Description: A simple plasmoid that displays the keyboard/input-device state.
For example, it displays current state of: * num lock status * caps lock status * scroll lock status * And some others.
AUTHORS =======
* Copyright (c) 2004 Gunnar Schmi Dt * Copyright (c) 2008 Sebastian Sauer
* IMPORTANT: * This plasmoid is NOT authored by me. * Its not a part of KDE yet and thus many distros lack it as of now (Nov 09). * I only wish it to be here for those who need it real bad, * for accessibility reasons or otherwise. * Source taken from Ubuntu's Karmic packages but is not dependent on Ubuntu in ANY way.
Install ========
Extract the downloaded source file to a directory Open Konsole and cd to that directory
mkdir build cd build cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=`kde4-config --prefix` ../ make # if successful, do: sudo make install kbuildsycoca4
Other ===== Ubuntu and OpenSUSE probably carry this in their repository already.Last changelog:
Apart from resizing problems... it really looks AWFUL. I was looking for a nice and polished widget that integrates into the the traybar. Do we really have no other choice?
Compare to a kde3 panel applet of similar idea. When placed on the panel or size reduced similarly, this thing should have an iconized view. Right now, attempted scale to smaller sub-icon sizes fails.
Agree - the default setup takes up a lot of panel space and removing unneeded indicators causes the remaining ones to unlarge to the point where the label/icon is hidden under the bottom of the monitor.
Sigh...
Ratings & Comments
10 Comments
10 I am still using KDE thanks to this applet. For sticky key users, it turns KDE from borderline unusable to easy mode.
Apart from resizing problems... it really looks AWFUL. I was looking for a nice and polished widget that integrates into the the traybar. Do we really have no other choice?
Ok, I found something interesting: http://gitorious.org/keystate
Since gitorious is closing down, the project seems to have moved here: https://github.com/xdarklight/keystate-plasmoid
Compare to a kde3 panel applet of similar idea. When placed on the panel or size reduced similarly, this thing should have an iconized view. Right now, attempted scale to smaller sub-icon sizes fails.
Agree - the default setup takes up a lot of panel space and removing unneeded indicators causes the remaining ones to unlarge to the point where the label/icon is hidden under the bottom of the monitor. Sigh...
Nevermind...relogin to KDE corrected the indicator icon oversize problem.
Mandriva package 2010 i586 http://www.mandrivalinux.gr/rpm/2010.0/i586/plasma-applet-kbstate-2.0-1mgr2010.0.i586.rpm
Perhaps this should be modified to use the keystate DataEngine? Just a thought.
I do not maintain this, nor do I have the skill required to work on it. Its in the KDE Playground iirc. Contact the dev about it perhaps? :)