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The Taskbar Section

This section changes the settings of the taskbar. Changes affect the external taskbar and also taskbar applets on Kicker or child-panels.

Show windows from all desktops

If this box is checked, the taskbar will show all running apps of every desktop. Otherwise, only the applications of the current desktop are shown.

Sort windows by desktop

Checking this box will sort all taskbar buttons in a group for each desktop, otherwise they are sorted by the order they are started. This will not affect grouped tasks if they are spread over more than one desktop.

Sort alphabetically by window name

To be written

Show only minimized windows

If this box is checked, only windows which have been minimized will be shown in the taskbar. If Show windows from all desktops has been checked then all minimized windows will be shown. Otherwise, only the minimized windows of the current virtual desktop will be shown.

Show application icons

If this box is checked, every taskbar button will have the icon of the running application beside its title.

Show window list button

Checking this box will show the small window list button.

Group similar tasks

This is an option which helps you if you often lack space in your taskbar. If it is set to Always, several instances of the same application are grouped together in one taskbar button. Select When Taskbar Full to make Kicker only group similar tasks if there is not much space left in the taskbar.

You can define the mouse actions of the taskbar buttons with the settings in the Actions frame. Each action can be one of the following:

Show Task List

Clicking with the mouse button will open a menu displaying all tasks in that group. If you click an entry of that menu with any mouse button, the corresponding application will become active.

Show Operations Menu

Clicking with the mousebutton will open a menu with all applications of that group, where every application has its window menu as a submenu and there are some group specific entries like Close All which closes all applications of that group, All to Desktop which lets you define on which desktop the whole group appears and Maximize All, Minimize All and Restore All which appends those actions to all applications of that group.

Cycle Through Windows

If this action is chosen, each click with the mousebutton on the taskbar button will activate one of that group's applications, one after each others.

Activate Task

Activate Task: Clicking with the mousebutton will activate the first application in that group without opening the group menu.

Raise Task

The first application of that group will be put in the foreground without giving focus to it.

Lower Task

The first application of that group will be put in the background. It won't lose the focus.

Minimize Task

The first application of that group will be minimized. If it is already minimized, it will be restored again.

Please note that some of these settings only have effect if a taskbar button contains more than one application.

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