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KDE widget to hold a program
I am using KDE default install on Ubuntu 13.04. Is there a widget that will just hold a running program?
I will then, for instance, be able to run hamster-time-tracker in that widget and quickly ...
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With Kubuntu 13.04 and the new global Menu in it how do I make it
How to I make it when the active window is maximize the titlebar of it go away like in unity?
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How do I position widgets next to each other in Glade?
How can I make 2 widgets (or more) stand next to each other in Glade.
For example a textbar and a toolbar.
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Widgets Look ugly after installing AMD/ATI drivers
I installed video drivers for my ATI card and now (some of) my windows have ugly widgets. Mainly, Firefox looks ugly but natuilus looks find.
Also, my media keyboard buttons stopped working. I can no ...
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Unable to add widgets plasma-desktop [closed]
If you look at this image:
When I orgionally installed the Kubuntu, there was a menu bar where I could scroll and select widgets. But somehow it's missing and I can't even select it by category.
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Is there a GTK-Theme preview application?
is there an Application which lets me preview all the Theme-Widgets at once?
Like in the old Ubuntu-tweak there was some sort of Preview of all Theme-button/slider/progressbar-layouts. But nowadays ...
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Remove Widget in Kubuntu without seeing it
Now some how, probably due to my dual monitors, the bouncing ball of KDE has fallen of my screen. Now in general, how would I remove a widget without seeing it, it being hidden, because it would seem ...
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Easy brightness control
I came from linux mint they had a really nice applet for adjusting the brightness. Is there something like that, or can it be done by hotkeys or something? I am on ubuntu 12.10.
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Lock widgets to desktop
I am running in the KDE plasma environment, and I have 9 workspaces. I would like to somehow set up a way to lock the widgets so that if I switch from one workspace to another, they will still be ...
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Where to find Quickly Web Cam Widget?
According to this page on developer.ubuntu.com, (third paragraph second sentence), there is a Quickly Web Cam Widget, where do I find it? Tried googling but only found Quickly Widgets.
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how to install desktop widgets on ubuntu 12.10 with gnome 3.6 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the best widgets program for gnome-shell?
I saw a picture on the net for gnome 3.6 desktop that has transparent widgets
I want to install it and install other ...
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propriotion calculator widget
this question is about software widget.
I need a proprion calculator widget. Something like Tomboy Notes, but for calculating potportions, like this one:
any advice?
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How Do You Remove Empty Box On KDE Desktop?
I'm not exactly sure what this empty box on my desktop is however it's been there pretty much from the beginning. I'm running Kubuntu 12.04.
The empty box wasn't an issue until I put a new wallpaper ...
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How to drag widgets from monitor to monitor in kubuntu?
I have Kubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspiron. I use an extern monitor as my default one, and my laptop monitor as my second monitor.
I can place widgets on the extern (default) screen, but when I drag ...
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KDE Plasma is totally crashed - Ubuntu 12.10
After I installed Ubuntu 12.10 to my PC, I decided to use it with KDE and downloaded all KDE components. It was perfect until today. However, just after I set some network options, Plasma started to ...
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Can't edit/drag-and-drop widgets in QtCreator in Unity, Gnome3 - ok
I have QtCreator 2.4.1 (Qt 4.7.4) installed on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86.
When I try to change UI - drag-and-drop any widget (buttons, label, etc.) it won't let me do it, like it's read-only. The icon when ...
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How to create a sliding widget (GTK+, Quickly)
Recently I've seen this widget in Gedit:
It appears when you press Ctrl + F. What I am interested is in how to get the sliding effect. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
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looking for a clock widget that is unaffected by the mouse
Between screenlets, cairo-dock widgets and plasma-widgets. One of them's gotta have this function;
A widget that hovers above everything on the desktop but is completely unaffected by the mouse.
I ...
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How do I add a Gwibber entry widget to my app?
I am writing an app which has a button that, when clicked, should launch a Gwibber entry widget. This used to work, as suggested on the tutorial:
from gi.repository import GwibberGtk
entry = ...
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Could a KDE plasma widget be converted into its own app (easily)?
I've recently made the switch from KDE to Unity and I'm really missing one feature: the FolderView Plasma widget (Plasmoid?)
I know there's a screenlet called Folderview which can be used under ...
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How to control KDE (4.9.0) plasma widgets from command line?
I cannot delete "Window Menubar" widget from panel and "Facebook" widget from "Search and Launch" desktop bottom. And I don't want to delete all my settings, can I delete these widgets somewhere in ...
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Documentation for quickly widgets?
I tried to use the quickly.widgets.text_editor class in a quickly project just now (as in one of the highlighted quickly tutorials) and got an import error. When I tried to inspect the quickly.widgets ...
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What app tests all of GTK's UI elements?
I've seen it in screenshots before. What application provides a window that contains all of GTK's UI elements? I need an answer applicable to GTK+2 and GTK+3.
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How do I get the size of a Gtk widget?
