<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY package "tdebase"> <!ENTITY kappname "&kicker;"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <!-- The language must NOT be changed here. --> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title>The &kicker; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author>&Orville.Bennett; &Orville.Bennett.mail;</author> <author>&Dirk.Doerflinger; &Dirk.Doerflinger.mail;</author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year>2001</year><year>2002</year> <holder>&Dirk.Doerflinger;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2004</year> <holder>&Orville.Bennett;</holder> </copyright> <copyright> <year>2005</year> <holder>Titus Laska</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date>2006-06-15</date> <releaseinfo>3.5.2</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para> &kicker; is the &tde; application starter panel and is also capable of some useful applets and extensions. It usually resides on the bottom of the desktop. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Kicker</keyword> <keyword>tdebase</keyword> <keyword>panel</keyword> <keyword>application</keyword> <keyword>starter</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> <para> &kicker; is the application launcher panel of the Trinity Desktop Environment. Besides the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu, where you can start applications, &kicker; is also capable of running docked applets like the pager, the taskbar or the clock, and extensions, such as child panels. </para> <para> &kicker; usually resides on the bottom of the desktop, but it can also be moved to any other border. Please report any problems or feature requests to the &tde; mailing lists. </para> </chapter> <chapter id="using-kicker"> <title>Using &kicker;</title> <para> This is what you see on a freshly installed &tde;, assuming that you skipped <application>KPersonalizer</application>. If you are using lower resolution, some of the icons may not appear immediately. To cater for those smaller resolutions, the screenshot below is divided in two parts. </para> <screenshot> <screeninfo>Here is a screenshot of the left side of &kicker;</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="screenshot_left.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot Left</phrase> </textobject> <caption> <para> This is a screenshot of the left side of &kicker; </para> </caption> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <screenshot> <screeninfo>And here is the right side</screeninfo> <mediaobject> <imageobject> <imagedata fileref="screenshot_right.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> <textobject> <phrase>Screenshot Right</phrase> </textobject> <caption> <para> This is the right side of &kicker; </para> </caption> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para> Of course, this is only one way &kicker; might appear on the screen. There are many more configurations available. </para> <sect1 id="newbie"> <title>A quick tour for new &tde; users</title> <para> If you are experienced with this kind of application launcher, you can ignore this chapter and move on to <link linkend="basics">&kicker; basics</link>. </para> <para> The main use of &kicker; is starting applications. This is done by clicking icons, either from the panel or from the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu. &kicker; shows some more things too, so let's see. </para> <para> Having a look at the screenshots above, there are from left to right: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>The <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu</term> <listitem> <para> It is used for launching applications and some other useful things. Refer to <link linkend="k-menu">The <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu </link>for more information. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Application start icons</term> <listitem> <para> Here are some icons of commonly used applications. They can be moved and removed and others can be added. Some of them have a special meaning, which you can read more about in <link linkend="basics">&kicker; basics</link>. Resting the mouse over an icon without clicking shows the name and a short description of that application, if you have set that in the <link linkend="configuring">Settings Dialog</link>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The Pager applet</term> <listitem> <para> This displays a small view of the virtual desktops. Clicking one section of it will activate that desktop. Please refer to <link linkend="applets">Applets</link>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The Taskbar</term> <listitem> <para> All running applications are displayed as buttons in the taskbar. Clicking an application's button will bring this application on top. If it was on top before, it will be iconified. More information is available in the <link linkend="applets">Applets</link> section. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>System Tray</term> <listitem> <para> The system tray is able to swallow some kind of applications like - in this case - &klipper; and the &korganizer; Reminder Daemon. There are many other applications that dock in the system tray, for example &juk; and &kopete;. Clicking the icons with the <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> or the <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> mousebutton performs specific actions defined for each application. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Clock</term> <listitem> <para> The Clock applet is - of course - a small, useful clock. It can have various styles, have a look at the <link linkend="applets">applets</link> section for more information. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guibutton>Hide panel</guibutton> button</term> <listitem> <para> This button lets you fade out &kicker; for having more space on the screen. When &kicker; is faded out, only the <guibutton>Hide panel</guibutton> button will remain in order to fade in &kicker; again. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> This was only the description of &kicker; on its initial launch. It can be configured in many ways and styles and more applets can be added. There are even some extensions like the external taskbar you can add. See <link linkend="basics">&kicker; basics</link>, <link linkend="applets">Applets </link> and <link linkend="extensions">Extensions </link>for more information. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="basics"> <title>&kicker; basics</title> <sect1 id="general-usage"> <title>General usage</title> <para> As mentioned before, there are a lot of things that can be added to &kicker;. This section will tell you everything about application starting, folder browsing and adding some kinds of applets and extensions. Lots of things can be done from the context menu with <guimenuitem>Configure Panel...</guimenuitem> or via the &kcontrolcenter;'s section <menuchoice><guimenu>Desktop</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Panels</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. </para> <sect2 id="adding-apps"> <title>Adding applications</title> <para> There are three different ways to add an application to &kicker;: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Drag and Drop</term> <listitem> <para> Simply drag any file from &konqueror; into &kicker; and it's there. Dragging also works from the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu with any entry. You can change the attributes like optional command line parameters or the icon by clicking it with the &RMB; and choosing <guimenuitem>Configure <replaceable>applicationname</replaceable> Button...</guimenuitem> from the context menu. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Using the context menu to add a &tde; application</term> <listitem> <para> Click the &RMB; on any free space in &kicker; and choose <guisubmenu>Add Application to Panel</guisubmenu>. There you can choose an application which will then be added to &kicker;. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Using the context menu to add a non-&tde;-application</term> <listitem> <para> Non-&tde;-applications ⪚ <application>xosview</application> or <application>xemacs</application>. </para> <para> Click the &RMB; on any free space in &kicker; and choose <guisubmenu>Add Application to Panel</guisubmenu> and then <guimenuitem>Add Non-KDE Application</guimenuitem>. In the newly appearing window, enter <guilabel>Button title</guilabel> and a <guilabel>Description</guilabel> of the application in the first two text boxes. Then fill in the command of the application you wish to add in the <guilabel>Executable:</guilabel> text box. You can also append command line arguments, have the application start from a terminal, and choose the icon which will appear in &kicker; by clicking the <guiicon>gear</guiicon>. If you don't choose an icon, the application will use the gear as a default. