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== System Settings ==


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KDE system manager for hardware, software, and workspaces.
|[[Image:Systemsettings.png|250px|thumb]]
 
|Control center for KDE software and workspaces.
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|[[Image:Systemsettings-plasma5_4.png|thumb|720px]]
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==Features==
==Features==


:*Control Center for global KDE platform settings
:*Search function helps narrow down relevant settings
:*Customize and manage your desktop in one convenient location
:*Highlight Changed Settings function displays changed settings
:*Search function helps narrow down probable settings
:*Pointing at an icon displays a tooltip with more information about it


==Search==
==Search==
When the keyboard focus is in the icon window, you can type the first few letters of any module name to select it.


'''System Settings''' has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't. System Settings modules can also be reached through [[Special:myLanguage/Plasma/Krunner|KRunner]].
'''System Settings''' has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't.
 
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|[[Image:Systemsettings-search.png|thumb|265px|Searching for "key".]]
|[[Image:Systemsettings-plasma5_4-search.png|thumb|720px|Searching for "key".]]
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You can also search for and open System Settings modules in [[Special:myLanguage/Plasma/Krunner|KRunner]].
==Categories==
==Categories==


===Common Appearance and Behavior===
=== Appearance ===


:{|
:{|
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Account Details|Account Details]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Look And Feel|Preferences-desktop-theme-global.png|
|-
Look and Feel}}Customize Plasma in one click.
|[[Image:Preferences-desktop-user.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Account Details]]||Configure your user information, password and paths. You can also configure your Social Desktop providers.
|-
|-
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Application Appearance|Application Appearance ]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Workspace Theme|Preferences-desktop-plasma.png|
Workspace Theme}}Customize your plasma theme, cursor theme, and splash theme all from here.
|-
|-
|[[Image:Preferences-desktop-theme.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Application Appearance]]||Configure your applications style, colors, icons, fonts and emoticons.
{{AppItem|System Settings/Color|Preferences-desktop-color.png|
Color }}Here you can choose which color scheme to use on the desktop and in applications. You can also tweak the settings for individual elements.  
|-
|-
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Locale|Locale]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Fonts (Category)|Preferences-desktop-font.png|
Font}}Configure which fonts you want to use in window bars, menus, and elsewhere.
|-
|-
|[[Image:Preferences-desktop-locale.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Account Details]]||Language, numeric, and time setting for your particular region. Allows you to apply translation (locale) to whole KDE Desktop or change spellchecker parameters.
{{AppItem|System Settings/Icons|Preferences-desktop-icons.png|
Icons}}Here you can choose which icon theme to use for your workspace, and how large you want them to be.  
|-
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Shortcuts and Gestures|Preferences-desktop-keyboard.png|
{{AppItem|System Settings/Application Style|Preferences-desktop-theme.png|
Shortcuts and Gestures}}Configure keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures.
Application Style}}Customize your systems widget style (button themes), window decorations (how your titlebars look), and how GNOME (GTK) applications look..
|}
|}


===Hardware===
=== Workspace ===


:{|
:{|
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Input Devices|Input Devices]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Desktop Behavior|Preferences-desktop.png|
Desktop Behavior}}Configure desktop effects such as window animations, transparency, or the desktop cube.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Windows Management|Preferences-system-windows.png|
Windows Management}}Configure Kwin the KDE windows manager.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Shortcuts|Preferences-desktop-keyboard.png|Shortcuts}}Configure keyboard shortcuts.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Startup and Shutdown|Preferences-system-login.png|
Startup and Shutdown}}Configure your system behavior when starting up or shutting down.
|-
|-
|[[Image:Preferences-desktop-peripherals.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Input Devices]]||Configure your keyboard, mouse and joystick.
{{AppItem|System Settings/Search|Baloo.png|
Search}}Settings for the desktop search engine and the file indexer.
|}
|}


===System Administration===
===Personalization===


:{|
:{|
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Login Screen|Login Screen]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Account Details|Preferences-desktop-user.png|Acccount Details}}Manage users and configure password manager.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Regional Settings|Preferences-desktop-locale.png|Regional Settings}}Configure language, time formats, date and more
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Notifications|Preferences-desktop-notification.png|Notifications}}Configure notifications.
|-
|-
|[[Image:Preferences-system-login.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Login Screen]]||Configure the login manager (KDM).
{{AppItem|System Settings/Applications|Preferences-desktop-default-applications.png|Applications}}Configure default applications, file associations, and more.
|-
|-
|colspan="2"|<h4>[[Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Startup and Shutdown|Startup and Shutdown]]</h4>
{{AppItem|System Settings/Accessibility|Preferences-desktop-accessibility.png|Accessibility}}Settings to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard.
|-
|-
|[[Image:Preferences-other.png|48px|link=Special:myLanguage/System Settings/Startup and Shutdown]]||Configure your system behavior when starting up or shutting down.
{{AppItem|System Settings/Online Accounts|Application-internet.png|Online Accounts}}Add your google, ownCloud  or Twitter account, for a better integration.
|}
|}