I am developing an app using Quickly + Glade + Gtk + Python. I would have liked to know the size of a displayed widget. Here is what I wrote already:
from gi.repository import Gtk, WebKit
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Custom widgets/controls in application indicators
I want to develop an app for ubuntu, that integrates inside the calendar indicator/menu. It should allow to enter info right from it, and have several controls like input boxes, drop downs, spinners ...
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Can't move Screenlets when position is set to “Keep Above”
I've installed some screenlets and treat them as widgets. I did enable "widgets layer" plug-in in CCSM. But I got a little problem here, When I set position for the widget always on top of windows by ...
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Change text field editing in GNOME 3 to use Control and Meta keys like Emacs or bash
A while ago I did this on my Mac and I was able to use Emacs controls in all Cocoa Text Widgets. I'm a big Emacs user and it's really been great to do such lightning fast editing in email and web text ...
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In Awesome window manager, how do I add vicious widgets?
I do exactly what it says in the vicious README, but when I reload the configuration file, no widgets are added to the top bar. So for example, I add:
require("vicious")
at the top (after moving ...
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Is there any alternative for Windows gadgets in Ubuntu?
I am new to Ubuntu and would very much like to see a weather gadget (aka widgets).
Can anyone recommed a simple add-that could give me a little weather, Clock, Twitter Crawl, etc?
Thanks
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Some widgets not appearing in “add widgets” in kde4 screensaver [closed]
I would like to add an RSS feed to my screen saver. In kde, the default (blank) saver lets you add normal plasma widgets. But the list of widgets available in the screen saver is smaller than the one ...
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How do I add a Ubuntu countdown widget into a forum?
I want to add this Ubuntu countdown widget:
http://corbindavenport.com/ubuntu/
into a forum, (in this case: http://www.fxp.co.il/forumdisplay.php?f=940)
how can i do that?
when I just ...
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How to right-align widgets in panel in Kubuntu 11.10?
First, please take a look at this screenshot:
The problem is...
It all happened before I realized what I did. So, I don't know how I messed it up. :(
Do you see the panel at the bottom? The ...
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KDE - App activator on [Meta] key
I'm using KDE now. In Unity, I could open Dash with Meta. I want to do the same in KDE - open Application Activator with Meta key, but I don't know, how. In this widget's properties I can't set it.
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Some apps tray icons shown only in the compiz widgets layer
I'm noticing that some apps tray icons (gnome-rdp, UPS Status, blueproximity) are missing from the tray notification area but are shown below the bar when you F9 to the compiz widgets layer.
Any way ...
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Adding a CPU monitor widget in the top corner like in Gnome2
I wonder if you can add a widget or something like it in the top corner (next to volume and WiFi and things like that) that displays current use of CPU and maybe RAM. I know you could add stuff like ...
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Is there a plasmoid that can display at least the title of now playing song while using Bangarang? [closed]
I’ve switched to Bangarang as my default player in Kubuntu, but I can't seem to find a now playing plasmoid that works with it.
any suggestions?
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Any good place to get started with Ubuntu desktop widget development?
Any good place to get started with Ubuntu desktop based widget development or any plugins based development?
I'm looking for something similar to Yahoo Widgets.
Are there any SDK ( Software ...
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Is there a CoverGloobus-like Plasma widget? [closed]
I'm using the kde plasma desktop within Unity. I'm really missing CoverGloobus though. Is there a plasmoid that can show cover art from Banshee? I've tried several including 'Current Song' but they ...
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Is the Compiz widget layer still available?
There used to be an option to activate the Compiz widget layer in ccsm, but in Ubuntu 11.04 i can't find it anymore, is it still available? I need it for screenlets.
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Opera widget installer starts everytime [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Problems with Opera's launcher
I am wondering why does an Opera Widget Installer show up everytime I run opera? I already purged it and reinstalled to no avail. I ...
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Does Unity have any widgets?
While upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, my google-gadgets framework was removed. I thought at the time this is because it's deprecated because there's some alternative integrated in the new unity framework, ...
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My infopanel screenlet is blinking all the time
Installed screenlets and infopanel but it is blinking all the time. Is somebody had the same problem and know how to fix it?
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Can I use KDE Plasma Widgets in Gnome?
I would like to use some KDE Plasma Widgets but don't want to install KDE and don't want to lose my current Gnome setup.
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Are there any todo list desktop widgets?
Are there any todo list / notepad desktop widgets? Bonus points if it can sync with Google's tasks list!
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Panel has really wide clock
On starting my Kubuntu 10.04 the other day I got something like this
How do I make the clock a normal size so that there is room for my windows?
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Widget Engine Compatibility with Compiz Widget Layer
The title pretty much says it all: in your experience, which widget engine is most compatible (stable) when used in conjunction with the Compiz Widget Layer?
http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Widget ...
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Are there widgets available for promoting Ubuntu on your site?
I currently have the Maverick countdown widget on my site and was wondering if there are any widgets available now that it's fully released with which to replace it.
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Does gnome support desktop widgets?
Does gnome support desktop widgets? Any analogue to KDE plasmoids, Vista/Win7 sidebar/desktop widgets, Mac OS X dashboard widgets, etc.
