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Gnome has the force quit applet that one can use to force apps to quit without opening a task manager.
Currently the only real way to do this is to create a link to x-kill in KDE3 and 4, KDE4 could benefit from something like this.

Well K-runner should support console commands, but I just check it and it didn't work.
Other way would be the console plasmoid.
But still a special plasmoid could be created.

Sunny Rabbiera wrote:Gnome has the force quit applet that one can use to force apps to quit without opening a task manager.
Currently the only real way to do this is to create a link to x-kill in KDE3 and 4, KDE4 could benefit from something like this.

Ctrl-alt-esc works for me Cursor changes into a skull, click on the offending app and it's killed.

Granted, it should or could benefit from being exposed better (i.e. getting people to know the function is there).

I think having this as a plasmoid would be reasonable, although care has to be taken to prevent people from using it accidentally.

TheBlackCat wrote:I think having this as a plasmoid would be reasonable, although care has to be taken to prevent people from using it accidentally.

A plasmoid like this one?

[url=http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Kill?content=83256]
(click :P)[/url]

So it's done. And will be moved to Done.
Actually it's already implemented. My bad!

Alec wrote:A plasmoid like this one?

[url=http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Kill?content=83256]
(click :P)[/url]

No, actually. I was thinking more along the lines of something that popped up a list of open windows and running processes with a way to kill each one. It would also give the option of a mouse-click to kill things, but this would be a more universal solution.

Actually, nevermind. I think this is a substantially different idea that I will post separately.