How to position the panel widgets?

[RLynwood]

Somehow I messed up the panel's widgets. Now I have the digital clock somewhere near the middle of the panel, the system tray a ways to its left, and my program launcher icons (in the order I want them) to the right of the application launcher menu button. I've read the KDE panel sections of the KDE Help Center and tried repeatedly to figure out how to work the Panel Toolboxes, but I can't budge the digital clock or the system tray. How do I position them properly? Thanks.

[vinnywright]

you must unlock widgets ,,,,,,,,,then click the "panel tool box" icon (far right of the panel) an options dialog will rise up out of the panel ,,,,,,wile this is showing you can point the curser at the clock (or anything elce) and drag it where you want.

VINNY

[Qqmike]

... and then lock the widgets. (Now, how would I remember that?!)

[RLynwood]

you must unlock widgets ,,,,,,,,,then click the "panel tool box" icon (far right of the panel) an options dialog will rise up out of the panel ,,,,,,wile this is showing you can point the curser at the clock (or anything elce) and drag it where you want.

VINNY

Thanks, Vinny. But, I need more help. When I open the tool box, the option I get is "lock the widgets," not unlock them. When I tried the opposite, locking them, the cashew went away. Re-unlocking the panel, I still get the "lock widgets" note. Unlocked, they don't budge. I move them to where I want them, and they spring back to where they were. I notice that the instruction manual says to position the containment, that the widget conforms to its containment, but that doesn't seem to be possible. When I click on such an area, the containment gets highlighted, but the move-the-widget arrows appear, and its the widget that moves with my mouse pointer (but then springs back to where it was). Now what?

[claydoh]

By default, widgets are not locked, but it is a good idea to check anyway, since many people do lock them so they do not get moved around, etc.

You have to sort of drag them a little bit further than you need to, until you see a shaded spot, or another element slides over to make room. Remember that the taskbar itself is a widget here, so that has to slide over/shrink to accommodate the move.

[RLynwood]

That's not working. I've repeatedly moved the digital clock widget over to the right end, where it normally is, even beyond the end, but it still snaps back to where it was before I tried to move it. Strangely, however, it seems to be creeping over toward the right end, not during my normal usage but apparently when I turn off the computer and then get back into Kubuntu (I have four OSs to choose from in booting). And the shaded area--I believe it's called the containment--is right justified and very long, much longer than the clock widget. And I can't seem to adjust its size, though the instructions say to do that.

[claydoh]

Hmm...do you have a taskbar in your panel? Sounds like there isn't one, maybe, or the panel's config is corrupted.

You could always delete the panel, and add a fresh default one - right click >> panel options >> remove panel
then right-click on desktop >> add panel >> default panel