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diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/kwindecoration/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/kwindecoration/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c6bfd5276 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/kwindecoration/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" +"dtd/kdex.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> +<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;"> +<articleinfo> + +<authorgroup> +<author>&Rik.Hemsley; &Rik.Hemsley.mail;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<date>2003-09-28</date> +<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>KDE</keyword> +<keyword>KControl</keyword> +<keyword>kwin</keyword> +<keyword>window</keyword> +<keyword>border</keyword> +<keyword>theme</keyword> +<keyword>style</keyword> +</keywordset> +</articleinfo> +<sect1 id="window-deco"> +<title>Window Decoration</title> + +<sect2> +<title>General</title> + +<para>This module allows you to select a style for the borders around +windows.</para> + +<para>Each style has a different look, but also a different +<quote>feel</quote>. Some have (sometimes invisible) +<quote>resize</quote> borders all around the edge, which make resizing +easier but moving more difficult. Some have no borders on certain +edges. One (<quote>BII</quote>) even has a dynamically sized and +positioned title element.</para> + +<para>You are encouraged to experiment with the different styles until +you find one which best suits your pattern of work.</para> + +<para>Choose a window decoration style from the drop down box at the +top of the screen to see a preview of it in the lower pane.</para> + +<para>If there are any configurable options for the theme you chose on +the first page, they will become available below the preview...</para> + +<!-- +<para>In particular, if you chose to use the IceWM theme, you can choose +here which of the many IceWM themes to use. The IceWM theme has +instructions on the page as to where you should copy the theme files, +and once this is done, you can simply select the theme you want to +use.</para> +--> + +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Buttons</title> + +<para>This page has instructions directly on it - just drag around the +buttons until you have the order that makes you comfortable.</para> + +<note> +<para>Not all the window decorations are able to comply with your custom +set button order. The ones that cannot are being converted, but at the +time of this release they have not been all been changed.</para> +</note> + +<para>Apart from choosing the window decoration itself, you can choose +here two further options: If there should be a tooltip while you hover +your mouse over a window decoration button, and if the window +decoration should attempt to use a custom set button order.</para> + +<tip> +<para>The tooltips can be quite useful if you have set a custom button +order, and then changed to an unfamiliar window decoration.</para> +</tip> + +<tip> +<para>For accessibility purposes, some window decorations support +extra wide borders. If this is available, you can also choose a +border size here. These large borders are easier to see for low +vision users, and easier to grab for people with limited mobility or +difficulty using a mouse.</para> +</tip> + +</sect2> + +</sect1> + +</article> |