Re: panel question

From: mjt (mjtobler_at_removethis_mail.ru)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:47:42 GMT

andrew wrote:

> at the bottom of the window in suse 9.0 on the default gui (which i
> believe is kde) in the center of the panel are icons that show what
> programs you have currently running.
>
> sorry if that was a little wordy, i'm just not sure of the correct
> terminology.

that whole "bar" (normally at the bottom) is the "Panel"; the
area of the Panel that shows the running tasks is a kde applet
called the "Taskbar".

> anyways, the icons that show what programs are currently running, the
> program that is currently in the foreground is a 'little' bit more
> highlighted but not very much. in windows xp it is very very apparant
> which icon is which. how do i make it a lot more easy to see which
> window has the focus (by just looking at the icons on the bottom panel)?
>
> i hope that made sense.

... yep. actually, there is no 'direct' setting for
this. if you look closely at the Taskbar, just on its
left side, you will see an UP arrow (you have to move
your mouse to it to see it 'appear') - click on it and
a menu will pop up. BTW, i'm not talking about the
"window list button" (which is a button on the extreme
left side of the Taskbar). follow the red arrow:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mjtobler/panel.png

anyway, click and select 'configure taskbar'. you'll
notice there are no settings here for changing the
contrast settings.

my guess is that playing with the various settings in
kde->control-center may help
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