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The Taskbar

Taskbar

This section changes the settings of the taskbar. Changes affect the external taskbar and also taskbar applets on Kicker or child-panels. The taskbar can be located in the panel (default), or outside the panel on the desktop.

Show windows from all desktops

This option determines whether all open windows are included in the taskbar or not. By default, the taskbar only shows the open windows on the current desktop. If this option is enabled, the taskbar will show all open windows on all desktops.

Sort windows by desktop

This option changes the sort order of the icons on the taskbar, so that windows on virtual desktop 1 are shown first (to the left, or at the top of the taskbar), followed by windows on virtual desktop 2, and so on.

Sort alphabetically by application name

This options shows the icons in an alphabetical sort order on the taskbar.

Allow taskbar items to be rearranged using drag and drop

When selected the order of the taskbar buttons can be rearranged simply by selecting the button with the mouse pointer and dragging to the desired location.

Cycle through windows with mouse wheel

This option allows cycling or switching through all apps in the taskbar by moving the mouse scrool wheel while the mouse pointer hovers over the taskbar.

Show only minimized windows

If this box is checked, only windows which have been minimized will be shown in the taskbar. If Show windows from all desktops has been checked then all minimized windows will be shown. Otherwise, only the minimized windows of the current virtual desktop will be shown.

Show window list button

Checking this box will show the small window list button at the fat left of the taskbar. This button opens a popup menu listing all applications in the taskbar.

Display

This option affects how taskbar buttons are displayed. The drop-down list button supports three options: Icons and Text, Text only, and Icons only.

Group similar tasks

This is option helps you if you often lack space in your taskbar. If it is set to Always, several instances of the same application are grouped together in one taskbar button. Select When Taskbar Full to make Kicker only group similar tasks if there is not much space left in the taskbar.

Appearance

This option allows you to set the taskbar appearance to Elegant, Classic or For Transparency.

Use custom colors

This option allows you to choose different colors for the taskbar buttons.

Actions

The next set of options allow you to customize the actions performed with different mouse clicks on taskbar icons.

You can select any action from the list for the Left button, the Middle button and the Right button.

Note

Some of these settings have effect only when a taskbar button contains more than one application.

Show Task List

Clicking with the mouse button will open a menu displaying all tasks in that group. If you click an entry of that menu with any mouse button, the corresponding application will become active.

Show Operations Menu

Clicking with the mousebutton will open a menu with all applications of that group, where every application has its window menu as a submenu and there are some group specific entries like Close All which closes all applications of that group, All to Desktop which lets you define on which desktop the whole group appears and Maximize All, Minimize All and Restore All which appends those actions to all applications of that group.

Activate, Raise or Minimize Task

When a task is minimized, this option activates and raises the task to focus. When open in the background but not visibile, this option raises the task to focus.

Activate Task

Clicking with the mousebutton will activate the first application in that group without opening the group menu.

Raise Task

The first application of that group will be put in the foreground without giving focus to it.

Lower Task

The first application of that group will be put in the background. It won't lose the focus.

Minimize Task

The first application of that group will be minimized. If it is already minimized, it will be restored again.

Move To Current Desktop

When the taskbar is configured to show all apps from all desktops, this options will move the selected app from a different desktop to the current desktop.

Close Task

This option closes or terminates the task.

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