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> Applications can be moved or removed by &RMB; click and choosing <guimenuitem>Move <replaceable>application name</replaceable> Button</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Remove <replaceable>application name</replaceable> Button</guimenuitem>. You can also move icons using the &MMB; if you have one. To do this click on an icon using the &MMB;, hold for a second and then drag the icon to its new position. Another way to remove an application is by clicking the &RMB; on any free space and then choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Remove from Panel</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Application</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and then the application you want to be removed. </para> <!-- NOTE: Lauri: I'd say it would confuse users if I'd mention Non-KDE-Apps --> <!-- explicitly here. Please add them if you think there's a need. --> </sect2> <sect2 id="adding-folders"> <title>Adding Folders</title> <para> Folders can be added by simply dragging a folder to any free space of &kicker;. Quick Browsers can also be added from the context menu or the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu. </para> <para> There are two different ways to have a folder in &kicker;, you can choose between them in the menu appearing after dropping. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Add as File Manager &URL;</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para>Choosing this will add a link to the selected folder. Clicking this <guiicon>folder</guiicon> icon will open &konqueror; displaying the contents of this folder. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Add as Quick Browser</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para>If you add a folder this way, it will be displayed as a submenu of &kicker;. This submenu contains <guimenuitem>Open in File Manager</guimenuitem>, which does the same as a file manager &URL;, and <guimenuitem>Open in Terminal</guimenuitem>, which opens a terminal with this folder as the working path. Also, this submenu contains the contents of that folder. Sub-folders are displayed as new submenus like the Quick Browser itself. The maximum number of displayed elements can be set in the <link linkend="configuring">Settings Dialog</link>. Quick Browsers can also be added from the context menu of &kicker; and then choosing <guimenuitem>Add Applet to Panel...</guimenuitem> and then <guilabel>Special Buttons</guilabel> on the right top of the <guilabel>Add Applet</guilabel> dialog. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> Both kinds of folders can be moved or removed by &RMB; click and choosing <guimenuitem>Move <replaceable>application name</replaceable> Button</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Remove <replaceable>application name</replaceable> Button</guimenuitem>. You can also move icons using the &MMB; if you have one. To do this click on an icon using the &MMB;, hold for a second and then drag the icon to its new position. Another way to remove a folder is by clicking the &RMB; on any free space and then choosing <menuchoice><guimenu>Remove from Panel</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and then the applet you want to be removed. </para> <para> File manager &URL;s can also be configured from the context menu, just like any other folder anywhere in &tde;. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="adding-special-icons"> <title>Special Icons</title> <para> Some icons in &kicker; have a special meaning. They are added by choosing <guimenuitem>Add Applet to Panel...</guimenuitem> and then <guilabel>Special Buttons</guilabel> on the right top of the <guilabel>Add Applet</guilabel> dialog. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>TDE Menu</guilabel> Icon</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="k_menu_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> The <guiicon>TDE Menu icon</guiicon> is one of the most necessary icons in &kicker;. As you might guess, it opens the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu, which you can learn more about in <link linkend="k-menu">The K Menu</link>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Window List Menu</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="windowlist_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> Clicking this <guiicon>icon</guiicon> will show the <guimenu>Window list</guimenu>. Its first entry, <guimenuitem>Unclutter Windows</guimenuitem>, tries to move the windows on your active desktop in a way to see as many as possible. </para> <para> <guimenuitem>Cascade Windows</guimenuitem> puts all windows on the active desktop over each others, the most recently on top and the others sorted by the time they where last used.</para> <para>Below those entries is a list of all currently running applications, grouped by the desktops on which they are running. Clicking on an application will activate it. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Bookmarks Menu</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="bookmarks_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> The <guiicon>Bookmarks</guiicon> icon provides fast access to your bookmarks. They appear in the same way as if you click the <guimenu>Bookmarks</guimenu> menu in &konqueror;. Clicking a bookmark in the menu will launch &konqueror; with the &URL; which is behind that bookmark. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Recent Documents</guilabel> Icon</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="recent_docs_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> This menu shows the most recently used documents. Clicking the element <guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem> will remove those entries, which may be useful for privacy reasons. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Show Access</guilabel> Icon</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="desktop_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> The <guiicon>Show desktop</guiicon> icon lets you have quick access to all the things you have on your desktop by minimizing all currently open applications. Clicking it once will toggle it to show the desktop. The icon will remain pressed until you either click it again, which will restore your minimized apps, or reactivate an application from the taskbar. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Quick File Browser</guilabel> Item</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="quickbrowser_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon>Adding a <guiicon>Browse</guiicon> icon will open a dialog which will let you choose a path and an icon, which will appear as a <guimenu>Quick File Browser</guimenu> menu. Refer to the <link linkend="adding-folders">Adding Folders</link> section for more information about quick browsers. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Non-&tde; Application Launcher</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> <!-- <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata --> <!-- fileref="nonkdeapp_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> --> <!-- </inlinemediaobject></guiicon> --> The <guilabel>Non-&tde; Application Launcher</guilabel> lets you add an application which doesn't appear in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu to &kicker;. Refer to <link linkend="adding-apps">Adding Applications</link> for more information about Non-&tde; Applications. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Terminal Sessions</guilabel> Icon</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="terminals_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> This icon provides a menu of the available Terminal sessions, just as &konsole; does when you click and hold its <guiicon>New Session</guiicon> button. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Print System</guilabel> Icon</term> <listitem> <para> <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="printsys_icon.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon>This icon gives direct access to &tde;'s printing system. &tde; is able to utilize various printing systems according to users' wishes. The options shown below will vary depending on the printing system in use. Clicking the &LMB; on the icon opens a menu which gives the following options: <itemizedlist> <listitem><para> <guimenuitem>Add Printer...</guimenuitem> This will start &tde;'s Add Printer Wizard which allows you to simply add a new printer to your system.</para> </listitem> <listitem><para> <guimenuitem>&tde; Print Settings</guimenuitem> This item will open the &tde; Print Configuration dialog.