How to add icon to taskbar?

Hello. It looks so simple, but I just don’t know how to do it. I would
like to add new application shortcut to the bottom taskbar, but I can’t
find the way to do it. I’ve seen you can edit the main menu structure,
but that’s not what I want. I’m on suse 11.1 with kde 4. Thanks for your
help.


arcull

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unlock widget first - from top right corner

If you mean an application icon.
Go the app from the start menu, right click add to panel


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Or you can just drag the app from main menu onto the panel.

You will also find quicklaunch plasmoid useful.

Right click on panel → Panel Options → Add Widgets → select
Quicklaunch → Add Widget


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Thanks, I’ll try it again :slight_smile:


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I have trouble to move taskbars.
Actually, I managed to move panels where I want them, but widgets
inside, like a system tray, I cannot set it’s width. I want to move it
to the right, but it is centered within his own width, which is huge.

Another problem is to move shortcut icons that I added to panel around
it.

How to resolve this?


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beli0135,

Right click on panel and click “Panel Settings”

An extra bar will appear above the panel.

Now just drag and drop the widgets to the required position inside the
panel.


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Thanks. Yes, icons can be dragged, but icons in systemtray widget
cannot.
Another problem is that widgets inside the panel can’t be resized.
Bug posted to bugs.kde.org.

Thanks


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beli0135;1931846 Wrote:
> Thanks. Yes, icons can be dragged, but icons in systemtray widget
> cannot.

If you’re on KDE 4.2 you can hide/unhide system tray icons, though.

Right click on system tray → System Tray Settings → move icons to
be hidden to Hidden Icons column.

beli0135;1931846 Wrote:
>
> Another problem is that widgets inside the panel can’t be resized.

I think you cant do that unless you increase the panel size (Height)


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Well, even now in newest 4.2 build, still cant resize system tray. It
just uses 100% of what space is left. Very odd.


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