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    [SOLVED] Where in the lock widgets option in 5.17.90?

    Operating System: Kubuntu 19.10
    KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.90
    KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0
    Qt Version: 5.12.4
    Kernel Version: 5.3.0-26-generic
    OS Type: 64-bit

    I don't see an option to lock/unlock widgets
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    Kubuntu 20.04

    #2
    Click on the 'hamburger' in the upper right (default position) of the Desktop?
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes

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      #3
      I don't have the hamburger. I think I removed it and don't know how to get it back.

      In 18.04, Desktop Settings has the Tweaks settings which allows one to show/hide the Desktop Toolbox but I'm not seeing that in 19.10 with 5.17.90. I have just Wallpapers and Mouse Actions. No Tweaks.
      Last edited by chimak111; Jan 21, 2020, 09:31 AM.
      Kubuntu 20.04

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        #4
        Hey. True. It's supposed to be there:

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        But it isn't:

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          #5
          I think Plasma 5.18 (and the beta) will have the desktop toolbox (the hamburger menu) removed. Of course the Lock/Unlock widgets should still be available in the right-click menu in the panel or the desktop.

          Don't have the beta installed so I can't test.

          You can also test the keyboard shortcut: Alt+D followed by L
          Last edited by kubicle; Jan 21, 2020, 10:01 AM.

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            #6
            Don't you get this from a normal right click on the desktop or the panel?

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              #7
              Originally posted by claydoh View Post
              Don't you get this from a normal right click on the desktop or the panel?
              This seems to be the case with Cilly (at least on the desktop)

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                #8
                Originally posted by kubicle View Post
                I think Plasma 5.18 (and the beta) will have the desktop toolbox (the hamburger menu) removed. Of course the Lock/Unlock widgets should still be available in the right-click menu in the panel or the desktop.

                Don't have the beta installed so I can't test.

                You can also test the keyboard shortcut: Alt+D followed by L
                Alt+D followed by L just opens Desktop Settings for me. And the Tweaks section present in 18.04 is absent now. There's just Wallpaper and Mouse Actions:
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                Kubuntu 20.04

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                  #9
                  Correct. The menu (second image) is from a normal right-click on the desktop.
                  Right-click on the panel gives:

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                  No Lock Widgets.

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                    #10
                    This is what I see with a right-click on the panel:
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                    Kubuntu 20.04

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                      #11
                      And this is what I get with a right-click on the desktop:
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                      Kubuntu 20.04

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                        #12
                        Plasma 5.17.90 (which I guess is the Beta)
                        No Tweaks either:

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                        The menu in the first of my pics above is in the Mouse Actions section.

                        I guess they did away - unless it's a bug and they lost it -with the lock/unlock widgets thing.
                        Personally I found it totally useless - and never used it

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Don B. Cilly View Post
                          ...
                          I guess they did away - unless it's a bug and they lost it -with the lock/unlock widgets thing.
                          Personally I found it totally useless - and never used it
                          The reason I was looking for the lock/unlock is because of the plasma transparency button which can be hidden only by locking widgets if I understand this correctly: https://store.kde.org/p/1338479/
                          Kubuntu 20.04

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                            #14
                            Trawling through Phabricator, bugs, and changelogs, there is no longer a visible lock widgets option, which apparently was originally designed for sysadmin/kiosk mode use. As it has been a long time since widgets have been too easy to move, etc, etc. They removed it with the revamp of the overall settings, apparently. Can be set via config edit.

                            ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc :
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                            [General]
                            immutability=2
                            The default is "1"

                            There will be howls from the 5 people that actually use it, methinks. I don't recall ever using this option, going back to KDE 4.0, back in 2008.

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                              #15
                              Well, if this is going to be the way it's going to be, maybe someone should tell the Greek to find another way to show/hide the transparency button

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