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><guimenuitem>Configure Server</guimenuitem> This item allows configuration of a &CUPS; Server. An authorization dialog, requiring validation, will be presented to you before allowing any changes. </para> </listitem> <listitem><para> <guimenuitem>Print Manager</guimenuitem> This item starts the Printing Manager, &tde;'s main printing control center.</para> </listitem> <listitem><para> <guimenuitem>Print Browser (&konqueror;)</guimenuitem> This item will start &konqueror; with the <literal>print:/</literal> io-slave to browse all kinds of printers.</para> </listitem> <listitem><para> <guimenuitem>Print File...</guimenuitem> This item opens a dialog which lets you easily print one or more files.</para> </listitem> <listitem><para> The next items with the names of all your printers open the KJobviewer window for each printer.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="removing-icons"> <title>Removing all kinds of icons</title> <para> Clicking the &RMB; on any icon, whether it's an application, folder or special icon and then choosing <guimenuitem>Remove <replaceable>name</replaceable></guimenuitem> from the appearing context menu will remove the icon from &kicker;. </para> <para> Another way of removing icons is clicking the &RMB; on any free space in &kicker; and choosing <guimenuitem>Remove From Panel</guimenuitem> and then <guimenuitem>Applet</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Application</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>All</guimenuitem>. You can then choose the button you want to remove in the submenu.</para> <note> <para> Please note that removing an icon from &kicker; won't remove the application on the disk! </para> </note> </sect2> <sect2 id="adding-applets"> <title>Adding Applets</title> <para> &kicker; comes with a set of applets like the taskbar or the mini-pager. They can be added by choosing <guisubmenu>Add Applet to Panel...</guisubmenu> from the context menu, which can be opened by clicking the &RMB; on any free space in &kicker;. In the upcoming dialog, choose an applet to add and click the <guibutton>Add to Panel</guibutton> button. </para> <para> Applets can be moved by dragging them on their handle with holding the &LMB;, or the &MMB;, or by choosing <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> from the context menu. </para> <para> You can learn more about the applets in the section <link linkend="applets">Applets</link>. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="removing-applets"> <title>Removing Applets</title> <para> Applets can be removed by choosing the <guimenuitem>Remove <replaceable>applet name</replaceable></guimenuitem> option from the context menu, which appears when the &RMB; is clicked on the applet's handle (left or top side of the applet) or on the icon itself. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="adding-extensions"> <title>Adding Extensions</title> <para> There is also the possibility to add external extensions to &kicker;, like the <guimenuitem>External Taskbar</guimenuitem>, the <guimenuitem>Dock Application Bar</guimenuitem> for WindowMaker dock-applications, <guimenuitem>Kasbar</guimenuitem>, an iconic kind of taskbar, an <guimenuitem>Universal Sidebar</guimenuitem> and even child <guimenuitem>Panel</guimenuitem>s which behave like new instances of &kicker;. </para> <para> Extensions can be added by selecting them from the submenu <guisubmenu>Add New Panel</guisubmenu> in the context menu of &kicker;. Most of the extensions can be moved to any border of the screen by dragging them with the &LMB; on a free space. If that does not work, open the context menu on any free space in &kicker;, choose <guimenuitem>Configure Panel...</guimenuitem> and set up the panel positions in the appearing dialog. </para> <para> More about extensions can be read in the <link linkend="extensions">extensions</link> section. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="removing-extensions"> <title>Removing Extensions</title> <para> You can remove extensions by clicking <guimenuitem>Remove</guimenuitem> in their context menu, usually located in the fade-out handles or by selecting them from the <guisubmenu>Remove Panel</guisubmenu> submenu of the &kicker; context menu. </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="configuring-apps"> <title>Configuring Application Buttons</title> <para> Every <guiicon>application starter</guiicon> has some preferences you can set from their context menu with <guimenuitem>Configure <replaceable>application name</replaceable>Button...</guimenuitem>. Usually applications and folders have the same preferences as in &konqueror;. Only the applications which are located in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu (for experienced users: those which have a <literal role="extension">.desktop</literal> extension in the <filename class="directory">applnk</filename> folder) have a special kind of config dialog. </para> <sect2 id="general-tab"> <title>The <guilabel>General</guilabel> Tab</title> <para> Here you can see some information about the application link. You can also choose an icon by clicking on the <guibutton>icon button</guibutton> <!-- and change the filename of the link file -->. This may be useful if you want the icon on the panel behave different to the analog one in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu. </para> <!-- Note: illogic-al: Modification not possible from Kicker's Properties menu as root usually owns these .desktop files--> </sect2> <sect2 id="permissions-tab"> <title>The <guilabel>Permissions</guilabel> Tab</title> <para> Here you can see the permissions of the link file. Please refer to the manuals or handbooks of your operating system for more about permissions. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="application-tab"> <title>The <guilabel>Application</guilabel> Tab</title> <para> You can set the behavior of the application when it's executed on this page. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Name</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Here you can set the name of the application which will be shown in the tooltip. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Description</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Here you can set an informative title which will be shown in the tooltip. </para> <note> <para> Once the <guilabel>Description</guilabel> is set however, it alone will be shown in the tooltip. </para> </note> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Comment</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> See <guilabel>Description</guilabel>. </para> <note> <para> If you set a <guilabel>Name</guilabel> and a <guilabel>Comment</guilabel>, they will be shown as tooltips of the start icons in the style <quote>Name - Comment</quote>. </para> </note> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Command</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Usually, there is only the name of the binary that has to be started when clicking on the icon. You can search for another application to be started by clicking the <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> button and/or add special command line parameters to the application. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Work path</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Not yet written </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <!--<varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Panel Embedding</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> This feature is not implemented yet. </para> </listitem> <listitem><para>&kicker; has the possibility to swallow some applications like <abbrev>e.g.</abbrev> <application>XOSView</application>. This means that the application will show up directly in the panel. Therefore you have to insert the exact title of the application window in the <guilabel>Window Title</guilabel> Textfield. You can also specify an application that will be executed when clicking on the swallowed application by typing it's name in the <guilabel>Execute on click</guilabel> field.</para></listitem> </varlistentry>--> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Supported file types:</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> In this section you can choose what kinds of filetypes are handled by this application. Please refer to &konqueror; handbook for more about this. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Advanced Options</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> This button allows for further configuration of the application to be run. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run in terminal</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, the application will be executed in a terminal window. You can also add special Terminal options. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run as different user</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Checking this option will let the application start with the permission of the user you typed in the field <guilabel>Username</guilabel>. You will be prompted for the user's password on application start. This option may be very useful if you want to start some applications as superuser. