[SOLVED] Where in the lock widgets option in 5.17.90?

[chimak111]

Operating System: Kubuntu 19.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.17.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.66.0
Qt Version: 5.12.4
Kernel Version: 5.3.0-26-generic
OS Type: 64-bit

I don't see an option to lock/unlock widgets

[Snowhog]

Click on the 'hamburger' in the upper right (default position) of the Desktop?

[chimak111]

I don't have the hamburger. I think I removed it and don't know how to get it back.

In 18.04, Desktop Settings has the Tweaks settings which allows one to show/hide the Desktop Toolbox but I'm not seeing that in 19.10 with 5.17.90. I have just Wallpapers and Mouse Actions. No Tweaks.

[Don B. Cilly]

Hey. True. It's supposed to be there:



But it isn't:

[kubicle]

I think Plasma 5.18 (and the beta) will have the desktop toolbox (the hamburger menu) removed. Of course the Lock/Unlock widgets should still be available in the right-click menu in the panel or the desktop.

Don't have the beta installed so I can't test.

You can also test the keyboard shortcut: Alt+D followed by L

[claydoh]

Don't you get this from a normal right click on the desktop or the panel?

[kubicle]

Don't you get this from a normal right click on the desktop or the panel?

This seems to be the case with Cilly (at least on the desktop)

[chimak111]

I think Plasma 5.18 (and the beta) will have the desktop toolbox (the hamburger menu) removed. Of course the Lock/Unlock widgets should still be available in the right-click menu in the panel or the desktop.

Don't have the beta installed so I can't test.

You can also test the keyboard shortcut: Alt+D followed by L

Alt+D followed by L just opens Desktop Settings for me. And the Tweaks section present in 18.04 is absent now. There's just Wallpaper and Mouse Actions:

[Don B. Cilly]

Correct. The menu (second image) is from a normal right-click on the desktop.
Right-click on the panel gives:



No Lock Widgets.

[chimak111]

This is what I see with a right-click on the panel:

[chimak111]

And this is what I get with a right-click on the desktop:

[Don B. Cilly]

Plasma 5.17.90 (which I guess is the Beta)
No Tweaks either:



The menu in the first of my pics above is in the Mouse Actions section.

I guess they did away - unless it's a bug and they lost it -with the lock/unlock widgets thing.
Personally I found it totally useless - and never used it

[chimak111]

...
I guess they did away - unless it's a bug and they lost it -with the lock/unlock widgets thing.
Personally I found it totally useless - and never used it

The reason I was looking for the lock/unlock is because of the plasma transparency button which can be hidden only by locking widgets if I understand this correctly: https://store.kde.org/p/1338479/

[claydoh]

Trawling through Phabricator, bugs, and changelogs, there is no longer a visible lock widgets option, which apparently was originally designed for sysadmin/kiosk mode use. As it has been a long time since widgets have been too easy to move, etc, etc. They removed it with the revamp of the overall settings, apparently. Can be set via config edit.

~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc :

[General]
immutability=2

The default is "1"

There will be howls from the 5 people that actually use it, methinks. I don't recall ever using this option, going back to KDE 4.0, back in 2008.

[Don B. Cilly]

Well, if this is going to be the way it's going to be, maybe someone should tell the Greek to find another way to show/hide the transparency button