How to quietly launch a window on another desktop?

[vbgunz]

In KDE3 it was possible to launch a window and get it to *not* place a taskbar notification. unfortunately, I am finding this to be outright impossible in KDE4 on Jaunty. I want to open some windows on some desktops to get them ready *but* I do not wish to be notified about them. Is this still possible in Jaunty?

I don't want to lose them in the pager or minimize (iconify) them. I would like them just ready without notifying me there up. This was possible. Anyone know how to get this behavior again?

[Rog131]

Re: How to quietly launch a window on another desktop?

launch a window on another desktop?

Have you tried with the "Special Window/Application Settings" ?

Right click the application border > Advanced > Special Window/Application Settings > Geometry-tab:

=> Desktop - Force - Desktop <number>

quietly

Have you tried with the "Task Manager Settings" filters ?

- Only show tasks from the current desktop
- Only show tasks from the current screen
- Only show tasks that are mimized


Or do you mean something else ?

[vbgunz]

Re: How to quietly launch a window on another desktop?

I don't wish to use the "Special Window/Application Settings" because I do want notifications of these programs *just* not in a particular instance. Also, I am using kstart --desktop n Vs the prior method because again, its in a particular instance I want certain windows to go to there workspace. I am not sure what I was doing right before but launching windows were never greedy about taskbar notifications. There are two places I can currently find in KDE4 systemsettings that may have something to do with taskbar notifications and yet, no matter what I try, I can never turn them off.

• systemsettings > desktop > launch feedback
• systemsettings > notifications > Event Source > *everything*

As an experiment in Event Source, I tried disabling *all* notifications that went to the taskbar *and* disabled all launch feedback. I always get a taskbar notification regardless when a window opens onto another desktop. My Task manager settings are currently set to "current desktop". I once tried "minimized" *but* this effectively hides smaller windows behind larger ones and I didn't like it.

I am currently using kstart *but* even if I set windows to open in advanced window/setttings, etc, I always get the taskbar notification

[vbgunz]

Re: How to quietly launch a window on another desktop?

Solved it. Under systemsettings, if compositing (desktop effects) is enabled, the advanced tab offers you an option "Keep window thumbnails". If it is set to anything *but* never, you get the effect I was talking about (windows launched onto another desktop show up in the current taskbar). Setting the option to never fixed it right up.

Thanks!