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Enable launch feedback</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, this will display feedback when an application icon is clicked with the &LMB;. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Place in system tray</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> When checked, the application's icon will show up in the panel system tray. You will then be able to hide or show the application by clicking on the system tray icon. Clicking on it using the &RMB; will allow also you to undock, or quit the application. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>DCOP registration</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Not yet written </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="configuring"> <title>Configuring &kicker;</title> <para> This section describes the ways &kicker; can be configured. It's only about the basic &kicker; settings, configuration of the applets are described in their <link linkend="applets">sections</link> </para> <para> You can change the settings by either clicking <guimenuitem>Configure Panel...</guimenuitem> in the context menu of &kicker;, or in &kcontrolcenter; by going to <guilabel>Desktop</guilabel> and then selecting the <guilabel>Panels</guilabel> or the <guilabel>Taskbar</guilabel> module. </para> <sect1 id="panel"> <title>The Panel Section</title> <sect2 id="panel-extensions"> <title>Extensions</title> <para> Panels and panel <link linkend="extensions">extensions</link> are configured on the same page. Simply choose one of your extensions (⪚ Child Panel) from the <guilabel>Settings for:</guilabel> listbox. You will then be adjust its settings rather than that of the Main Panel. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="panel-arrangement"> <title><guilabel>Arrangement</guilabel></title> <para> In the <guilabel>Arrangement</guilabel> tab you can configure some basic functionality of the &tde; panel (&ie; functionality you'd find in other panel applications as well; later we'll come to the more interesting features). </para> <para> In the <guilabel>Position</guilabel> frame you can choose which screen border the panel should be attached to. Please note that usually the available space is used more efficiently if the panel is aligned horizontally, &ie; attached to the top or bottom screen border. If you want to play around with different settings you can change the panel's position even easier by dragging the panel from one border to the other. </para> <para> The <guilabel>Length</guilabel> frame lets you define how much space a panel will occupy on the side of the screen which it resides. By default this is on the bottom so changing this value will affect a panel's width. The value can be anywhere from 1% to 100%. Checking the check box <guilabel>Expand as required to fit contents</guilabel> makes sure that a panel is at least as big as needed to show every icon and applet. </para> <para> The <guilabel>Size</guilabel> frame lets you define how large a panel will be. The panel's size can be tiny, small, medium, large or custom. Depending on which applets you use you may find that some applets work better at different panel sizes. <!--You can also change the size by clicking the &RMB; on any free space and choosing a size from the <guimenu>Size</guimenu> menu.--> </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="panel-hiding"> <title><guilabel>Hiding</guilabel></title> <para> Depending on your screen resolution you may find that the panel takes away too much of your precious screen real estate. To save screen space, the panel offers an auto hide feature. When this feature is enabled, the panel will hide when the mouse cursor has not been moved over it for a configurable amount of time. If you move the mouse to the panel's screen border it will show up again. Select the <guilabel>Hide automatically</guilabel> option in the <guilabel>Hide Mode</guilabel> frame to enable this feature. You can also configure the amount of time the panel will wait before it hides here. The check box <guilabel>Show panel when switching desktops</guilabel> makes sure that the panel will be shown on the new chosen desktop. Otherwise, if there are too many applets and icons on &kicker;, two small scroll buttons will be displayed to scroll the whole panel. </para> <para> When the panel's hide buttons are enabled you'll see buttons on both sides of the panel, with arrows showing to the screen border. If you click on one of these buttons, the panel will slide away in that direction. After that, you'll see a remaining show button in that corner, which will make the panel show again. Check the appropriate checkbox if you want the hide buttons to show up on any side of &kicker;. Using the slider you can change the width of the buttons. </para> <para> You can toggle which hide buttons the chosen panel should have with the check boxes in the group <guilabel>Panel-Hiding Buttons</guilabel>. </para> <para> The <guilabel>Panel Animation</guilabel> frame allows you to choose whether the panel will softly slide away or just disappear. Checking the <guilabel>Animate panel hiding</guilabel> will allow you to configure the speed of the animation using the sliders. Unchecking, naturally, disables the panel animations. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="panel-menus"> <title>Menus</title> <para> In the <guilabel>Menus</guilabel> tab you can configure the panel menu's behavior. This affects the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu you will often use to launch applications, the browser menus you can use to access folders and other menus like the recent documents menu. </para> <para> The <guilabel>TDE Menu</guilabel> frame offers you some options to configure the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu's functionality. The <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel> and <guilabel>Recent Documents</guilabel> options will enable submenus showing your <application>konqueror</application> bookmarks and the last documents you've opened using &tde; applications respectively. The <guilabel>Quick Browser</guilabel> option will enable a browser menu. Enabling the <guilabel>Show side image</guilabel> check box will display a neat image on the left side of the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu. The <guilabel>Menu item format</guilabel> entry allows you to set how detailed the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu entries will be. The <guilabel>Name only</guilabel> option simply shows the application's name in the menu. The <guilabel>Name (Description)</guilabel> option will show a small description besides the name of the application. The <guilabel>Description (Name)</guilabel> and <guilabel>Name (Description)</guilabel> options will show both name and description in the KMenu. </para> <para> In the <guilabel>QuickBrowser Menus</guilabel> frame you can configure whether the panel's browser menus will show hidden files or not (hidden files on &UNIX; systems are those whose filenames begin with a dot) as well as how many files at most will be shown in a browser menu; the latter option may be especially useful if you have a rather small screen resolution, as the browser menus would otherwise quickly fill up your screen when you browse folders containing many files. </para> <para> The quick start section in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> menu offers quick access to programs you have used often or recently. In the <guilabel>QuickStart Menu Items</guilabel> frame you can choose whether this section will show the most recently or the most frequently used programs. Using the option <guilabel>Maximum number of entries</guilabel> you can configure how many programs the quick start section will remember. