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Latest revision as of 17:00, 13 February 2013


Information

The information presented here covers Plasma Desktop 4.3.
Versions available: 4.3 - 4.4 - 4.5


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:

How to unlock your widgets

The code for that is: 

{|
|[[File:Plasma_howto-thumbnail.png|link=Media:Plasma_howto-widget-unlock.gif]]
|-
|align="center"|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/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail.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/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail.png" /></a>

A description of making the animated gif is here. Do you want to help out with making animations? See the Talk page to find out how!


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.
  2. ↑ See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.
  3. ↑ The right mouse button is used in this animation.
  4. ↑ It's not necessary to drag the extender to the desktop first.
  5. ↑ You can't remove the activity you "zoom out" from.
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