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sebas@kde.org
Claus Christensen
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+Ivan
+Stanton
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+2112871@jeffcoschools.us
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Sebastian Kügler
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+2017
+Ivan Stanton
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&FDLNotice;
-2016-08-21
-Plasma 5.7
+2017-03-26
+Plasma 5.10
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Introduction
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-&plasma; provides a modern and customizable environment for running your favorite applications
-and accessing your information wherever it may be. Other common attributes of the &plasma; Desktop
-include advanced window management and desktop effects, support for KDE Plasma Widgets,
-integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.
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+&plasma; provides a modern and customizable environment for running your favorite applications and accessing your information wherever it may be. Other common attributes of the &plasma; Desktop include advanced window management and desktop effects, support for &plasma; Widgets, integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability. &plasma; is simple by default and powerful when needed. This means that a user can configure pretty much anything about the desktop, but doesn't have to. It is &kde;'s flagship product.
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+This manual tells you how to use &plasma;.
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&plasma; Widgets and Containments
-The essence of &plasma; revolves around two basic concepts:
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-Containments
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-Applets that act as the container for the &plasma; widgets
+&plasma; is based on the concepts of Widgets and Containments. Widgets are small applications that live in a containment. Containments are places to put these widgets.
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-On a default desktop, there are two main elements: the Panel and the Desktop
-itself. Both are containments in the &plasma; sense.
+The containments of the &plasma; desktop are the panel and the desktop.
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Default &plasma; Desktop
-The &plasma; Desktop can be configured in countless ways. The screenshot seen below shows a fairly standard desktop. Some distributions apply extensive customizations, so your desktop may look different.
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-A fairly standard &plasma; Desktop
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+ Default &plasma; Desktop
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-The program starter. Usually this will be Application Launcher.
-A couple of icons giving easy access to often used applications
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-The Task Manager, which shows the titles of windows belonging to the applications currently running. No application had opened a window, when the screenshot was taken
-The System Tray
-The Digital Clock widget
-The Panel Toolbox
-The Desktop Toolbox
-A Folder View widget, showing the content of the Desktop folder
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+The default &plasma; desktop consists of:
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+The Desktop Toolbox, a menu in the top left corner, which gives you options regarding widgets and activities
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+Hovering over the same corner will show all open apps
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+A panel stretching across the bottom of the screen, including an application launcher, a pager, a task manager, a digital clock, a system tray, and a Panel Settings menu. Each of these are described in the following sections.
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-The Panel
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+Default Widgets
-The default panel holds a few &plasma; widgets: starting from the left, there is the
-application launcher.
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+Widgets are small applications that live in either the &plasma; panel or the &plasma; desktop.
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+To change a widget to one with a similar function, right click on it (preferably an empty space inside it) and choose Alternatives.
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+To change the settings for a widget called Widget, right click on it (preferably an empty space inside it) and click Widget Settings.
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+Application Launchers
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Application Launcher
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-Application launcher
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- Application launcher
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+ Launcher
-You can use it to start applications, open recently
-opened files and the usual logout/shutdown options. There is also a structure
-that allows you to browse through your applications. The layout has been
-optimized for the use case that is most common: starting an application. The
-default tab is the Favorites tab that holds the most-used
-entries. In the beginning, you'll probably find yourself using the
-Applications tab more often.
-Once you have found out what your most frequently started applications are,
-right click on the items and select the
-Add to Favorites to add them to your
-Favorites (or directly into the panel or on the desktop.
-Note that you need to unlock
&plasma; by means of right
-clicking on the desktop for any kind of modification).
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-Application Launcher Settings
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+One can simply search their files and folders by typing when focused on the application launcher.
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-If you want to configure the application launcher, change it by
-right clicking on the menu button and selecting
-Application Launcher Settings.
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+Favorites lists apps you have marked as favorite. By default, these include a web browser, a software manager, a text editor, a setting manager, and a file manager.
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-Application launcher settings
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-Taskbar
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+Applications is divided into 10 categories. Most of them are self-explanatory.
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+ Development lists apps for those who create software. It has a subcategory for translation.
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+ Education is divided into subcategories like Mathematics, Miscellaneous, and Science. It includes everything relevant to academics and learning.
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+ Settings has configuration applications in it.
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+ Games, Graphics, Multimedia, Internet, and Settings are self-explanatory.
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+ Office, Utilities, Lost and Found, and System contain everything that does not belong in other categories. They are otherwise self-explanatory.
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-The taskbar is another widget on the panel. It shows an area for all open windows on
-all desktops by default. You can make it show all open windows on the current
-desktop only by checking Only show tasks from the
-current desktop when you right click on the task manager, between
-two windows. The size of the text on the taskbar items can be set
-in &systemsettings; under the
-AppearanceFonts
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-brings the Settings dialog where you can choose several options to customize
-your taskbar.
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+Right clicking on an app under Applications allows you to add it to your Favorites or your panel.
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-System Tray
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+Computer lists available data devices, along with system actions and important system folders.
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-Another default panel item is the System Tray, which
-is used by traditional applications and widgets as a dock. Right clicking on the
-System Tray allows you to open the settings dialog,
-where you can set entries to display and their visibility.
+History lists recently opened files and applications.
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+Leave has various actions for when you stop using your computer. It allows you lock the screen, log out, switch your user, reboot, suspend, or shut down.
