User:Claus chr/Visual Dictionary

The Plasma Desktop

Note

The Plasma Desktop can be configured in countless ways. The screenshot seen below shows a fairly standard desktop. Some distributions apply extensive costumizations, so your desktop may look different.

A fairly standard Plasma Desktop (click to enlarge).

1. The program starter. Usually this will be Kickoff.
2. A couple of icons giving easy access to often used applications
3. The Pager widget
4. The Task Manager, which shows the titles of windows beloning to the applications currently running. No application had opened a window, when the screenshot was taken
5. The System Tray
6. The Digital Clock widget
7. The ???Lock screen/Log out??? widget
8. The Panel Toolbox (previously known as a Cashew)
9. The Desktop Toolbox (previously known as a Cashew)
10. A Folder View widget, showing the content of the Desktop folder

Applications

A simple application Window (click to enlarge).

1. The Window menu
2. Button to place this window on all desktops
3. The Title Line
4. Buttons to minimize, maximize, or close the window.
5. The menu
6. The Tool Bar
7. A text input field
8. A vertical Scroll Bar (there is also a horizontal scroll bar below the text field)
9. The Status Line

• Dolphin with annotations for...
  • Icons for files and folders
  • Context menu
  • Dockers (?) (Places, Filters)
  • Status line
  • Path breadcrumb (?)
• A couple of System Settings modules with annotations for...
  • Groups (?)
  • Tabs
  • Text input line
  • Spinner (?)
  • Check Box
  • Radio Button
  • Combo box
  • Drop Down List
  • List Field
  • Progress Line
  • Slider
  • Tree view

Dialogs

• Information dialog
• File Selection Dialog

Miscellaneous

• Panes
• Fields (?)
• Sections (?)