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if access to this bar can be tied into a general windows key (such as the way mac works). nowadays most of the keyboards have "win" key which can be nicely hijacked for this purpose In fact, it this bar should work like a normal panel and dissapear if it is not in use even better. This may be confusing for an initial user, but anyone using kde on a laptop (where desktop real estate is prime), will appreciate such a feature.