Plasma/Kickoff

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Kickoff 程式啟動器

Kickoff是Plasma桌面默認的應用程式啟動器。默認配置下它位於底端面板的最左端。除了打開應用程式外，它還可以打開電腦上的一些位置、你最近使用過的文檔以及結束KDE會話的選項。

Kickoff 可以輕易的切換到傳統的 KDE 3 程式選單模式，右鍵選單圖示，選擇切換傳統選單風格。當然，如果你那樣做的話就沒法享受到 Kickoff的搜索框了。

Kickoff 菜單模式（預設）	切換至...
	經典菜單模式

Opening Kickoff

To open Kickoff, simply click its icon which is usually located furthest to the left in panel at the bottom of your Plasma Workspace. At the top of Kickoff you see the search field, at the bottom you see five tabs: Favorites, Applications, Computer, Recently Used and Leave. In between, the content of the selected tab is shown. You can scroll the content if some of it is hidden. You can also resize Kickoff: grab the top right corner of Kickoff with the mouse pointer (it turns to a pair of arrows directed diagonally) and drag Kickoff to the desired size.

The Favorites Tab

Add to Favorites Tab	Delete this favorite
Drag to sort favorites via mouse

This tab offers you access to some of the most used applications. Of course you can adjust this selection to your needs. Drag an entry around and drop it at another place in the list to sort it your way. Right clicking an entry gives you even more options: you can Remove that entry, copy it to the panel or the desktop or Sort all entries alphabetically.

The Applications Tab

This tab gives you access to all installed applications, divided into several categories like Office or Internet. Click on a category to see what applications are available in that category. To return to the overview, click on the back button that occurs on the left of the application list. Right clicking on an application entry brings you some options for the entry: Copy to the Favorites tab, Panel or Desktop.

The Computer Tab

On the Computer tab you will find some links to system applications (like System Settings), your favorite places (configured via Dolphin), and available storage media. Again, right-clicking those entries will bring you some options to Copy them to the desktop or panel.

The Recently Used Tab

Your recently-used applications and documents are presented on this tab. Note that only applications launched via Kickoff are taken into account for this list. A right-click on an entry brings you the usual context menu with copy options and additional options to clear the recently used history.

The Leave Tab

This tab gives you several options to leave your KDE session or shutdown your computer.

Search Field

Instead of browsing through all the tabs and categories you can simply enter a search term. The search field has focus when opening the menu, so you can simply start typing. The search will not only match against applications names, but also against their description. So if you need a browser, but don't know the name of the installed browsers, simply type "browser" in the search field. This should result in a list of all available browsers.

Add to Desktop and Panel

All program items and categories can be added to desktop and panel, right click and select Add to ...

Alternative Application Launchers

Besides Kickoff, other application launchers are available which may fit your needs better. See the page Plasma application launchers for more details.