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="panel-appearance"> <title><guilabel>Appearance</guilabel></title> <para> Using the <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> tab you can configure the panel's overall appearance. </para> <para> The check box <guilabel>Enable icon mouseover effects</guilabel> toggles the large animated tooltips of &kicker;. They show name and description of the icons and applets the mousepointer is positioned on. </para> <para> If <guilabel>Show tooltips</guilabel> is checked, the classical small tooltips with descriptions of the icons and applets will be shown if the mousepointer rests over an icon for some seconds. Note that this has no effect as long as the option to <guilabel>Enable icon mouseover effects</guilabel> is enabled. </para> <para> The &tde; panel supports so-called <quote>tiled buttons</quote>. This means that the buttons shown on the panel will be drawn using configurable images/colors. </para> <para> For every kind of panel button there is a combo box offering a custom color option and tiled images. When the value is changed from "Default", tiles are enabled for this kind of button. You can also see a preview of a tile before use via the combo box. </para> <para> The different kinds of buttons are: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>TDE Menu</guilabel> tiles</term> <listitem> <para> The icon for the <guiicon>TDE Menu</guiicon> will be displayed as a tile </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Applications</guilabel> tiles</term> <listitem> <para> The icons which start applications will be displayed as tiles </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Desktop access</guilabel> tiles</term> <listitem> <para> The <guiicon>Desktop Access</guiicon> icon will be displayed as a tile </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>QuickBrowser menus</guilabel> Tiles</term> <listitem> <para> The icons for <guiicon>Quickbrowsers</guiicon> will be displayed as tiles </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Window list</guilabel> Tiles</term> <listitem> <para> The <guiicon>Window List</guiicon> icon will be displayed as a tile </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> The <guilabel>Enable transparency</guilabel> option, when checked, allows the panel to appear transparent. </para> <para> The background image is a picture that will be used to draw the panel's background, just like you can use a picture for the desktop background. Check the <guilabel>Enable background image</guilabel> option to enable this feature. You can specify an image file in the edit box below or choose one by clicking on the <guiicon>Open file dialog</guiicon> button. You may also check the <guilabel>Colorize to match the desktop color scheme</guilabel> box to modify the background image's colors. You'll see a preview of the selected picture on the right. </para> </sect2> <!-- This section seems deprecated... <sect2 id="panel-applets"> <title>Applets</title> <para> Applets are small plugins that extend the panel's functionality. &tde; comes with some applets but they may be provided by third parties as well.</para> <para> Panel applets can be started using two different ways: internally or externally. While <quote>internal</quote> is the preferred way to load applets, this can raise stability or security problems when you are using poorly programmed third-party applets. To address these problems, applets can be marked <quote>trusted</quote>. You might want to configure the panel to treat trusted applets different from untrusted ones. Your options are: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para> <guilabel>Load only trusted applets internal</guilabel>: All applets but the ones marked <quote>trusted</quote> will be loaded using an external wrapper application. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <guilabel>Load startup config applets internal</guilabel>: The applets shown on &tde; startup will be loaded internally, others will be loaded using an external wrapper application.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><guilabel>Load all applets internal</guilabel>: will load all applets internally, regardless of whether they are trusted or not. </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> For stability and security reasons, we recommend using one of the first two options and that you mark only those applets as 'trusted' that come with the &tde; base packages. </para> <para> To mark applets <quote>trusted</quote> or <quote>untrusted</quote> you can move them from one of the shown listboxes to the other. Just try selecting an applet in the list of trusted applets and click the <guibutton>>></guibutton> button. This will move the selected applet to the other list, while clicking the <guibutton><<</guibutton> button will move the selected applet of the list of available applets to the list of trusted ones. </para> </sect2> --> </sect1> <sect1 id="taskbar-settings"> <title>The <guilabel>Taskbar</guilabel> Section</title> <para> This section changes the settings of the taskbar. Changes affect the external taskbar and also taskbar applets on &kicker; or child-panels. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Show windows from all desktops</term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, the taskbar will show all running apps of every desktop. Otherwise, only the applications of the current desktop are shown. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Sort windows by desktop</term> <listitem> <para> Checking this box will sort all <guibutton>taskbar buttons</guibutton> in a group for each desktop, otherwise they are sorted by the order they are started. This will not affect grouped tasks if they are spread over more than one desktop. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Sort alphabetically by window name</term> <listitem> <para> To be written</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Show only minimized windows</term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, only windows which have been minimized will be shown in the taskbar. If <guilabel>Show windows from all desktops</guilabel> has been checked then all minimized windows will be shown. Otherwise, only the minimized windows of the current virtual desktop will be shown. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Show application icons</term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, every <guibutton>taskbar button</guibutton> will have the icon of the running application beside its title. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Show window list button</term> <listitem> <para>Checking this box will show the small <guibutton>window list button</guibutton>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Group similar tasks</term> <listitem> <para> <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="taskbar_group.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject> </para> <para> This is an option which helps you if you often lack space in your taskbar. If it is set to <guilabel>Always</guilabel>, several instances of the same application are grouped together in one taskbar button. Select <guilabel>When Taskbar Full</guilabel> to make &kicker; only group similar tasks if there is not much space left in the taskbar. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> You can define the mouse actions of the taskbar buttons with the settings in the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> frame. Each action can be one of the following:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> <guilabel>Show Task List</guilabel> </term> <listitem><para>Clicking with the mouse button will open a menu displaying all tasks in that group. If you click an entry of that menu with any mouse button, the corresponding application will become active.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Show Operations Menu</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para>Clicking with the mousebutton will open a menu with all applications of that group, where every application has its window menu as a submenu and there are some group specific entries like <guimenuitem>Close All</guimenuitem> which closes all applications of that group, <guisubmenu>All to Desktop</guisubmenu> which lets you define on which desktop the whole group appears and <guimenuitem>Maximize All</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Minimize All</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Restore All</guimenuitem> which appends those actions to all applications of that group. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Cycle Through Windows</guilabel></term> <listitem><para>If this action is chosen, each click with the mousebutton on the <guibutton>taskbar button</guibutton> will activate one of that group's applications, one after each others.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Activate Task</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> <guilabel>Activate Task</guilabel>: Clicking with the mousebutton will activate the first application in that group without opening the group menu. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Raise Task</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para>The first application of that group will be put in the foreground without giving focus to it.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Lower Task</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> The first application of that group will be put in the background. It won't lose the focus. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Minimize Task</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para>The first application of that group will be minimized. If it is already minimized, it will be restored again.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>Please note that some of these settings only have effect if a taskbar button contains more than one application. