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Modified version of KDE 4.7 taskbar applet and taskmanager library.
Modifications:
1. Show only icons (no text) in taskbar.
2. When a launcher is activated, place the task's taskbar entry at the same location as the launcher.
3. Tasks with no associated launcher, are placed after launcher tasks (unless alphabetically sorted).
4. Always group tasks.
5. Only allow launchers for items with .desktop files
6. Add a dialog to manually set the association from a window to a .desktop file - so that launcher can be created.
7. Add option to activate/iconify whole group when left button is pressed (taken from SmoothTasks). If disabled, then present windows is used for the group.
8. Use oxygen '+' icon to indicate a collpased group.
9. Use middle button to launch new instance of a task.
10. Attempt to place start-up spinner over launcher/task.
11. Add option to always use the launcher icon for taskbar entry - even when app is active. This works-around the issue where some applications (e.g. LibreOffice) have a different launcher/menu icon than the actual app uses.
12. Workaround an issue with a tasks attention state.
13. More tasks shown in tooltips.
14. Close tasks via tooltips.
15. Show right-click menu for task in tooltips.
16. Option to show job progress over task icon.
17. DockManager API support
18. Media player buttons in tooltips
19. Unity API
9 years ago
0.9.2
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1. Allow DockManager "icon-file" to refer to an icon name.
2. Add DockManager API extension (capability "x-kde-dock-item-overlay", dock item property "x-kde-overlay") to allow plugins to specify an overlay icon to be placed top-left of icon.
3. Dont attempt to get commandline for pid 0 - seems to crash KSysGuard library.
4. Use plasma themed close icon for tooltips.
5. Clear any exising entries before showing recent documents menu.
6. When reloading xbel/office recent documents, only clear old documents of that type.
7. When an action is marked as a separator, add a separator to the menu - just adding the action leads to an entry that looks like a menu title.
8. Read LibreOffice 3.4 recent documents from recently-used.xbel
9. Fix DockManager::GetItemsByPid
0.9.1
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1. When changing tooltip from one item to the next, call the toolTipHidden slot - so that the item can unregister from the tooltip signals.
2. Fix compilation with KDE less than 4.7
3. Fix dockmanager plugin sub-menus.
4. If compiled against KDE 4.8, dont need IconTask specific taskmanager.
0.9.0
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1. Use KSysGuard libraries to read process information.
2. Only ever show the separator if we actually have some launchers.
3. Rename taskmanagerrc to taskmanagerrulesrc
4. Middle click on tooltip is same as middle click on task.
5. Add middle click option - "Move To Current Desktop"
6. When manually moving launchers/tasks, move immediately rather than showing the drop indicator. The previous behaviour may be re-enabled by passing -DICON_TASKS_SHOW_DROP_INDICATOR_FOR_MOVE=true to cmake.
7. If there are too many windows for tooltip, display "Plus X more..."
8. Better calculation of rws and columns in tooltip.
9. Fix not being able to interact with first launcher/entry whilst a task is starting.
10. Fix totally broken dockmanager config UI.
11. Dont check if filename changes dock dockmanager, always update if an icon name is set.
12. Only store 1 container of launchers - not map for launchers, and list for sort order.
13. Fix detection of kcmodule launchers.
14. Try not to use exec() to open config dialogs, so as to not freeze plasma!
15. Remove usage of custom properties in QActions for menus.
16. Use standard KOpenWithDialog to select applications. Allows creation of non-desktop based launchers.
17. Save launcher lock state in applet, not taskmanager library.
18. All changes to taskmanager library are now in KDE/master. Because of this there is no 'basic' menu setting, as the menus have been re-arranged. The only difference between IconTasks's taskmanager and KDE (as of 4.8) taskmanager is the name of the Advanced sub menu. In KDE/master this is now know as "More Actions"
19. Don't set DESKTOP_SESSION to ubuntu, UnityFox has been updated an version 0.2.2 no longer requires this. For an updated UnityFox see:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unityfox/versions/
9 years ago
0.9.2
=====
1. Allow DockManager "icon-file" to refer to an icon name.
2. Add DockManager API extension (capability "x-kde-dock-item-overlay", dock item property "x-kde-overlay") to allow plugins to specify an overlay icon to be placed top-left of icon.
