First of all, hello to everyone, i've been using kde for years, but i'm new to this forum

now my question:
I'm looking for some kind of "skip Switcher" option, since i've found "skip taskbar" and "skip pager", but i can't find any.

heres a screenshot wich describes my problem:


as you can see i'm using rainlendar2 as calendar manager (until the calendar plasmoid accepts events), but it's very annoying to have it displayed in the switcher, since it should docked on the desktop (like a plasmoid).

any idea how to avoid displaying rainlendar (or any other apps) in the switcher?

sorry for my english

A workaround could be to change the window type of rainlendar2.

Open System Settings > Window Behavior > Window-Specific > New... > Detect Window Properties > [Click on rainlendar2] > Use window class (I think).
Then change the settings in Window and Window Extra tabs (e.g. write a description etc.)

Finally, go to Workarounds tab > Check "Window type" > Force > Change type (maybe to desktop?). Hope that helps.

EDIT: Oh, you've already set skip taskbar and skip pager? Great, then just ignore the first part.

No luck
already tried every "Window type" workaroud, without success.

Anyway, thanks for the awnser

more ideas?

Weird, I just tried it and it works in KDE 3.5.x but not 4 (trunk).

There's a plasmoid that lets you embed any window, but I think it's still in playground.

Can you do an `xprop` on a Rainlendar widget please.

Zarin wrote:Can you do an `xprop` on a Rainlendar widget please.

sure

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mz@gantz:~$ xprop                                     
WM_STATE(WM_STATE):                                   
                window state: Normal                   
                icon window: 0x0                       
_NET_WM_DESKTOP(CARDINAL) = 4294967295                 
_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS(ATOM) = _NET_WM_ACTION_MOVE, _NET_WM_ACTION_RESIZE, _NET_WM_ACTION_MINIMIZE, _NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_VERT, _NET_WM_ACTION_MAXIMIZE_HORZ, _NET_WM_ACTION_FULLSCREEN, _NET_WM_ACTION_CHANGE_DESKTOP                               
_NET_WM_STATE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_STATE_BELOW, _NET_WM_STATE_STICKY, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_TASKBAR, _NET_WM_STATE_SKIP_PAGER       
WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):                                                                                                         
                Client accepts input or input focus: True                                                                   
                Initial state is Normal State.                                                                             
                window id # of group leader: 0x4c00001                                                                     
XdndAware(ATOM) = BITMAP
_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO(_MOTIF_DRAG_RECEIVER_INFO) = 0x6c, 0x0, 0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
_MOTIF_WM_HINTS(_MOTIF_WM_HINTS) = 0x3, 0x21, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
_NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST_COUNTER(CARDINAL) = 79691933
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE(ATOM) = _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_NORMAL
_NET_WM_USER_TIME(CARDINAL) = 56220541
_NET_WM_USER_TIME_WINDOW(WINDOW): window id # 0x4c0009c
WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW): window id # 0x4c00001
_NET_WM_PID(CARDINAL) = 12244
WM_LOCALE_NAME(STRING) = "es_ES.UTF-8"
WM_CLIENT_MACHINE(STRING) = "gantz"
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
                program specified location: 0, 0
                program specified minimum size: 0 by 0
                window gravity: Static
WM_PROTOCOLS(ATOM): protocols  WM_DELETE_WINDOW, WM_TAKE_FOCUS, _NET_WM_PING, _NET_WM_SYNC_REQUEST
WM_CLASS(STRING) = "rainlendar2", "Rainlendar2"
WM_ICON_NAME(STRING) = "Calendar .:. Rainlendar2"
_NET_WM_ICON_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x43, 0x61, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x61, 0x72, 0x20, 0x2e, 0x3a, 0x2e, 0x20, 0x52, 0x61, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x61, 0x72, 0x32
WM_NAME(STRING) = "Calendar .:. Rainlendar2"
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = 0x43, 0x61, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x61, 0x72, 0x20, 0x2e, 0x3a, 0x2e, 0x20, 0x52, 0x61, 0x69,0x6e, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x6e, 0x64, 0x61, 0x72, 0x32
mz@gantz:~$


ok, a few months have passed, and i've decided to give this another try.

it was pretty easy actually.

System Settings > Window Behavior > Window-Specific > New... > Detect Window Properties > [Click on rainlendar2] > Use window class > Preferences tab > force "accep focus", uncheched

done!