KDE4 Multiple Desktops

[Willy K. Hamra]

Rob Wright wrote:
> Greetings, 
> 
> Just upgraded to Jaunty and KDE4 from Hardy with KDE3. I've been dreading the 
> update to KDE4 and my worst fears are confirmed.
> 
> There's a couple of things with multiple desktops that I am really missing 
> right now and I'm sure I'm overlooking them but damned if I can figure them 
> out. These are somethings that I've used for years and really help me work, 
> but I'm lost without them. How can I do these things in KDE4?
> 
> 1. Customized desktops. I've always used 4 desktops, for different tasks, to 
> help me keep everything organized. I could very quickly get a mental hold of 
> where I was and what I was doing just by wallpaper/color on the desktop, and 
> the buttons on the taskbar. Now, they're all the same. How can I set a 
> different background for each desktop? As part of that, how do I set my taskbar 
> to only show the apps that are associated with that desktop, a beautiful 
> feature from 3.5.

right-click empty space in taskbar, now it's called task manager. and
choose properties, there's one for chowing only programs from current
desktop. not sure about background, never used it.

> 
> 2. Focus follows mouse. I've now got to click in a window, raising it, in 
> order to input. Before I could just put the mouse over the window and use it, 
> how can I set this? 
rightclick on the address top bar of any window, and choose configure
windows behaviour, go to the focus tab, the focus policy, change it :)

> 
> 3. Fonts in Kmail, I can barely read my messages list or message body. I've 
> tried adjusting the font settings in the Settings/Configure, but nothing I try 
> seems to actually be used by the system.

not really sure, not a kmail user here
> 
> I've turned Compiz off, for now I just want a flat, plain desktop while I figure 
> out where everything is.

compiz? is it installed? or you mean KDE4's own desktop effects?
> 
> I appreciate the work and effort that's gone into the KDE4 and some of the 
> special effects are pretty cool, but there's just enough basic stuff missing 
> that it feels incomplete and unusable for me. 
> 
> Thanks for any help or advice,
> 
> Rob Wright
> debianrob at poncacity.net
> 


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Willy K. Hamra
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