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The information presented here covers Plasma Desktop 4.4.
Other versions available: 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.

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

Panel Widgets

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-44.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-44.png" /></a>

A description of how to record animated GIF files can be found here.

Thanks

Anne Wilson - thanks for all the help with UserBase!
Ingo Malchow - thanks for moving everything to the right place

Contributors

Hans Chen - current maintainer

Do you want to help out with making animations? See the Talk page to find out how!

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.
↑ The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized
↑ See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.
↑ It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.

[greenarrow-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.

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

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

[4] It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.

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 [[Welcome_to_KDE_UserBase|Home]] >> [[Applications]] >> [[Applications/Desktop|Desktop]] >> [[Plasma]]
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 ''The information presented here covers Plasma Desktop 4.4.'' <br />
 Other versions available: [[Plasma/HowTo/4.3|4.3]]
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 '''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.
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 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.
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 {{Note|Almost all HowTos assume that the widgets are unlocked. See [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-unlock-44.gif|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 ==
+== HowTo == <!--T:7-->
-=== Widgets ===
+=== Widgets === <!--T:8-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-unlock-44.gif            | Unlock widgets]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-lock-44.gif              | Lock widgets]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-movecashew-44.gif        | Move toolbox]]
-==== Desktop Widgets ====
+==== Desktop Widgets ==== <!--T:9-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-desktop-add-44.gif       | Add widget to desktop]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-desktop-configure-44.gif | Configure widget]]
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 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-desktop-topanel-44.gif   | Drag widget from desktop to panel]]
-==== Panel Widgets ====
+==== Panel Widgets ==== <!--T:10-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-add-44.gif         | Add widget to panel]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-configure-44.gif   | Configure widget]] <ref name="greenarrow">Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.</ref>
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 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-todesktop-44.gif   | Drag widget from panel to desktop]]
-=== Desktop ===
+=== Desktop === <!--T:11-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-desktop-wallpaper-44.gif        | Change wallpaper]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-desktop-theme-44.gif            | Change theme]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-desktop-traditional-44.gif      | Change to traditional desktop]]
-=== Panel ===
+=== Panel === <!--T:12-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-height-44.gif             | Change panel height]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-width-44.gif              | Change panel width]] <ref>See [[Plasma/FAQ/4.4/Configuration#How can I change the height and the size of the panel?|How can I change the height and the size of the panel?]] for more information.</ref>
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 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-remove-44.gif             | Remove panel]]
-=== Extenders ===
+=== Extenders === <!--T:13-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-extender-todesktop-44.gif       | Drag extender to desktop]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-extender-restore-44.gif         | Restore extender]]
-=== Activities ===
+=== Activities === <!--T:14-->
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-add-44.gif             | Add new activity]] <ref>It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.</ref>
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-switch-44.gif          | Switch activities]]
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 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-dashboard-44.gif       | Use separate activity for dashboard]]
-== Further information ==
+== Further information == <!--T:15-->
 * [[Plasma/FAQ | The Plasma FAQ]]
 * [[Glossary | Glossary]]
-== For reuse ==
+== For reuse == <!--T:16-->
 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):
+<!--T:17-->
 ::{|cellpadding="5" style="border:1px solid darkgray;"
 |<imagemap>Image:Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png
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 |}
+<!--T:18-->
 The animations can also be used outside of [[UserBase]]. The BBCode (used in most forums) to post a linked thumbnail is:
 <pre>
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 </pre>
+<!--T:19-->
 Replace GIF with the URL to the GIF file. The corresponding HTML code is:
 <pre>
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 </pre>
+<!--T:20-->
 A description of how to record animated GIF files can be found [http://hanswchen.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/record-screencasts-to-animated-gif-files/ here].
-== Thanks ==
+== Thanks == <!--T:21-->
 * '''Anne Wilson''' - thanks for all the help with UserBase!
 * '''Ingo Malchow''' - thanks for moving everything to the right place
-== Contributors ==
+== Contributors == <!--T:22-->
 * Hans Chen - current maintainer
+<!--T:23-->
 Do you want to help out with making animations? See the [[Talk:Plasma/HowTo/4.4|Talk page]] to find out how!
+<!--T:24-->
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 <references/>
+<!--T:25-->
 [[Category:Plasma]]
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