Hello! Feel free to move my topic if i chosed the wrong subsection. Thanks.

I am simply looking for a way to make the Alt-Tab panel and Activity switching/cycling panel appear from the bottom of my screen instead of the left part. I couldn't find the option in system settings and i never had to edit a kde config file beforehand therefore i don't really know where to check.

I believe the answer might help the next user, that's why i chosed this subsection.

Many thanks and have a nice day.
JP.

just to be clear:
- "at-tab" is window switching and for me it appears in the screens center (in 4 and 5)
- activity cycling appears on the bottom of the screen in 4 and on left in Plasma 5
- and add widgets is like activity cycling left in 5 and bottom on 4

thinking that the location is hard coded but don't know

you're saying both switching is on the left side of the screen? did it always?

what are you running - it helps to know

moved to Workspace forum

google01103 wrote:just to be clear:
- "at-tab" is window switching and for me it appears in the screens center (in 4 and 5)
- activity cycling appears on the bottom of the screen in 4 and on left in Plasma 5
- and add widgets is like activity cycling left in 5 and bottom on 4

thinking that the location is hard coded but don't know

you're saying both switching is on the left side of the screen? did it always?

what are you running - it helps to know

moved to Workspace forum

Dear friend, thank you for the fast answer and moving the topic to the appropriate section.

Yes alt-tab is windows switching and it appears on the left of my screen. same with activity cycling and the add widgets app.

I believe i am running KDE 5 (Plasma) :

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pacman -Q | grep plasma

kdeplasma-addons 5.4.2-1
plasma-desktop 5.4.2-1
plasma-framework 5.15.0-1
plasma-mediacenter 5.4.2-1
plasma-meta 5.4-2
plasma-nm 5.4.2-1
plasma-pa 5.4.2-1
plasma-workspace 5.4.2-2
plasma-workspace-wallpapers 5.4.2-1
----

It has always been on the left. I am running with 1600x900 resolution maybe that can help.

Many thanks.
JP

He's using the "breeze" tabbox which is on the left edge.
It's "hardcoded" but it's qml (/usr/share/kwin/tabbox/breeze or so) and the position could be altered there (but the better idea would be to clone the switcher to some "breeze_but_bottom" and manipulate the fork)

luebking wrote:He's using the "breeze" tabbox which is on the left edge.
It's "hardcoded" but it's qml (/usr/share/kwin/tabbox/breeze or so) and the position could be altered there (but the better idea would be to clone the switcher to some "breeze_but_bottom" and manipulate the fork)

this is the content of /usr/share/kwin/tabbox :

[jape@T420 tabbox]$ ls
big_icons compact informative present_windows small_icons text thumbnails

this may be it (note your distro may place it elsewhere) /usr/lib64/qt5/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Breeze/TabViewStyle.qml

No, that's the qtquick component to draw actual tabwidgets (kinda like browser tabs)

@Quardah
please paste your ~/.config/kwinrc somewhere (in case of "here", be sure to use "code" tags, please)

Hello. Thanks again for helping me!

Here is the content of my kwinrc :

[Compositing]
OpenGLIsUnsafe=false

[Desktops]
Name_1=First
Name_2=Second
Name_3=Third
Name_4=Fourth
Number=2
Rows=1

[Effect-Glide]
GlideAngle=54

[Effect-Zoom]
InitialZoom=1

[Plugins]
cubeslideEnabled=false
desktopchangeosdEnabled=false
dimscreenEnabled=true
flipswitchEnabled=true
glideEnabled=true
kwin4_effect_fadedesktopEnabled=false
sheetEnabled=true
slideEnabled=true

[Script-desktopchangeosd]
PopupHideDelay=1000
TextOnly=false

[Windows]
AutogroupInForeground=true
AutogroupSimilarWindows=false
HideUtilityWindowsForInactive=true
InactiveTabsSkipTaskbar=false
Placement=Smart
RollOverDesktops=true
ShadeHover=false
ShadeHoverInterval=250

[org.kde.kdecoration2]
BorderSize=None
ButtonsOnLeft=MS
ButtonsOnRight=HBFILAX
CloseOnDoubleClickOnMenu=false
library=org.kde.breeze


I have to go study i'll read your answers soon thanks!!

There seems to be not TabBox config group, so the entire thing should default to the "informative" switcher, which is supposed to be centered on screen.
Either your distro manipulated the qml to be on an edge, or you encounter https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341531 - which is -likely- a QtQuick bug (and not avoided by the latest commit)

luebking wrote:There seems to be not TabBox config group, so the entire thing should default to the "informative" switcher, which is supposed to be centered on screen.
Either your distro manipulated the qml to be on an edge, or you encounter https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=341531 - which is -likely- a QtQuick bug (and not avoided by the latest commit)

This is quite weird. The screenshot by Kevin Funk is something that looks designed to be in the middle of the page yet my kde tabbox appears on the left and would be horribly designed if ever would appear in the middle of the screen.

And is there just any way to change it somehow? I would like it in center of screen too if that's possible??.

Thanks.

Can you please provide a screenshot of the item in question?

The only way to "configure" them would be to alter the QML script.

Hello everyone.

I realised i could simply change the style in kde System Settings -> Window Behavior -> Task Switcher.

I didn't know it's official name was called "Task Switcher".

Thanks and have a nice day consider this solved.