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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2005-02-20</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.4</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>panel</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="panel">
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<title>Panel</title>
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<para> The &tde; panel (often referred to as &kicker;) is the bar that
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you'll usually find at the bottom of the screen when you start up &tde;
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for the first time. For detailed help on &kicker;'s usage you can type
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<ulink url="help:/kicker">help:/kicker</ulink> in &konqueror; to read
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the user manual.</para>
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<para>The panel gives you quick access to applications and makes it
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easier for you to organize your desktop. Using the &tde; panel you
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can:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>launch applications using the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu or
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the application buttons</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>switch desktops using the panel's pager applet</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>switch active windows, and minimize or maximize them</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>browse folder using the browser menu functionality
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>access panel applets that extend the panel's functionality,
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offering for example mixers, clocks or a system monitor</para> </listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<sect2 id="panel-position">
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<title><guilabel>Arrangement</guilabel></title>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Arrangement</guilabel> tab you can configure the size and
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position of the panel.</para>
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<para>If you have more than one panel on screen, you can select at the
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top of the window which panel you wish to configure.</para>
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<para>In the section labeled <guilabel>Position</guilabel> is a set of
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12 small buttons arranged in a square. Each button corresponds to a
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location for the panel. Click on a button and notice where the panel
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is located on the preview monitor to the right.</para>
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<tip><para>Generally, the available space in kicker is used more
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efficiently if the panel is aligned horizontally, &ie; attached to the
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top or bottom screen border.</para></tip>
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<para>In the section labeled <guilabel>Length</guilabel>, you can use
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the combo box and slider to adjust the <emphasis>minimum</emphasis>
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length of the panel. If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled
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<guilabel>Expand as required to fit contents</guilabel>, the panel
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will become longer if more space is needed. When less space is
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required on the panel, the panel will shrink down to the minimum size.
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If there is no mark in the checkbox, then the panel is fixed to the
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length specified in this section.</para>
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<para>The final section of this table is labeled
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<guilabel>Size</guilabel>, and refers to the
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<emphasis>height</emphasis> of the panel. The panel's size can be
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<guilabel>Tiny</guilabel>, <guilabel>Small</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Medium</guilabel>, <guilabel>Large</guilabel> or
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<guilabel>Custom</guilabel>. If you choose
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<guilabel>Custom</guilabel> mode, you can resize &kicker; by
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specifying a height in the combobox.</para>
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<para>If you have multiple monitors, you can configure the panel for
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each screen entirely independently. If you are not sure which screen
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is which, Press the <guibutton>Identify</guibutton> and a number will
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appear centred on each screen.</para>
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<!-- TODO: It's not centered on dual head non-xinerama, they both
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appear on the primarey head, file a bug -->
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<para>Then simply choose the screen you wish to configure from the
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drop down box labelled <guilabel>Xinerama screen</guilabel>, or choose
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<guilabel>All Screens</guilabel> to have identical configurations on
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each.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="panel-hiding">
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<title>Hiding</title>
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<para>Depending on your screen resolution you may find that the panel
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takes away too much of your precious screen real estate. To save
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screen space, the panel offers manual hiding of the panel, an auto
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hide feature, and the ability to allow other windows to lay on top of
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the panel. These features are selected in the section entitled
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<guilabel>Hide Mode</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Hide Mode</guilabel> section has three options:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Only hide when panel-hiding button is clicked</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>When this option is selected, the panel will remain visible at
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the location you defined unless you click on the button at the far right (for horizontally
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oriented) or bottom (for vertically oriented) button. This button has an arrow on it pointed
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to the edge of the screen.</para>
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<para>Once clicked, the panel will disappear. If the button is clicked again, the panel will re-appear
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at the same location.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Hide automatically</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is selected, then the panel will automatically disappear after
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the number of seconds specified in the combo box below the option. To make the panel reappear,
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simply move the mouse pointer to the edge of the screen where the panel is located, and the
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panel will reappear immediately.</para>
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<para>If you place a mark in the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Show panel when switching
