Bug 168392 - Taskbar panel on secondary screen is invisible but takes space
Summary: Taskbar panel on secondary screen is invisible but takes space
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 160068
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2008-08-05 10:10 UTC by Richard Brinkman
Modified: 2008-08-05 14:48 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Brinkman 2008-08-05 10:10:52 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.1.0)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs
Compiler:          gcc (GCC) 4.3.0 20080428 (Red Hat 4.3.0-8) 
OS:                Linux

I have a secondary screen attached to my laptop and use a dual-head configuration. I use `xrandr --output LVDS --right-of VGA' to put my laptop (LVDS) right of my external monitor (VGA).
The panel with the taskbar, icons of running applications and the clock, etc. is only visible on my laptop screen (in KDE 4.0 this was my external monitor, which I prefer). I put the panel at the top of my screen. 
On my external monitor there is no panel. However, I cannot use the topmost part of my external screen. It looks like the task bar panel is allocating space without being visible. I cannot drag windows to the top. Also when I maximize windows, the top rectangle (with the height of the panel on my laptop screen) is unused; I only see part of my background.
I suggest to put either the panel on both screens or not to claim the screen area on the screen not containing the panel. Also it would be nice to have the option to choose on which screen the panel should appear.
Comment 1 lucas 2008-08-05 14:48:05 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 160068 ***