3. Dont attempt to get commandline for pid 0 - seems to crash KSysGuard library.
4. Use plasma themed close icon for tooltips.
5. Clear any exising entries before showing recent documents menu.
6. When reloading xbel/office recent documents, only clear old documents of that type.
7. When an action is marked as a separator, add a separator to the menu - just adding the action leads to an entry that looks like a menu title.
8. Read LibreOffice 3.4 recent documents from recently-used.xbel
9. Fix DockManager::GetItemsByPid
0.9.1
=====
1. When changing tooltip from one item to the next, call the toolTipHidden slot - so that the item can unregister from the tooltip signals.
2. Fix compilation with KDE less than 4.7
3. Fix dockmanager plugin sub-menus.
4. If compiled against KDE 4.8, dont need IconTask specific taskmanager.
0.9.0
=====
1. Use KSysGuard libraries to read process information.
2. Only ever show the separator if we actually have some launchers.
3. Rename taskmanagerrc to taskmanagerrulesrc
4. Middle click on tooltip is same as middle click on task.
5. Add middle click option - "Move To Current Desktop"
6. When manually moving launchers/tasks, move immediately rather than showing the drop indicator. The previous behaviour may be re-enabled by passing -DICON_TASKS_SHOW_DROP_INDICATOR_FOR_MOVE=true to cmake.
7. If there are too many windows for tooltip, display "Plus X more..."
8. Better calculation of rws and columns in tooltip.
9. Fix not being able to interact with first launcher/entry whilst a task is starting.
10. Fix totally broken dockmanager config UI.
11. Dont check if filename changes dock dockmanager, always update if an icon name is set.
12. Only store 1 container of launchers - not map for launchers, and list for sort order.
13. Fix detection of kcmodule launchers.
14. Try not to use exec() to open config dialogs, so as to not freeze plasma!
15. Remove usage of custom properties in QActions for menus.
16. Use standard KOpenWithDialog to select applications. Allows creation of non-desktop based launchers.
17. Save launcher lock state in applet, not taskmanager library.
18. All changes to taskmanager library are now in KDE/master. Because of this there is no 'basic' menu setting, as the menus have been re-arranged. The only difference between IconTasks's taskmanager and KDE (as of 4.8) taskmanager is the name of the Advanced sub menu. In KDE/master this is now know as "More Actions"
19. Don't set DESKTOP_SESSION to ubuntu, UnityFox has been updated an version 0.2.2 no longer requires this. For an updated UnityFox see:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/unityfox/versions/
pacorayban
8 years ago
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CraigD
8 years ago
1. Edit taskmanagerrulesrc (either edit the system one (/usr/share/kde4/config/taskmanagerrulesrc), or copy the system one to ~/.kde/share/config). In the "[Settings]" section update "MatchCommandLineFirst" so that it contains "Firefox" (e.g. MatchCommandLineFirst=VirtualBox,Firefox)
2. Create a custom .desktop launcher for your firefox and make sure its Exec line mathces the commandline (e.g. "Exec=firefox -no-remote")
3. Restart plasma (not 100% if this is required...)
What should happen is that the taskmanager library will read taskmanagerrulesrc before matching a window to a .desktop file. It should see that for windows with a WM_CLASS set to "Firefox" that it should first attempt to match to a .desktop file containing the commandline used to start the app. Therefore, your custom .desktop should be found first. Note, that this .desktop file *needs* to be in one of the standard locations (i..e it should also appear in the KDE menu). The easiest way would be to use KMenuEdit to create the .dekstop file.
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pacorayban
8 years ago
Thanks, I'll try this !
I tell you if i have troubles...
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pacorayban
8 years ago
As you can see on the picture :
http://pix.toile-libre.org/upload/original/1338287940.png
now firefox and aurora launchers don't move anymore, but they are considered as if they were not pinned on the taskbar ...
Any idea to fix it ?
Thanks in advance !
and again, this is a really minor issue, great job !
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pacorayban
8 years ago
Thanks, I'l try this !
I tell you if i have troubles...
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gravy
8 years ago
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CraigD
8 years ago
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vanoudt
8 years ago
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/thunderbird/addon/docky-unread-count/
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apoptozinho
8 years ago
I like this launcher very much. I just wish it would be easier to distinguish open from non-open tasks. Both using indicators and the theme has poor visibility in task management when the icons are large relative to the bar size (90% icon size with oxygen theme).
