[SOLVED] How to ungroup icons/apps in the taskbar?

[Mateo1041]

I've done this before with other distributions, but can't for the life of me figure out how in Mageia. Anyone have any advice on how to do this? I tried going to the taskbar settings, but do not see an option there.

Thanks,
- Matt

[tom_]

How to ungroup icons/apps in the taskbar?

Mageia is using the "icon only" task manager, which has at position 4 this features:

4. Always group tasks.

http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=144808

Obviously you can change task manager and use that one you had on some other distro

[Mateo1041]

Thanks. I didn't realize taskbar was independent from KDE as a whole. It sounds like there are other options. Any direction on where I can find out more? I'd love more flexibility and would wager that other newer Linux users would also find this helpful.

[doktor5000]

You can use one of the other taskmanager plasmoids which are available, or check the options of each of those to see if you can fit them to your needs.
You may also want to take a look at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#KDE_Platform_Issues
-> KDE Workspace Issues -> Mageia Panel

Also take a look at viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3885 for the same issue.

[Mateo1041]

Thank you! I'll check that out. I'm newer to Linux and some of this stuff really confuses me, even compared to other Linux distributions.

[Mateo1041]

I guess I just didn't understand how the KDE taskbar works. I just had to remove the Icon-Only Task Manager and add the Task Manager instead. That's what I was used to as the default. Thanks again for your help!

[doktor5000]

Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks