From 4aed2c8219774f5d797760606b8489a92ddc5163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdebase@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- doc/kcontrol/panel/Makefile.am | 2 + doc/kcontrol/panel/index.docbook | 244 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 246 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/kcontrol/panel/Makefile.am create mode 100644 doc/kcontrol/panel/index.docbook (limited to 'doc/kcontrol/panel') diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/panel/Makefile.am b/doc/kcontrol/panel/Makefile.am new file mode 100644 index 000000000..06524aebe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/panel/Makefile.am @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +KDE_LANG = en +KDE_DOCS = kcontrol/panel diff --git a/doc/kcontrol/panel/index.docbook b/doc/kcontrol/panel/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..722c6ed9d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/kcontrol/panel/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,244 @@ + + + +]> + +
+ + + +&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail; +&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail; + + + +2005-02-20 +3.4 + + +KDE +KControl +panel + + + + +Panel + + The &kde; panel (often referred to as &kicker;) is the bar that +you'll usually find at the bottom of the screen when you start up &kde; +for the first time. For detailed help on &kicker;'s usage you can type + help:/kicker in &konqueror; to read +the user manual. + +The panel gives you quick access to applications and makes it +easier for you to organize your desktop. Using the &kde; panel you +can: + + +launch applications using the K menu or +the application buttons +switch desktops using the panel's pager applet + +switch active windows, and minimize or maximize them + +browse folder using the browser menu functionality + +access panel applets that extend the panel's functionality, +offering for example mixers, clocks or a system monitor + + + +<guilabel>Arrangement</guilabel> + +In the Arrangement tab you can configure the size and +position of the panel. + +If you have more than one panel on screen, you can select at the +top of the window which panel you wish to configure. + +In the section labeled Position is a set of +12 small buttons arranged in a square. Each button corresponds to a +location for the panel. Click on a button and notice where the panel +is located on the preview monitor to the right. + +Generally, the available space in kicker is used more +efficiently if the panel is aligned horizontally, &ie; attached to the +top or bottom screen border. + +In the section labeled Length, you can use +the combo box and slider to adjust the minimum +length of the panel. If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled +Expand as required to fit contents, the panel +will become longer if more space is needed. When less space is +required on the panel, the panel will shrink down to the minimum size. +If there is no mark in the checkbox, then the panel is fixed to the +length specified in this section. + +The final section of this table is labeled +Size, and refers to the +height of the panel. The panel's size can be +Tiny, Small, +Medium, Large or +Custom. If you choose +Custom mode, you can resize &kicker; by +specifying a height in the combobox. + +If you have multiple monitors, you can configure the panel for +each screen entirely independently. If you are not sure which screen +is which, Press the Identify and a number will +appear centred on each screen. + + +Then simply choose the screen you wish to configure from the +drop down box labelled Xinerama screen, or choose +All Screens to have identical configurations on +each. + + + + +Hiding + +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 manual hiding of the panel, an auto +hide feature, and the ability to allow other windows to lay on top of +the panel. These features are selected in the section entitled +Hide Mode. + +The Hide Mode section has three options: + + +Only hide when panel-hiding button is clicked +When this option is selected, the panel will remain visible at +the location you defined unless you click on the button at the far right (for horizontally +oriented) or bottom (for vertically oriented) button. This button has an arrow on it pointed +to the edge of the screen. + +Once clicked, the panel will disappear. If the button is clicked again, the panel will re-appear +at the same location. + + + + +Hide automatically +If this option is selected, then the panel will automatically disappear after +the number of seconds specified in the combo box below the option. To make the panel reappear, +simply move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen where the panel is located, and the +panel will reappear immediately. + +If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled Show panel when switching +desktops, the panel will automatically reappear when you switch desktops. (The panel +will disappear again after the specified number of seconds.) + + + + +Allow other windows to cover the panel +As this option's label implies, the panel is always on the desktop when +this option is selected. It is now possible, however, for application windows to lay +on top of the panel. + +To restore the panel, simply move the mouse cursor to the screen +location specified in the drop box labeled Raise when the pointer touches +the screen's:. You can change this value by selecting one of the choices +provided in the drop down box. + +Once the panel has moved back on top of the application window, it will stay there +until an application window becomes active again. + + + + +The next section down is labeled Panel-Hiding Buttons. It +consists of two check boxes: Show left panel-hiding button and +Show left panel-hiding button. Use these checkboxes to show and +hide the left and right manual panel hiding buttons. + +If there is no mark in the checkbox labeled Animate +panel hiding, then whenever the toolbar is hidden, is simply disappears. If there +is a mark in the check box, then the panel appears to slide off the edge of the screen. + +You can determine how quickly the panel appears to move by adjusting the slider from +Fast to Slow. + + + +Menus + +In the Menus tab you can configure the panel +menu's behavior. This affects the K 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. + +The K Menu frame offers you some options to +configure the K menu's functionality. This frame consists +of 4 items: + + +The Menu item format: radio +buttons have three options. This determines how the application name +(&ie; &konqueror;, &kword;, &etc;) and the description (&ie; Web +Browser, Word Processor, &etc;) are displayed on the &kmenu;. + + +The Optional Menus checkboxes allow +you to +determine which special menu items appear in the &kmenu;. +The Bookmarks +menu allows you to quickly select from the same bookmarks that are available in &konqueror;. +The Find menu offers access to the &kfind; application to search for local files, and a quick link to a search engine to search for things on the Internet. +The Konqueror Profiles menu allows you to +launch &konqueror; with any of your configured profiles. +The Network Folders menu can launch a +&konqueror; file manager window displaying any of your configured +network folders. +The Preferences menu allows you to launch each &kcontrol; module +directly from the K menu. +The Print System menu provides several menu entries to help manage +the printer(s) attached to your system. +The Quick Browser menu gives you quick links to locations on your hard drive. +The Recent Documents menu lists the most recently edited documents and will automatically +launch the application to edit or view this document. +The System menu allows you quick access to +some commonly visited places, including your Home folder, and the +Trash. You may find this useful instead of having a separate entry for +each of these in the &kmenu; +The Terminal Sessions menu provides menu items to launch several different types of +terminal programs (command line interfaces). + + +Show side image will add a small +image to the side of the menu. This is purely decorative. + +The Edit K Menu button launches the &kde; +menu editor. + + + In the QuickBrowser Menus area 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 then the browser menus will quickly fill up your screen +when you browse folders containing many files. + +The quick start section in the K menu offers quick access to +programs you have used often or recently. In the Quick Start Menu Items +frame you can choose whether +this section will show the most recently or the most frequently used +programs. Using the option Maximum number of entries +combo box, you can configure how many programs the quick start +section will remember. + + + + + + + +
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