I have no artistic/usabilty inspiration, but here are some suggestions:
+ A setting to grey-out the non-running icon tasks
+ Using alternate markers in the space between icons. I can only think of having the icons between brackets [O] or <O>, which surely would not look not very good.
Thanks
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DrAlex
8 years ago
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poomerang
8 years ago
http://www.kde.org/announcements/4.8/plasma.php
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cshnick
8 years ago
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Hariec
8 years ago
This is error log http://dpaste.com/709139/
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kaleidos14
8 years ago
when I roll over the icons in the taskbar, not only it shows the miniaturized preview of the application's window. It also shows the actual window, in transparency(except if I minimized the application, in which case it will show the desktop in transparency), while I loose sight of the application I'm using at the moment . This is very confusing for me. I'd like to be able to just see the miniaturized preview, while the desktop keeps showing the application I'm working on at the moment. Is that already possible, or would you be so kind to add an option?
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ozky
8 years ago
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/unity-like-launcher-for-kde-icon-tasks.html
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cshnick
8 years ago
So if enybody created or knows how to find a patch, please let us know too.
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IBleSSeDI
8 years ago
[email protected]:~/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/build$ sudo make install
[ 0%] Built target plasma_applet_icontasks_automoc
[ 2%] Building CXX object applet/CMakeFiles/plasma_applet_icontasks.dir/windowtaskitem.o
In file included from /home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/taskgroupitem.h:29:0,
from /home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/windowtaskitem.cpp:23:
/home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:57:20: error: ‘TaskManager::StartupPtr’ has not been declared
/home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:58:20: error: ‘TaskManager::TaskPtr’ has not been declared
/home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:59:20: error: ‘TaskManager::StartupPtr’ has not been declared
In file included from /home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/windowtaskitem.cpp:24:0:
/home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/taskitemlayout.h:35:20: error: ‘TaskManager::StartupPtr’ has not been declared
/home/blessed/Downloads/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/taskitemlayout.h:36:20: error: ‘TaskManager::TaskPtr’ has not been declared
make[2]: *** [applet/CMakeFiles/plasma_applet_icontasks.dir/windowtaskitem.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [applet/CMakeFiles/plasma_applet_icontasks.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
How can I install it?
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IBleSSeDI
8 years ago
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IBleSSeDI
8 years ago
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arvenil
8 years ago
I've set window preview size to max 500px however now they look ugly - images are unreadable. Is there any option to adjust quality of generated previews?
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takemori
8 years ago
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takemori
8 years ago
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tahunasky
8 years ago
Thanks for the great plasmoid !!!
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jschall2
8 years ago
The delays on displaying the tooltips are very, very long, which is incredibly annoying if you accidentally pop one up and then have to wait 3 seconds to get at anything underneath it. My request is a configuration option for how long to show the tooltips. I changed the delays to something like 200ms and I have no problems using it (neither would anyone else) and it doesn't get in my way any more.
The window image tooltips do not display if icon tasks was started before desktop effects. So if you disable desktop effects, start icon tasks, and then enable them, you don't get window images, only text. It needs to watch for desktop effects being enabled (I assume there's a dbus signal) and switch to window images.
My last problem is that there should be an option to disable minimization if you click on the currently-focused window. I dislike this behavior.
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cshnick
8 years ago
In file included from /home/luxa/Programming/fromSources/plasmoids/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/taskgroupitem.h:29:0,
from /home/luxa/Programming/fromSources/plasmoids/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/windowtaskitem.cpp:23:
/home/luxa/Programming/fromSources/plasmoids/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:57:20: error: ‘TaskManager::StartupPtr’ has not been declared
/home/luxa/Programming/fromSources/plasmoids/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:58:20: error: ‘TaskManager::TaskPtr’ has not been declared
/home/luxa/Programming/fromSources/plasmoids/plasma-icontasks-0.9.2/applet/tasks.h:59:20: error: ‘TaskManager::StartupPtr’ has not been declared
Smth changed in standard KDE taskmanager. Maybe it's possible to avoid using TaskManager::StartupPtr, TaskManager::TaskPtr etc...
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