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List:       kde-user
Subject:    RE: KDE Control Panel too big for monitor
From:       "Eric Kadison" <eric () kadison ! com>
Date:       2001-07-21 23:07:31
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1.  Alt-left-mouse button works!  The window drags.

2.  Strange window sizing behavior:  It is KDE Control Center (not Panel).
Earlier in the week, I was having problems with both KDE Control Center and
the Konqueror configuration.  Along the way, I managed to change font sizes.
Now, I check Control Center, using the new sizes, and it sizes correctly.
(I wonder what I did to change the font sizes earlier in the week???).  In
Konqueror, upon clicking Settings/Configuration , a new window is opened
called K Control Module.  That window is still too big, but I can now drag
it around to click Apply.  Sounds like a problem in the K Control Module
window sizing, too.

Thanks, Pam and Andreas,
Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kde-user-request@lists.netcentral.net
> [mailto:kde-user-request@lists.netcentral.net]On Behalf Of Pam R
> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 3:45 PM
> To: KDE User List
> Subject: Re: KDE Control Panel too big for monitor
>
>
> On Saturday 21 July 2001 23:21, Eric Kadison wrote:
> > > Why don't you just resize it ?
> >
> > It won't let me resize the window.  Grabbing the corner gives
> me the resize
> > mouse icon, but when I shrink it, nothing happens.
> >
> > Is KDE supposed to size the window to the display?  Is this an X issue?
>
> This is KDE's Control Center, right ? I'm running KDE 2.1.1 on a Caldera
> system, ok so it is 1280x1024, but let me try shrinking the panel...
>
> Ahh... I see what is happening. I've just started the Control
> Center and am
> looking at the 'Welcome' page and can shrink it to 610x450 but no
> further.
> But, if I choose Look and Feel->Desktop then it has grown to
> 660x560 and I
> can't reduce it !  I guess the minimum size is determined by how
> much has to
> be displayed (I note it doesn't use scroll bars). Maybe also by
> font sizes,
> let's try that...   Now, that's wierd - I just set the General
> font size to
> 16pt (was 12) and now looking again at 'Look and Feel->Desktop I
> have large
> fonts but can shrink it right down to 600x240 !  And putting the
> font size
> back to 12pt it grows again !!
>
> Very strange indeed - it's a KDE thing I would say, not X.  But I
> could be
> wrong.
>
> BTW, have you tried using the Alt key to drag it ?
>
> Pam
>
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
> >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I set up RH 7.1 with KDE 2.1.1 on my daughter's PC using
> 800x600 screen
> > > > resolution.  The KDE Control Panel is too big for the screen!
> > >
> > > With the top
> > >
> > > > of the CP window at the top edge of the screen, the region of
> > >
> > > the CP that
> > >
> > > > has the OK and APPLY buttons is below the bottom of the
> display, so the
> > > > buttons are unreachable.  I've only used KDE on higher
> > >
> > > resolution displays
> > >
> > > > before this, where the CP window fits just fine.  What's
> going on here?
> > > >
> > > > Is KDE supposed to size the CP window according to the display
> > >
> > > size?  Does
> > >
> > > > KDE require 1024 x 768 as a minimum?  Is X supposed to be
> > >
> > > supplying screen
> > >
> > > > size information, but not doing it?  (I initially installed
> the system
> > > > using my monitor, which is larger, and used either 1024x768 or
> > >
> > > 1152x864.
> > >
> > > > After that was working, I switched to her monitor by changing
> > >
> > > the params in
> > >
> > > > XFree86-4).
> > > >
> > > > RH 7.1, XFree 4.0.? (whatever comes with RH 7.1), ATI Xpert 98, 15"
> > > > monitor, AMD K6/2-450.
> > >
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