Bug 34034

Summary:	Can't set starting position of Qt4 toolbar
Product:	UIM	Reporter:	Terry Hancock <digitante>
Component:	helper: toolbar	Assignee:	uim-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86-64 (AMD64)
OS:	Linux (All)
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i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Terry Hancock 2011-02-08 06:15:09 UTC

I am using KDE 4 from Debian "Squeeze" with version 1.5.7-9 of the 'uim-qt' package on AMD 64 architecture, which includes the 'uim-toolbar-qt4' program.

The toolbar appears on top of the KDE clock at login (i.e. blocking the clock so I can't read it). So far, the only workaround I know is to drag it off of the clock every time I log in. This a little awkward, because it's hard to grab the toolbar without accidentally pushing the buttons.

I realize this doesn't really affect the program's utility, but it is a constant irritation and it interferes with the use of another program.

I have searched for some way to configure this in the preferences menu, man page (there is none), by running the program with "--help" or "-h", by searching for configuration files under ~/.kde and /etc, by searching the web for documentation, and by browsing the source code. I can't find any reference to the position for "uim-toolbar-qt4", although there apparently is a commandline option for "uim-toolbar-gtk" (I'm guessing that the fact it isn't mentioned in the sourcecode means that Qt4 is assigning it some kind of default, which happens to be bad (?)).

Suggested behavior in descending preference order:

1) Configure the toolbar so that KDE4 will remember its position from the last session and restore it there (as happens with ordinary application windows in KDE).

2) Specify the location when starting the application, and provide a configuration file which will change it.

3) Hint or specify the location so that it doesn't fall on top of the regular KDE launcher.

Thanks!

Comment 1 Muneyuki Noguchi 2011-02-09 05:23:02 UTC

> I have searched for some way to configure this in the preferences menu, man
> page (there is none), by running the program with "--help" or "-h", by
> searching for configuration files under ~/.kde and /etc, by searching the web
> for documentation, and by browsing the source code. I can't find any reference
> to the position for "uim-toolbar-qt4", although there apparently is a
> commandline option for "uim-toolbar-gtk" (I'm guessing that the fact it isn't
> mentioned in the sourcecode means that Qt4 is assigning it some kind of
> default, which happens to be bad (?)).
> 

> 2) Specify the location when starting the application, and provide a
> configuration file which will change it.

Qt4 applications in X11 have "-geometry" option. I've made a change to uim-toolbar-qt4 in the repository (r6937). With this change, you can set position with this option:

  $ uim-toolbar-qt4 -geometry +10+10


> I am using KDE 4 from Debian "Squeeze" with version 1.5.7-9 of the 'uim-qt'
> package on AMD 64 architecture, which includes the 'uim-toolbar-qt4' program. 
> 
> The toolbar appears on top of the KDE clock at login (i.e. blocking the clock
> so I can't read it). So far, the only workaround I know is to drag it off of
> the clock every time I log in. This a little awkward, because it's hard to grab
> the toolbar without accidentally pushing the buttons.

BTW, uim-toolbar-qt4 in uim 1.6.x, which is in Debian experimental, should have a better handler to grab.

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