Version: (using Devel) Installed from: Compiled sources OS: Linux Now, if I activate the Kde Dashboard it shows me all the plasmoids I have on the desktop. But if I do not want to see certain plasmoids when I'm not viewing the dashboard? My request is to add the option to plasmoids to be shown in the Desktop AND in the Dashboard, or, to be shown ONLY in the Dashboard, just like small applications I need quite often, but I don't want to see them all the time.
Yup, that would be great. Certain plasmoids which would be usefull on a dashboard (example: calculator, kalgebra) only clutter the desktop and look plain ugly.
This seems like natural and logical behavior for the dashboard. Kde4 widgets perform different functions to those on OSX, so I understand why they are presently always visible. However, this option is desperately needed; without it certain widgets are just pointless at the moment (eg. calculator, and other tools/toys you don't want cluttering up your desktop constantly)
in 4.1 you can set the containment to view in the dashboard. in 4.2 we'll probably have a gui for it. in plasmarc, put a DashboardContainment= entry set to the target containment's id (it's in plasma-appletsrc) in the correct View's config (e.g. [PlasmaViews][1]) as for the two commenters saying certain widgets are pointless, ugly, etc.. you seem to be missing the "to me" in your comments. i'm sure that they are useless/ugly to you, but they are useful and pretty to others. it's really hard to take you seriously when you write such things.
Aaron J. Seigo: I don't understand what I need to... Could you send me an example of plasmarc with DashboardContainment=? Thanks
@ Aaron J. Sergio. My apologies, it seems I didn't use the best choice of words. I simply meant that the option would in my opinion make many more widgets useful to me, and probably others. In any case, thankyou for pointing out the configuration option.
I just realised I misspelled your name. Sorry about that. And congratulations on kde4.1 Thankyou for all the hard work.