external taskbar, but we need also the arrow buttons back.

Matthias



> 
> The best way IMHO would be to have a combination of internal and external
> taskbar. When the internal one runs out of space, it opens an external bar
> to show additional tasks.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carsten Pfeiffer
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