Mike McBride
2002-10-16
3.1
KDE KControl taskbar configure

## Taskbar

The taskbar, is a quick way to switch between applications. The taskbar can be located in the panel (default), or outside the panel on the desktop.

This module has options to control how the taskbar operates:

The top option, labeled Show windows from all desktops, determines if 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.

Using the Show window list button option, you can enable a little button to be shown in the taskbar: this button will open a popup menu offering access to applications on other desktops as well as some useful actions, like Unclutter Windows.

The next option, Group similar tasks allows you to save some space on your taskbar, by only showing one icon for each running application, no matter how many windows are shown. You can click on the icon to display a menu of all the windows that are available. This is most useful when you have enabled Show all windows.

Sort tasks by virtual desktop 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.

You can disable the application icons, and show just the text. You might want to do this to save space on your taskbar, for example.

Finally, you can have the taskbar Show only iconified windows. In this case, when you minimize a window, it will show up on the taskbar, and when you open it again, it's taskbar entry will disappear.

### 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 &LMB;, the &MMB; and the &RMB;.

The options available are:

Show Task List

  Show the list of tasks grouped under the icon you have clicked on. If there is only one task or window for that icon, it will become the active window.

  This is the default action for the &LMB;

Cycle Through Windows

  If there is more than one task grouped under the icon, switch from one to the next, until you release the button (&ie; when you have reached the window you are looking for). If there is only one task or window for that icon, it will become the active window.

  This is the default action for the &MMB; if window grouping is enabled.

Show Operations Menu

  Show the operations menu for the application. This allows you to minimize, maximize &etc;, move windows between desktops, and close windows. You can perform these actions on all windows grouped under that icon, or on any single window, by choosing it from the submenu.

  This is the default action for the &RMB;

Activate, Raise, or Minimize Task

  Cycle between states for the selected window.

  This is the default action for the &MMB; if window grouping is not enabled.

Raise Task, Lower Task, Minimize Task

  These three options make sense only if window grouping is disabled. They are fairly self-explanatory. Raise means to make active, bring to the front, and give focus. Lower means, send to the back, and give focus to whichever window is now on top.

### Section Author

This section written by Mike McBride mpmcbride7@yahoo.com