Plasma/HowTo/4.5: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 20:41, 3 October 2010

The information presented here covers Plasma Desktop 4.5.
Versions available: 4.5 - 4.4 - 4.3

The Plasma Workspace is one of the key technologies of KDE SC 4.x (also known as the "Pillars of KDE"), and one of the most visible to users. As Plasma Desktop treats the user interface differently than a traditional desktop, there may be confusion as to what the Plasma Desktop is, what it does, and how to perform common tasks.

The purpose of this document is to show how to perform common tasks in Plasma Desktop. Each HowTo consists of one topic and a short animation, which is reached by clicking on the link.

Information

The animations are encoded in the GIF format and can thus be viewed in most modern web browsers without any additional plugins installed. Note that the animations are looped.

Note

Almost all HowTos assume that the widgets are unlocked. See Unlock widgets for instructions on how to unlock them.

Note

Due to distribution-specific customizations, your desktop might differ from those in the HowTos. In particular, if you miss the top-right toolbox (shown as a yellow icon), you can reach most options by right-clicking on the desktop.

HowTo

Widgets

Desktop Widgets

Add widget to desktop

Panel Widgets

Add widget to panel

Icons

Desktop

Panel

Extenders

Activities

Further information

For reuse

To link to an animation from another UserBase article, a thumbnail can be posted. Here's an example (edit this page to see the syntax):

How to unlock your widgets

The animations can also be used outside of UserBase. The BBCode (used in most forums) to post a linked thumbnail is:

[url=GIF][img]http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/2/20/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-45.png[/img][/url]

Replace GIF with the URL to the GIF file. The corresponding HTML code is:

<a href="GIF"><img src="http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/2/20/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-45.png" /></a>

A description of how to record animated GIF files can be found here. Do you want to help out with making animations? See the Talk page to find out how!

↑ The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized
↑ Requires the Folder View widget
↑ Requires desktop type to be set as Folder View, see Change to traditional desktop
↑ Requires the Quicklaunch widget
↑ See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.
↑ The list shows different desktop types, "Desktop" is a default desktop
↑ Requires Nepomuk Semantic Desktop enabled ("Desktop Search" in System Settings)

[1] The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized

[2] Requires the Folder View widget

[3] Requires desktop type to be set as Folder View, see Change to traditional desktop

[4] Requires the Quicklaunch widget

[5] See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.

[6] The list shows different desktop types, "Desktop" is a default desktop

[7] Requires Nepomuk Semantic Desktop enabled ("Desktop Search" in System Settings)

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 ''The information presented here covers Plasma Desktop 4.5.'' <br />
-Other versions available:  [[Plasma/HowTo/4.4|4.4]] - [[Plasma/HowTo/4.3|4.3]]
+Versions available: [[Plasma/HowTo/4.5|4.5]] - [[Plasma/HowTo/4.4|4.4]] - [[Plasma/HowTo/4.3|4.3]]
 '''The Plasma Workspace''' is one of the key technologies of KDE SC 4.x (also known as the "Pillars of KDE"), and one of the most visible to users. As Plasma Desktop treats the user interface differently than a traditional desktop, there may be confusion as to what the Plasma Desktop is, what it does, and how to perform common tasks.