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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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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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<!-- 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>style</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="style">
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<title>Style</title>
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<sect2 id="style-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>This module is used to configure how the individual widgets are
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drawn by &kde;.</para>
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<note><para>A <emphasis>Widget</emphasis> is a commonly-used
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programmer's term for referring to User Interface elements such as
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buttons, menus, and scroll bars. You can think of them as the
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fundamental pieces that are assembled to make your
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application.</para></note>
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<para>You can configure how the widgets are drawn with this module,
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but to change the color of the widgets, you should refer to the
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section entitled <ulink
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url="help:/kcontrol/color/index.html">Colors</ulink>.</para>
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<para>This panel is divided into three tabs: <guilabel>Style</guilabel>,
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<guilabel>Effects</guilabel>, <guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel>.</para>
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<sect3 id="style-style">
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<title><guilabel>Style</guilabel> tab</title>
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<para>The top list box, labeled <guilabel>Widget Style</guilabel>
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contains a list of the pre-defined styles.
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Each style has a name, and a brief description.</para>
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<para>To change styles, simply click on the style name, and a preview
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of the style will be displayed in the preview box below the style list.</para>
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<para>The other options available here are:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Show icons on buttons</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If this option is selected, action buttons (like <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and
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<guibutton>Apply</guibutton>) will have a small icon located within them to act
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as a visual reference. If this option is not selected, then only text
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will appear on the button.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Enable tooltips</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This will toggle tooltips off and on.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Menubar on the top of
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the screen in the style of MacOS</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This will turn on a menubar at the top of the screen.
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This menubar will reflect the menu options of the active
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application.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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-->
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="style-effects">
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<title><guilabel>Effects</guilabel> tab</title>
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<para>If you click on the <guilabel>Effects</guilabel> tab, you will see the panel is divided
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into two sections.</para>
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<para>At the top of the first section, is a checkbox labeled <guilabel>Enable
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GUI effects</guilabel>. If there is no mark in front of this checkbox, then all
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visual effects of this panel are disabled. To edit any of these effects, simply
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place a mark in this checkbox.</para>
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<para>Below that checkbox, are the following choices: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Combobox effect:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This combobox has two options. If this option is set to <guilabel>Animate</guilabel>
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then when a combo box is selected, it will appear to scroll down. If <guilabel>Disable</guilabel>
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is selected, then the combobox list appears instantly.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Tool tip effect:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This combobox has three options. If this option is set to <guilabel>Animate</guilabel>
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then when a tool tip appears, it will have a short animation. If <guilabel>Fade</guilabel> is
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selected, the tool tip appears to fade from the background. If <guilabel>Disable</guilabel>
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is selected, then the tool tip appears instantly.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Menu effect:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>This combobox has four options. If this option is set to <guilabel>Animate</guilabel>
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then when a menu list appears, it will appear to scroll downward. If <guilabel>Fade</guilabel> is
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selected, the menu list appears to fade from the background. If <guilabel>Make Transparent</guilabel>
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is selected, the menu list will have a transparent look to it. The details of that transparency is
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configured in the next part of the dialog. If <guilabel>Disable</guilabel>
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is selected, then the menu list appears instantly.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Menu tear-off handles:</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If this option is set to <guilabel>Disable</guilabel>, then no menus can be separated
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from the application. If <guilabel>Application Level</guilabel> is selected, then it is left up
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to each individual application to determine which menus can be torn separated from the application.</para>
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<note><para>Many applications do not have tear off menus. You cannot tell &kde; to force an
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application to allow tear off menus. This is determined by the authors of the application.</para></note></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The next checkbox, labeled <guilabel>Menu drop shadow</guilabel> is used to toggle the drop shadow behind all
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&kde; menus. A drop shadow is a dark, soft line on the bottom and right sides of the menu, which give the menus the
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appearance that the menu is lifted off the application, and the menu is creating a shadow on the application.</para>
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<para>The next section only applies if the combobox labeled <guilabel>Menu Effect</guilabel> is set to
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<guilabel>Make Transparent</guilabel>. You can use the combo box labeled <guilabel>Menu transparency type:</guilabel>
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to select the method &kde; uses to generate the transparency. You can use the slider to determine the level of
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transparency in menus. A preview is visible on the right side of this section.</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="style-misc">
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<title><guilabel>Toolbar</guilabel> tab</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Highlight buttons under mouse.</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>If there is a mark in this checkbox, when the mouse pointer is above a toolbar
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button, that button will be highlighted with a square around the button. This is a good visual
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indicator of which button will be selected with a mouse click.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Transparent toolbars when moving</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>As the title suggests, if this option is selected, the toolbars will be transparent when
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you are moving them around on the screen.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Text position</guilabel></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>This combo box lets you determine where on the button the text name of the button will appear as the default.
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If <guilabel>Icon Only</guilabel> is selected, then there is no text on the toolbar buttons. If <guilabel>Text Only</guilabel> is selected, then the button's icon is replaced with a text name of the button. If <guilabel>Text Alongside Icons</guilabel> is selected, then the name of the button will be placed to the <emphasis>right</emphasis> of the icon. If <guilabel>Text Under Icons</guilabel> is selected, the default will be to have the text of the button <emphasis>below</emphasis> the icon.</para>
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<tip><para>This option only specifies the <emphasis>default</emphasis> location. Each application can override the setting used in this panel.</para></tip>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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