Version: 2.4 (using KDE 3.4.0, compiled sources) Compiler: gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8) OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.10 I am not able to hide tools that I don't need/want. Even if they are labeled 'hide' in window->toolviews (which is by the way classically confusing as to what the option *does* or *represents*?) they all still show up or are at least present as a tab in the dock.
Reassigning to KMDI. Works for me btw ('Show Documents' shows the documents list, 'Hide Documents hides it) - as far as the submitter isn't right about the purpose of these buttons beeing unclear.
Well, having dealt with exactly this kind of problem in an interface, my experience is that some users experience the option as the 'state of' and others as the 'action on' the items. I do agree that once this is clear, the menu is at all times consequent. As for 'it works for my': It may be that I understand the function wrong. My intention is to not see the projects tab, no matter where it is, folded or unfolded. I guess (now) that this is not the meaning of the tool-view menu?
kmdi has been removed in KDE 4 and no more fixes will be made for KDE 3.5.x. The apps that were using kmdi in the KDE SVN repository have moved to their own multi-document implementations