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[Nigel Ridley]

On 10/27/2012 10:00 PM, Bas Roufs wrote:
> How to get back the K-Menu to classical style:
> right -or leftclick at it;
> by doing so, an option will pop up to switch to classical style.
> Clicking at that option is enough to get what you want.
> Respectfully Yours,
> Bas Roufs.

Not anymore! One used to be able to do that but since the latest KDE updates it's not possible 
anymore. One has to delete the standard one and add the alternative one from the 'Add Widgets' menu.

> On Oct 27, 2012 9:33 PM, "Nigel Ridley" <nigel at prayingforisrael.net> wrote:
>
>> On 10/27/2012 08:08 AM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>>
>>> On 27/10/2012 00:18, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/26/2012 11:54 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just did an apt-get update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. There
>>>>> was a whole bunch of KDE
>>>>> stuff and after the upgrade, and logging out and back in again, all my
>>>>> desktop settings vanished!
>>>>> I was left with a brand new desktop as if I had just done a clean
>>>>> install (or renamed my .kde
>>>>> directory).
>>>>>
>>>>> WARNING: Make a backup of your .kde directory before doing the
>>>>> update/upgrade.
>>>>> I now have to rebuild my desktop back to the way I had it before :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> Nigel
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Something else weird: before I logged out after the upgrade, I had
>>>> several apps running. After logging back in and getting a brand new
>>>> desktop :-( all my previous running apps were still running but not on
>>>> the desktop - I mean could see them as running processes under 'System
>>>> Activity' (Ctrl + Esc) but not accessible on the desktop. I had to
>>>> 'kill' them in the end as I was getting window titles with the app name
>>>> plus a number 2 (meaning it was the second instance of said running app).
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what is going on but maybe better to wait a while before
>>>> doing any updates/upgrades.
>>>>
>>>> Nigel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Check that by accident you are not in another Activity than your old
>>> one - happened to me once
>>> and I recreated all, only to later find my "old desktop" in another
>>> activity.
>>>
>>> Meaning I don't use Activities so it took some time before I stumbled on
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Sinclair
>>>
>>>
>> No it wasn't an 'Activity'. I've reset-up my desktop now and got it back
>> the way it was - all except the pesky Kickoff button. How can I get it back
>> to the classic style?
>>
>> Nigel
>>
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