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="k-menu"> <title>The <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu</title> <para> The <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu is one of the central elements of &kicker;. </para> <para> There are five main groups in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu which will be described now from bottom to top. </para> <sect1 id="kde-group"> <title>The &tde; Group</title> <para> This group is for the common &tde; things in the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Log Out...</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> This entry is used to finish the &tde; session. It also shuts down the &X-Window; session. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Lock Session</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> With this entry you can lock your session if you don't want anybody else to access your desktop. If you have set a screensaver, it will appear when locked, otherwise the screen will turn black. If you hit any key, you will be prompted for your user password. This is independent from the screensaver's password settings. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Special Configuration</term> <listitem> <para> Clicking with the &RMB; on the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu, will produce a special submenu. In this submenu is the <guisubmenu>Panel Menu</guisubmenu>. Here you can change the settings of &kicker;, described in the <link linkend="configuring">Configuring &kicker;</link> section, add things to &kicker; (see in <link linkend="basics">&kicker; Basics</link> for more), or reach the <guisubmenu>Help</guisubmenu> Menu, but as you are reading this, you probably found it yourself. You can also start the <application>Menu Editor</application> via this submenu. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="run-command"> <title><guilabel>Run Command...</guilabel></title> <para> This will bring up a small but powerful application start dialog. </para> <para> In the standard case, you just type in a command and press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or click <guibutton>Run</guibutton>. But there is also an <guibutton>Options >></guibutton> button which will bring up some starting options to the command window. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run in terminal window</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Checking this box will let the application start in a terminal which means that you will be able to see any command-line messages the application may give. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run as a different user</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> If this box is checked, you can specify a user with whose permission the application should run in the <guilabel>Username</guilabel> textfield. If you specify another user, you will have to give a password at the box below. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run with different priority</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> Check this option to run with a different priority. A higher priority will tell the operating system to give more processing time to the applications. You can use the slider to change the priority. If you want to give your app a higher priority than the default one (middle position), you will need to enter the root password below. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Run with realtime scheduling</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> The Scheduler is the part of the operating system which processes will run and which have to wait. Usually, an application will run with normal schedule, which means it can use the processing time it gets from the operating system, but you can also set it to realtime. This means that the application has all the process time until it gives it away. You will need to enter the root password to use <guilabel>Run with realtime scheduling</guilabel>. </para> <warning> <para> This can be dangerous. If the application hangs and cannot give up the processor, the complete system might hang. </para> </warning> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="actions"> <title>The Actions Group</title> <para> This group contains some very useful dynamic menus as described in the <link linkend="panel-menus">Menus</link> section of &kicker;'s settings. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Quick Browser</guisubmenu></term> <listitem> <para> This submenu contains quick browsers for three very useful folders: home, root, and system configuration. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Recent Documents</guisubmenu></term> <listitem> <para> This menu shows the most recently used documents (works only with &tde; applications for the moment). Clicking the element <guimenuitem>Clear History</guimenuitem> will remove those entries, what may be useful for privacy reasons. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Bookmarks</guisubmenu></term> <listitem> <para> This submenu shows your personal bookmarks just like &konqueror; does. Refer to the &konqueror; Handbook for more help on this. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="application-group"> <title>The All Applications Group</title> <para> The submenus for application starting are located in this group. You can use &kmenuedit; to add, remove or move the entries. Applications will have a short description if either the <guilabel>Name (Description)</guilabel> or <guilabel>Description (Name)</guilabel> option is enabled in the settings. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="most-recently-group"> <title>The Most Used Applications Group</title> <para> This group holds either the most recently or the most frequently used applications. See the <link linkend="panel-menus">Menus Configuration</link> section for more about that. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="applets"> <title>Applets</title> <para> Applets are small applications running inside of &kicker;. Almost everything besides the <guiicon>application starter buttons</guiicon> are applets. They can be added from the context menu by choosing<guisubmenu>Add Applet to Panel</guisubmenu>. Every applet contains a small arrow in its handle. Clicking it will bring up a menu which lets you move or remove it, set the Preferences, if there are any and set the preferences of &kicker;. </para> <sect1 id="taskbar-applet"> <title>The Taskbar Applet</title> <para> The taskbar applet shows buttons for the running applications. The application, which has the focus, is shown as a pressed button. If an application is minimized, the title displayed in the taskbar will fade to gray. </para> <tip> <para> If you click on the button of the active application, it will be minimized. This means also that if you click twice on an inactive application, it will also be minimized. </para> </tip> <para> A click with the &RMB; on a button will show the standard application menu. Only the entry <guimenuitem>To Current Desktop</guimenuitem> differs: if you have set the taskbar to show the applications of all desktops, you can move this app to the current desktop. </para> <para> There is also a small icon on the left or top side of the taskbar, which opens a menu. This is called the <guibutton>windows list icon</guibutton>. The menu's first entry, <guimenuitem>Unclutter Windows</guimenuitem>, tries to move the windows on your active desktop in a way to see as many as possible. <guimenuitem>Cascade Windows</guimenuitem> puts all windows on the active desktop over each others, the most recently on top and the others sorted by the time they where last used. </para> <para> Below those entries is a list of all currently running applications, grouped by the desktops on which they are running. Clicking on the name of a desktop will switch to that one, clicking an application will also activate it. You can specify the mouse behavior. Please refer to <link linkend="taskbar-settings">Taskbar</link> settings for more about that. </para> <sect2 id="configure-taskbar-applet"> <title>Configuring the Taskbar Applet</title> <para> You can configure the taskbar by clicking the &RMB; on the small move handle. </para> <para> Please refer to <xref linkend="taskbar-settings"/> for details about the preferences of the taskbar. </para> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="pager-applet"> <title>The Mini-Pager Applet</title> <para> This little applet shows a preview of the virtual desktops, lets you switch between virtual desktops and gives you the ability to move windows from one desktop to another by dragging them. </para> <para> There is also a very useful context menu used to configure this applet: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Configure Desktops...</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> This opens the configuration dialog for virtual desktops. There you can specify how many desktops you want to have and give them names. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guisubmenu>Pager Options</guisubmenu></term> <listitem> <para> In this submenu you can configure the appearance of the Mini-Pager. It provides the following functionality: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Pager Layout</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> In this section you can choose in how many <guimenuitem>Rows</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Columns</guimenuitem> the desktop previews are arranged, if you want to see which windows are currently visible on the desktops and if icons should indicate the applications running on the different vitual desktops. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Text Label</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> Here you can choose if the desktop previews should be labeled by their numbers, their names or if you you don't want them to be labeled at all. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Background</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> You can set the background of the pager to <guimenuitem>Elegant</guimenuitem>, <guimenuitem>Transparent</guimenuitem> or equivalent to the <guimenuitem>Desktop Wallpaper</guimenuitem>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><guimenuitem>Launch Pager</guimenuitem></term> <listitem> <para> This launches the application &kpager;, which provides functions similar to those offered by the Mini-Pager applet. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="clock-applet"> <title>The Clock Applet</title> <para> As you might already guess, the clock applet is a small clock which resides in &kicker;. </para> <para> A click with the &LMB; on the clock will show a small calendar. You can use the <guibutton>single arrows</guibutton> to switch the months or the <guibutton>double arrows</guibutton> for switching years. This won't have any effect of your date settings, it's just for your information. </para> <para> There are some things you can do with the clock applet. This can be done from the context menu. </para> <sect2 id="clock-type"> <title><guisubmenu>Type</guisubmenu></title> <para> There are four ways the clock can appear: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>Plain</term> <listitem> <para> This lets the clock appear as a simple text that shows the time in plain text. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Digital</term> <listitem> <para> This lets the clock appear as a digital clock showing the time in the well known seven segment style. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Analog</term> <listitem> <para> If this is set, the clock will be displayed as an old styled analog clock. </para> <note> <para>This may only be useful if you set &kicker; to normal or large size. </para> </note> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>Fuzzy</term> <listitem> <para> This is a very unorthodox style of time display. Try it out, it is really funny! </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> <sect2 id="show-timezone"> <title><guimenuitem>Show Timezone</guimenuitem></title> <para> Select available timezones or open the <guilabel>Timezones</guilabel> tab of <guilabel>Configure</guilabel> dialog of the clock applet with <guimenuitem>Configure Timezones...</guimenuitem>.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="adjust-time"> <title><guimenuitem>Adjust Date & Time</guimenuitem></title> <para> This option starts the <guilabel>Date & Time</guilabel> configuration module in the section <guilabel>System Administration</guilabel> of the &kcontrolcenter;.</para> <note> <para> You will need the super user password for adjusting date and time. </para> </note> </sect2> <sect2 id="date-format"> <title><guimenuitem>Date & Time Format</guimenuitem></title> <para> This will open the <guilabel>Country/Region & Language</guilabel> module in the section <guilabel>Regional & Accessibility</guilabel> of the &kcontrolcenter; where you can set your formats on the page <guilabel>Times & Dates</guilabel>. There aren't any special permissions needed for that. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="copy-date"> <title><guisubmenu>Copy to Clipboard</guisubmenu></title> <para> If you need to paste the actual date and/or time in another application (⪚ in a text editor), you can copy it to the clipboard with this function. After selecting one of the available formats, the actual date and/or time is placed in the clipboard using the appropriate format. </para> </sect2> <sect2 id="clock-preferences"> <title><guimenuitem>Configure Clock...</guimenuitem></title> <para> Here you can set some general preferences of the clock applet. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><guilabel>Appearence</guilabel></term> <listitem> <para> In the <guilabel>Clock Type</guilabel> settings you can choose between the clock styles like in the context menu. </para> <!--para> The <guilabel>Date</guilabel> group lets you pick font and color of the date, which is shown when activated for the specific clock type. </para>--> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Plain Clock</guilabel> options</term> <listitem> <para>In the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> section you can check if you want to have the date and/or the seconds shown. In <guilabel>Time</guilabel> you can choose if you want the common &tde; look or your own custom colors and font. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Digital Clock</guilabel> options</term> <listitem> <para>In the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> section you can check if you want to have the date, the seconds and/or blinking dots shown. In <guilabel>Time</guilabel> you can choose if you want the common <acronym>LCD</acronym>-Look or your own custom colors. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Analog Clock</guilabel> options</term> <listitem> <para> In the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> section you can check if you want to have the date and/or seconds shown. In <guilabel>Time</guilabel> you can choose if you want the common <acronym>LCD</acronym>-Look or your own custom colors. You can also set the level of antialiasing, which means that lines will get blurred a little bit to prevent steps in the drawing. High quality antialiasing may catch some system load on low-end systems. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term>The <guilabel>Fuzzy Clock</guilabel> options</term> <listitem> <para> In the <guilabel>Display</guilabel> section you can check if you want to have the date shown. In <guilabel>Time</guilabel> you can choose the colors and the font of the fuzzy clock. There is also a slider to set the <guilabel>Fuzziness</guilabel>. This cannot be described in the documents, just do your own experiments. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> <sect1 id="launcher-applet"> <title>The Quick Launcher Applet</title> <para> This is a compressed application launcher. It is very useful especially if the panel is set to normal or large size. You can add applications by drag and drop or from the context menu. The context menu is also used to remove an application. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="systemtray-applet"> <title>The System Tray Applet</title> <para> The System Tray is used to dock some special applications ⪚ &klipper; or &juk;. The applications shown in the system tray all provide individual funtionality. If you need help concerning these options, please refer to the application handbooks. </para> <para> The System Tray's context menu provides the option <guimenuitem>Configure System Tray...</guimenuitem> . If you click on it, a dialog pops up which lets you choose applications that should not be permanently visible in the System Tray. Hidden icons can be made visible by clicking on the small arrow appearing on the left or top side of the applet. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="lockout-applet"> <title>Lock/Logout Applet</title> <para> This little applet contains two buttons. The <guibutton>Lock the session</guibutton> is used to lock the session if you ever want to leave your &tde; unattended and don't want anybody to access it. The <guibutton>Log out</guibutton> is used to close your &tde; session. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="run-applet"> <title>The Application Launcher Applet</title> <para> This applet provides a simple command line embedded in &kicker;. Nothing more, nothing less. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="naughty-applet"> <title>The Runaway Process Catcher Applet</title> <para> This applet shows a smiley which will get angry when any process catches up too much system resources. If an application uses too much, a messagebox will appear and ask you how to handle that application. </para> <para> Clicking it with the &LMB; will show a configuration dialog. Here you can set the <guilabel>Update interval</guilabel>, which is set in seconds, and the <guilabel>CPU load threshold</guilabel>. At the moment, there is no real advice for setting this up, you will have to do some experimenting. These settings will probably change in a future release. There is also a section <guilabel>Programs to ignore</guilabel> where you can add applications that use many resources naturally, ⪚ compilers or 3D renderers. