Mike
McBride
2001-07-22
2.20.00
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 all windows, 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 windows 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 sorted 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, and next windows that are on virtual desktop 2, and so on.

Finally, 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.

## Section Author

This section written by Mike McBride mpmcbride7@yahoo.com