Window Minimisation

[nick2price]

Hi all. I am a very new user of a linux operating system and so far loving it. I have installed the kde desktop as this is easier for me to use coming from a Windows background. There is just one behaviour I dont like, which hopefully you can tell me how to solve. If I have like an internet browser up, and I minimise it, I have no idea where it goes too. This happens with all windows I minimise. To get it back up, I have to reload the application. Is there anyway, like in windows, that when I minimise something, it goes into the taskbar at the bottom of the screen? Then when I click on it from there, it will maximise. Is it possible to get it like this with kde?

Many thanks

Nick

[claydoh]

Re: Window Minimisation

So you do not have a panel (ie taskbar) at the bottom of your screen? Or perhaps somehow the task manager part is missing from the panel.

I will assume that you do not have a taskbar on your panel, and it is actually easy to add back:

right-click on an empty space on the panel, then select Panel Options, followed by Add Widget. From there you will see a section with alll the available widgets, and you can search for Task Manager. Either double-click its icon, or drag it to your panel, and you should be all set to go.


http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma
and specifically
http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Panels
have lots of info about this as everything is configurable and rather modular