Quicklaunch widget resizing

[elija]

When I log in to my desktop, the quicklaunch widget changes it's size.

Configured correctly:


After login:


I have seen it reported as a KDE bug since 4.8.3 and have confirmed the bug as still happening. As the KDE developers seem to be unable to replicate or fix this issue, is there a work-around?

Cheers

[doktor5000]

Do you have a link to the bugeport?
Which Mageia version is that, and is it a fresh installation, or did you keep some old settings?

[elija]

Sorry my bad.

Clean install of Mageia 3 x86_64 using KDE live. This is the bug report for KDE.

[zeebra]

Perpaps it could be a workaround to make the config file of that widget read only as user...(chown, chgrp, chmod)...Worth trying.

Probably the coordinates for the size is stored somewhere else though..

[elija]

That may actually happen but Mageia has only been installed for a few days which means configuration is still on-going.

[doktor5000]

Probably the coordinates for the size is stored somewhere else though..

For all plasmoids the desktop settings should be stored in ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc when using normal desktop view, for netbook view it's ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-netbook-appletsrc. If using Activities, then it would be ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-screen-N-appletsrc. Overlay applets like wallpaper are contained in ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-overlay-appletsrc

[eor2004]

Man this sucks!, KDE and Gnome 3 developers seems to care only about what features they can introduce to their respective DE and not caring about fixing the bugs!

[elija]

Man this sucks!, KDE and Gnome 3 developers seems to care only about what features they can introduce to their respective DE and not caring about fixing the bugs!

I tend to agree but most FOSS developers are volunteers who will want to work on the cool stuff and not on the boring bug fixes. It's a shame the widgets are C++ as I might be able to fix it myself if they were written in Python.

[doktor5000]

KDE offers bindings for really many languages, check e.g. http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages

[elija]

KDE offers bindings for really many languages, check e.g. http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages

Nice. Unfortunately for me, Quicklaunch is in C++ so I can't do anything about it

[doktor5000]

Perpaps it could be a workaround to make the config file of that widget read only as user...(chown, chgrp, chmod)...Worth trying.

Did you at least try this to see the effect? IF you completed configuration, you could apply that then.
Does this also happen when widgets are locked before you logout?

[elija]

It makes no difference if the widgets are locked or not. I have set the file to read only, but the only difference that made is the config file wasn't updated. The widget must be picking up default settings from somewhere...

[doktor5000]

If you want to take a look, default KDE configuration files are stored below /var/lib/mageia/kde4-profiles/

[elija]

I've had a quick look through them but can't see anything obvious. Ah well, I guess I'll have to put up with it or install Xfce.

[doktor5000]

Install a totally different desktop because you don't like the behaviour of one widget? *pfffft*
It's not like there are plenty of similar launcher/dock-type widgets ...

But please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [DONE], thanks

[zeebra]

I've had a quick look through them but can't see anything obvious. Ah well, I guess I'll have to put up with it or install Xfce.

Why don't you ask the KDE people directly? Maybe you can get some better help there.
http://forum.kde.org/

Also, I have experienced some strangeness in KDE placement and size of widgets before (I placed a widget one place, then it moved). But these have since been resolved. KDE has an advantage of having alternatives for most things you would want. If you know C++, perhaps you can have a look into this problem yourself as well.