Re: KDE newbie problem: desktop Panel reserving space on the other screen!

["Brendan Kidwell-2" <user=1552@nabble.blu.org>]

 On 3/10/08, Jonathan D. Arnold / Daemon Dancing <[hidden email]> 
wrote: 
> 
> Brendan Kidwell wrote: 
> > I've been using Ubuntu with GNOME for almost a year now. This week on my 
> > laptop and on my work desktop I switched to KDE. 
> > 
> > On my work desktop, I have two screens, and I'm using xinerama to 
> control 
> > that. I'm using the KDE 3 that's released with Ubuntu 7.10, not a KDE 4 
> > beta. 
> > 
> > If I put a KDE panel (the main panel, a new one, whatever) on the TOP of 
> > screen 1: 
> > * The panel reserves a certain vertical space on the top of screen 1 and 
> > paints itself there. App windows can't be placed in that space. (okay) 
> > * The panel ALSO reserves the same vertical space on the top of screen 2 
> and 
> > leaves it as whitespace. App windows can't be placed here either. (BAD) 
> > [...] 
> > If I put a KDE panel on the BOTTOM of screen 1: 
> > * The panel reserves vertical space on the bottom of screen 1, paints 
> > itself. (okay) 
> > * The bottom of screen 2 appears to behave NORMALLY. Windows can be 
> placed 
> > there. (okay) 
> > 
> > Try placing the panel on Screen 2 and the inverse happens (Screen 1 
> > misbehaves). 
> 
> 
> I'm not entirely clear on what is going on, but you have a bunch of 
> different options, I think. 
> 
> In the properties for the panel (Right click, Configure Panel...), you 
> can do what I do: 
> 
> 1] Have the panel go across both monitors by selecting the Xinerama screen 
> to "All Screens" (or pick the screen you want), in the Arrangement panel. 
> 
> 2] In the Hiding panel, select the Allow Other WIndows to cover the panel.