Hi,

Is there a way of adding a link into the task bar via a shell command? I know it can be done dragging and dropping the link into the task bar, but I need to do this automatically via a running script that detects certain events.

I tried editing ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc and adding a config block like this:

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[Containments][3][Applets][50]
geometry=31,1,27,27
immutability=1
plugin=icon
zvalue=0

[Containments][3][Applets][50][Configuration]
Url=file:///home/user/Desktop/desktopfile.desktop


This will indeed work, but the session must close and reopen... or also a

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kquitapp plasma-desktop && plasma-desktop

command would work, but it produces a "black screen blink" for a second and I don't like this too much...

Any hints are very appreciated.

Thanks!

I'm afraid Plasma Desktop does not support this sort of integration. The only available integration is through the execution of Javascript within Plasma Desktop itself, which the user must manually execute (for security reasons).

In case something else is possible - what are you trying to achieve?

Thanks for answering.

In relationship with my previous topic, taking in account that I can indeed know when a user has mounted a device because the Thin-Client infrastructure has a daemon for that, I'd like to automatically add an "Eject device" icon in the user's task bar, so it's easier for them to handle their device.

At this moment I'm able to add a .desktop file on the user's desktop to safely eject their device. However, taking in account that an user could mount more than one device, it seems a bit "ugly" to me to add a desktop icon per device, so I think it's more handy adding a small icon into the user's taskbar. It's a shame it's not possible to do it dynamically.

If someone hasn't a more brilliant idea I'll have to resign to the current approach

If you can get a list of devices connected to their Thin Client, then you could use a shortcut to launch a "kdialog" powered script which then allowed them to choose the device to disconnect. This shortcut could reside permanently within the system tray.

Wow, that's indeed a nice option! I finally used a little script using

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kdedialog --menu

to achieve it!. Thanks so much!