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="klipper-applet"> <title>&klipper; Applet</title> <para> This applet does exactly the same like the &klipper; residing in the system tray. It has the advantage, that it consumes a little bit less system resources, which only matters on really slow systems, but has the disadvantage, that it uses more space than &klipper; in the system tray. You can read more about that in the manual for <ulink url="help:/klipper/index.html">&klipper;</ulink>. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="extensions"> <title>Panel Extensions</title> <para> There are also some features that run outside of &kicker;, the extensions. They are added from the context menu by choosing <guisubmenu>Add New Panel</guisubmenu>. You can move them to any screenborder by dragging them at the small applet handle on their side and remove it by right clicking on an empty space and choose <guimenuitem>Remove Panel</guimenuitem>. </para> <para> The style of the extensions can be configured in the <xref linkend="panel-extensions"/> section of &kicker;'s preferences. </para> <sect1 id="external-taskbar-extension"> <title>The External Taskbar Panel Extension</title> <para> The external taskbar is just the same as the taskbar applet with the only difference that it provides its own panel. Refer to the <link linkend="taskbar-applet">taskbar applet section</link> for help about it. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="child-panel-extension"> <title>The Child Panel Extension</title> <para> This is just a panel like &kicker; itself, where you can add all the stuff &kicker; is also capable. So you can have as many &kicker;s as you want. Just add a child panel and add applications and applets to it. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="kasbar-extension"> <title>The <application>KasBar</application> Extension</title> <para> The <application>KasBar</application> is an iconic replacement of the taskbar. It always shows the icons of all currently running applications on any desktop, they can be chosen by clicking with the &LMB;. The active window is highlighted, minimized windows will show a little triangle pointing downwards instead of the square in the lower right of the icons. A triangle pointing to the right indicates that the application is shaded. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="dock-application-bar-extension"> <title>The Dock Application Bar Extension</title> <para> The Dock Application Bar is an external bar which lets WindowMaker applications be docked. Just run your dockable WindowMaker programs, if the Dock Application Bar is running, they will be automatically docked. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="commands"> <title>Command Reference</title> <sect1 id="keybinding"> <title>The Panel</title> <para> There is only one standard shortcut available in &kicker;: </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo></term> <listitem> <para> Opens the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="faq"> <title>Questions and Answers</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para> How can I add applications, applets or anything else to the panel? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Click the &RMB; on any free space in &kicker; and choose what you want to add. See in <link linkend="basics">&kicker; Basics</link> for more about that. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> Can I have an external Taskbar just like in &tde; 1? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Yes, you can just click the &RMB; on any empty space in &kicker; and then choose <guisubmenu>Add</guisubmenu>, <guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> and the <guimenuitem>External Taskbar</guimenuitem>. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> How can I move &kicker; to another screen border? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Simply drag it by holding the &LMB; on any empty space in &kicker; to any screen border. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> How can I move extensions to another screen border? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Just drag them by holding the &LMB; on the small <guibutton>handles</guibutton> on the left or the top of the extension. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> I want the taskbar to show all applications I am running, independent on which desktop they are. Is that possible? </para> </question> <answer> <para> It is. Click the &RMB; on the small <guibutton>handle</guibutton> of the taskbar, then choose <guimenuitem>Configure Taskbar...</guimenuitem> and check <guilabel>Show windows from all desktops</guilabel> in the appearing dialog. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> How can I access the <guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu without using the mouse? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Simply press <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo> and it will appear. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> Is there a way to add a menu containing all desktop icons to &kicker;? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Just start &konqueror;, go to your home folder and drag the <guiicon>Desktop</guiicon> icon to any free space of &kicker;, then choose <guimenuitem>Add as Quick Browser</guimenuitem> from the appearing menu. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> How can I change the color and style of &kicker;? </para> </question> <answer> <para> You can change the colors of the panel with the global color module of the <application>Control Center</application> or you can style the panel itself, see in <xref linkend="panel-appearance"/> for more about that. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> Why is the clock showing the wrong time? </para> </question> <answer> <para> On some &RedHat;systems, the clock always shows the time in &GMT;. This is a bug in the system setup, and not directly related to &kicker;. However, to solve it, just create this symbolic link: <userinput><command>ln</command> <option>-s</option> <filename>/usr/share/zoneinfo</filename> <filename>/usr/lib/zoneinfo</filename></userinput>. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> Is it possible to change the <guiicon>K</guiicon> button of the panel to another picture? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Look for <filename>$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kicker/pics/go.png</filename> and <filename>$HOME/.kde/share/apps/kicker/pics/mini/go.png</filename> and replace them. Do not forget to flatten the replacements to one layer, or else you will not see anything. Create the folders if they do not already exist. Then restart &kicker;. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para> Why is my <guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu> menu not working? </para> </question> <answer> <para> Your menu entries may be mixed up for some reason. Simply run <command>kbuildsycoca</command> on a commandline. </para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> &reporting.bugs; <!-- &updating.documentation; --> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title>Credits and License</title> <para> &kicker; </para> <para> Program copyright 1999-2000 The &tde; Team <ulink url="http://www.kde.org"> (www.kde.org)</ulink>. </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para>&Matthias.Elter; &Matthias.Elter.mail; </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>&Matthias.Ettrich; &Matthias.Ettrich.mail; </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>&Wilco.Greven; &Wilco.Greven.mail; </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>&Rik.Hemsley; &Rik.Hemsley.mail; </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>&Daniel.M.Duley; &Daniel.M.Duley.mail; </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>&Preston.Brown; &Preston.Brown.mail; </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para>Original documentation copyright 2001, 2002 &Dirk.Doerflinger; &Dirk.Doerflinger.mail;</para> <para>Portions copyright 2004 &Orville.Bennett; <email>&Orville.Bennett.mail;</email></para> <para>Portions copyright 2005 Titus Laska <email>titus.laska@gmx.de</email></para> <!-- TRANS:CREDIT_FOR_TRANSLATORS --> &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> &underBSDLicense; <!-- BSD License --> </chapter> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes: nil sgml-general-insert-case: lower sgml-intent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: -->