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+Application Dashboard
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+In addition to the default launcher, &plasma; provides 2 other launchers: the Application Dashboard and the Application Menu. You can select an app menu by right-clicking on the current one and then Alternatives.
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-Device Notifier
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+Application Dashboard shows Favorites and Applications by default. On the right sidebar, all the default Applications categories are visible, in addition to Recent Applications and Recent Documents categories replacing History and a Power/Session category replacing Leave.
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-An icon located usually in the system tray is the Device Notifier.
-Plug in a USB disk and a dialog will open that allows you to
-open the device in &dolphin; or another associated application.
+Interestingly, by selecting the option in the top-bar, one can add widgets via the Application Dashboard.
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+Task Managers
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+Task Managers list open windows. Right-clicking on an app in a task manager other than Window List allows you to do most anything that could be done in the header-bar, as well as moving it between desktops, starting a new instance of the same application, and pinning it to the task manager.
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+Task Manager
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+Task Manager shows a list of open windows in the current activity with icons and window titles.
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+ Task Manager settings
-Clicking anywhere in the shaded box around the device name (but not on the eject/unmount icon if present) expands the entry to show the list of possible actions for that device. The set of actions depends on the device; it is configurable from the Device Notifier's context menu or from the &systemsettings; modules Device Actions and Removable Devices. Simply select one with the mouse or keyboard to launch that action.
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-There is also a small icon to the right of each entry showing whether that device is currently accessible (or mounted) or not. Only when a device is not mounted is it safe to physically disconnect it from the computer. Clicking on the icon causes the device to be unmounted and/or the medium to be ejected if it is currently mounted, and will mount it if it is not. Note that unmounting/ejecting might fail if the device still has open files on it, ⪚ if a large file copy hasn't finished. In most cases you can just wait a while and try again. When an unmounting has succeeded, a success icon will be shown on the Device Notifier's icon.
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+Icons-only Task Manager
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+Icons-only Task Manager shows a list of open windows in the current activity with icons only.
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-Hidden Items
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+Window List
-The System Tray normally holds some more entries like
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+Window List is a panel icon which, when clicked, shows a list of open windows in the current activity with icons and window titles.
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-Some of the default entries in the System Tray are hidden
-to save space in the bar. To display these entries click on the small white triangle
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+Clocks tell the time. Clicking on a clock opens a calendar.
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Digital Clock
-The right-most &plasma; widget in the default panel holds the Digital
-Clock.
-This clock can display the time in different timezones as well as have its size
-changed. The clock will adjust its font size to the area it is given by the
-surrounding containment (that is the panel in this case). If you choose to
-display the date, this date will be rendered using the Small
-font option from the &systemsettings; Font
-dialog. The time will take the rest of the space. So in the end, you'll choose
-yourself the amount of information displayed, and if that fits. If you want to
-display more information, make the panel larger or put the clock on the desktop
-where it can grow freely.
+The Digital Clock shows the time in a digital format (Hour:Minute AM/PM).
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+The Analog Clock shows the time like a mechanical clock would.
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+The Fuzzy Clock shows the time in the imprecise format you might sometimes use when talking to friends.
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+Calendar
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+The Calendar shows the date of the month. When at a large size on the desktop, it shows a calendar by default.
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Activities
-The desktop toolbox, accessed via the upper left corner has a button for
-displaying your activities, of which &plasma; allows you to have more than one.
-Basically, that is multiple desktop containments hosting multiple sets of &plasma; widgets.
-Display the Activities
bar, select one of the predefined activities
-or choose Create Activity
-to create a new containment, select your new containment and customize suiting your taste.
-&plasma;’s activities and &kwin;’s desktop grid are similar in that respect, but there
-is a fundamental difference. While virtual desktop are used to group and organize windows,
-&plasma;’s activities are used to group and organize &plasma; widgets. This way, you can
-switch between activities and have relevant &plasma; widgets supporting the task you are
-currently trying to accomplish. You can create a Free time
activity, with
-comic strips, a puzzle and other &plasma; widgets, and a Work
activity,
-with relevant RSS feeds, calculator and calendar, for example.
+Each Activity has its own widgets and windows.
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+The desktop toolbox, accessed via the upper left corner has a button for displaying your activities, of which &plasma; allows you to have more than one. Basically, that is multiple desktop containments hosting multiple sets of &plasma; widgets. Display the Activities bar, select one of the predefined activities or choose Create Activity to create a new containment, select your new containment and customize suiting your taste. &plasma;’s activities and &kwin;’s desktop grid are similar in that respect, but there is a fundamental difference. While virtual desktop are used to group and organize windows, &plasma;’s activities are used to group and organize &plasma; widgets. This way, you can switch between activities and have relevant &plasma; widgets supporting the task you are currently trying to accomplish. You can create a Free time activity, with comic strips, a puzzle and other &plasma; widgets, and a Work activity, with relevant RSS feeds, calculator and calendar, for example.
-To delete an activity, press the Stop Activity button on
-Activities
bar (press &Alt;D then &Alt;A to open this bar) then click
-the red 'X' (or press &Alt;D
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-deletion.
+To delete an activity, press the Stop Activity button on Activities bar (press &Alt;D then &Alt;A to open this bar) then click the red X
(or press &Alt;D then &Alt;R) and confirm the deletion.
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Documentation Copyright © 2008–2010 Sebastian Kügler sebas@kde.org
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+Partially rewritten in 2017 by Ivan Stanton 2112871@jeffcoschools.us
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&underFDL;