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#1 2010-03-27 16:21:05

kierank01
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unit converter widget on kde

does anyone use the unit converter on kde?

I have been using it for a long while, and it has been working fine, but since the last few kde upgrades, I cannot type anything into the unit converter data field, so I cannot convert anything.

anyone else got this issue?

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#2 2010-03-27 17:04:27

n0dix
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Re: unit converter widget on kde

any error?

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#3 2010-03-27 18:51:01

kierank01
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Re: unit converter widget on kde

n0dix wrote:

any error?

none, but it runs on the desktop, and I don't know the command to run it from the terminal, so there might be if I were to run it from there.

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#4 2010-03-27 19:52:29

lucke
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Re: unit converter widget on kde

I tried it now and it works. You can install kdeplasma-addons-runners-converter and put things like "10 meters in inches" in krunner (alt-f2) instead.

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#5 2010-03-27 22:25:48

kierank01
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Re: unit converter widget on kde

I tried installing kdeplasma-addons-runners-converter, and got the following:

warning: kdeplasma-addons-runners-converter-4.4.1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling

I let pacman reinstall the package, and '10 meters in inches' works in krunner, but the widget still won't work.

It just looks like the text box isn't properly designed to be a text box. It highlights blue like the address bar in dolphin, but there is no cursor, and there is no black X at the end to delete any text that might be there.

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#6 2010-05-12 10:43:08

kierank01
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Re: unit converter widget on kde

I have found out why this is occuring, but I do not know how to resolve it..

The text that is being entered has a white font colour, and the backgroung is also white, so I cannot see it. If I highlight (double click) what has been entered, I can see the text.

This is also happening on the calendar widget (where the week no, and the date are entered in text at the bottom).

Does anyone know how to change the font colour or the background colour for these? (I have tried changing the clock backgroung colour, but this has no effect on the text boxes).

Last edited by kierank01 (2010-05-12 10:43:40)

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