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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Hiding application from taskbar (KDE 3)
From:       "John Tapsell" <johnflux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-11-03 12:10:27
Message-ID: 43d8ce650811030410m169c8fa8yf553f7289890666d () mail ! gmail ! com
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Java probably has a way to set the type of the window.  You want to
set the type of window to be something that kpanel ignores.  Perhaps
make it a Dialog type or something


2008/11/3 Mauricio Piacentini <piacentini@kde.org>:
> Hi. I got a query from one of the developers involved in the Brazilian
> ProInfo distribution, the one used in educational labs here,
> Debian-based and still using KDE 3.5.x for the stable release. They have
> developed a java-based application that serves as a launch module for
> some activities, and they want to hide this application from the
> taskbar, so it does not appear as a button there. I am not familiar with
> KDE 3.x that much. Pino suggested
>
> http://api.kde.org/3.5-api/kdelibs-apidocs/kdecore/html/classKWin.html
>
> and the setState() call, but I am not sure exactly if it helps in this
> particular case (not hiding the app, but hiding it from the taskbar.)
>
> I think the best solution would be not to use Java, and instead maybe
> use a KDE4 plasmoid in the next release, coupled with something to be
> used on Mac/Win. But for this series they are still with 3.5. Any
> suggestions about a configuration option perhaps that they can use to
> hide this particular app from the taskbar?
>
> Regards,
> Mauricio Piacentini
>
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