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desktops</guilabel>, the panel will automatically reappear when you switch desktops. (The panel
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will disappear again after the specified number of seconds.)</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Allow other windows to cover the panel</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>As this option's label implies, the panel is always on the desktop when
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this option is selected. It is now possible, however, for application windows to lay
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on top of the panel.</para>
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<para>To restore the panel, simply move the mouse cursor to the screen
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location specified in the drop box labeled <guilabel>Raise when the pointer touches
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the screen's:</guilabel>. You can change this value by selecting one of the choices
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provided in the drop down box.</para>
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<para>Once the panel has moved back on top of the application window, it will stay there
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until an application window becomes active again.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The next section down is labeled <guilabel>Panel-Hiding Buttons</guilabel>. It
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consists of two check boxes: <guilabel>Show left panel-hiding button</guilabel> and
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<guilabel>Show left panel-hiding button</guilabel>. Use these checkboxes to show and
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hide the left and right manual panel hiding buttons.</para>
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<para>If there is no mark in the checkbox labeled <guilabel>Animate
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panel hiding</guilabel>, then whenever the toolbar is hidden, is simply disappears. If there
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is a mark in the check box, then the panel appears to slide off the edge of the screen.</para>
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<para>You can determine how quickly the panel appears to move by adjusting the slider from
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<guilabel>Fast</guilabel> to <guilabel>Slow</guilabel>.</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="panel-menus">
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<title>Menus</title>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Menus</guilabel> tab you can configure the panel
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menu's behavior. This affects the TDE menu you will often use to launch
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applications, the browser menus you can use to access folders and other
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menus like the recent documents menu.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>TDE Menu</guilabel> frame offers you some options to
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configure the <guimenu>TDE</guimenu> menu's functionality. This frame consists
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of 4 items:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Menu item format:</guilabel> radio
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buttons have three options. This determines how the application name
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(&ie; &konqueror;, &kword;, &etc;) and the description (&ie; Web
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Browser, Word Processor, &etc;) are displayed on the &kmenu;.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <guilabel>Optional Menus</guilabel> checkboxes allow
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you to
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determine which special menu items appear in the &kmenu;.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Bookmarks</guilabel>
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menu allows you to quickly select from the same bookmarks that are available in &konqueror;. </para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Find</guilabel> menu offers access to the &kfind; application to search for local files, and a quick link to a search engine to search for things on the Internet.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Konqueror Profiles</guilabel> menu allows you to
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launch &konqueror; with any of your configured profiles.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Network Folders</guilabel> menu can launch a
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&konqueror; file manager window displaying any of your configured
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network folders.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> menu allows you to launch each &kcontrol; module
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directly from the TDE menu.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Print System</guilabel> menu provides several menu entries to help manage
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the printer(s) attached to your system.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Quick Browser</guilabel> menu gives you quick links to locations on your hard drive.</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Recent Documents</guilabel> menu lists the most recently edited documents and will automatically
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launch the application to edit or view this document. </para>
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<para>The <guilabel>System</guilabel> menu allows you quick access to
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some commonly visited places, including your Home folder, and the
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Trash. You may find this useful instead of having a separate entry for
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each of these in the &kmenu;</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Terminal Sessions</guilabel> menu provides menu items to launch several different types of
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terminal programs (command line interfaces).</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para><guilabel>Show side image</guilabel> will add a small
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image to the side of the menu. This is purely decorative.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>The <guibutton>Edit TDE Menu</guibutton> button launches the &tde;
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menu editor.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para> In the <guilabel>QuickBrowser Menus</guilabel> area you can configure
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whether the panel's browser menus will show hidden files or not (hidden
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files on &UNIX; systems are those whose filenames begin with a dot) as
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well as how many files at most will be shown in a browser menu. The
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latter option may be especially useful if you have a rather small screen
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resolution, as then the browser menus will quickly fill up your screen
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when you browse folders containing many files.</para>
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<para>The quick start section in the TDE menu offers quick access to
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programs you have used often or recently. In the <guilabel>Quick Start Menu Items</guilabel>
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frame you can choose whether
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this section will show the most recently or the most frequently used
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programs. Using the option <guilabel>Maximum number of entries</guilabel>
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combo box, you can configure how many programs the quick start
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section will remember.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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