==Mouse Gestures==
=== Network===


:''KDE SC version 4.4.4''
:{|
{{AppItem|System Settings/Connections|Preferences-system-network.png|Connections}}Preferences for your network connections.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Settings|Preference-system-network.png|Settings}}Additional settings about your connection, Konqueror and SMB shares
|-
{{AppItem|Bluedevil|Preferences-system-bluetooth.png|
Bluetooth}}Preference about Bluetooth.
|}


The place where you start is "<menuchoice>System Settings -> Input Actions</menuchoice>"
===Hardware===


===Enabling mouse gestures===
:{|
{{AppItem|System Settings/Input Devices|Preferences-desktop-peripherals.png|
Input Devices}}Configure your keyboard, mouse and joystick.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Display and Monitor|Preferences-desktop-display.png|
Display and Monitor}}Configuration of your monitor(s) and screensaver settings.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Multimedia|Applications-multimedia.png|
Multimedia}}Configure the handling of audio CDs
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Power Management|Preferences-system-power-management.png|
Power Management}}Global settings for the power manager.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Printers|Printer.png|Printers}}Configure your printers to work with plasma.
|-
{{AppItem|System Settings/Removable Storage|Drive-removable-media.png|Removable Storage}}Configure automatic handling of removable storage media and which actions are available when a new device is connected to your machine.


In the bottom left corner of the window there is a <menuchoice>Settings</menuchoice> button.  Make sure that the <menuchoice>Gestures</menuchoice> checkbox is checked.  Set the timout as you see fit.  The mouse button might be different for you, I chose 3 for using the right mouse button.  If you want input actions to be enabled automatically, check the "Start the input Actions daemon on login" above.
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===Creating the Mouse gestures actions group===
 
Right click on the left pane (in an empty area under the list of action groups) and choose <menuchoice>New Group</menuchoice>, rename that group to "Mouse Gestures" and check the checkbox attached to its name.
 
===Creating a new mouse gesture===
 
From now on I will assume that the new group is called "Mouse Gestures".
Right click on <menuchoice>Mouse Gestures</menuchoice> and choose <menuchoice>New -> Mouse Gesture Action</menuchoice>
(here there are three options but I didn't manage to work with "Send Keyboard Input")
using "Command/URL" or "D-Bus Command" you will need to create a gesture and bind an action to it.
 
====To create the gesture====
 
Click on your <menuchoice>New Action</menuchoice> and select the <menuchoice>Trigger</menuchoice> tab.
in the bottom of the screen there is an <menuchoice>Edit</menuchoice> button (click it).  In the box that just opened draw your gesture using the ''left'' mouse button.
 
====To bind an action====
 
if you chose <menuchoice>Command/URL</menuchoice> simply enter that command/url under the <menuchoice>Action</menuchoice> tab at the <menuchoice>Command/URL</menuchoice> field.
 
===Examples using Command/URL===
 
====Close window====
 
This command will let you close the next window you mouse click on.
{{Note|wmctrl may not support your Window Manager.}}
 
{{Input|1=Command/URL: wmctrl -c :SELECT:}}
 
to close the active window
 
{{Input|1=Command/URL: wmctrl -c :ACTIVE:}}
 
====Translate clipboard content====
 
This command will display a translation of the current clipboard content.
*'''Required for this are:'''
**xclip
**libtranslate
 
{{Input|<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">Command/URL: kdialog --title "Translation" --msgbox "`xclip -o | translate -f en -t he -`"</syntaxhighlight>}}
Replace 'en' and 'he' with the desired source and destination language, if you are not sure, a full list of language codes is available from [http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php the ISO 639-2] list.
 
===Examples using D-Bus===
 
If you chose D-Bus, here are few examples.
 
Finding out what to fill where, is done with the help of the "Launch D-Bus Browser", using that browser you can find what method you wish to call in what application object.  Using D-Bus we need to fill some fields, the field name will be regular and the content ''italic''.
 
====Runner====
 
This will display the '''Runner''' dialog.
 
Remote Application: ''org.kde.krunner''
 
Remote Object: ''/App''
 
Function: ''org.kde.krunner.App.display''
 
====Audacious next/previous/pause/play/stop/repeat track====
 
Remote Application: ''org.mpris.audacious''
 
Remote Object: ''/Player''
 
Function: ''org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.'''Next''''' (replace Next with Prev/Pause/Stop/Play/Repeat)
 
====Audacious PlayPause track====
 
If not playing will play, if playing will pause.
 
Remote Application: ''org.mpris.audacious''
 
Remote Object: ''/org/atheme/audacious''
 
Function: ''org.atheme.audacious.PlayPause''
 
====Klipper manually invoke action menu====
 
display the actions pop-up.
(I am using that to search and translate words)
 
Remote Application: ''org.kde.klipper''
 
Remote Object: ''/klipper''
 
Function: ''org.kde.klipper.klipper.showKlipperManuallyInvokeActionMenu''


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[[Category:Configuration]]
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[[Category:Needs work]] <!-- Don't include this in translations-->

Latest revision as of 05:27, 19 May 2024

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System Settings

KDE system manager for hardware, software, and workspaces.

Features

  • Search function helps narrow down relevant settings
  • Highlight Changed Settings function displays changed settings
  • Pointing at an icon displays a tooltip with more information about it

Search

When the keyboard focus is in the icon window, you can type the first few letters of any module name to select it.

System Settings has a search function to help in hunting down a setting. Simply type in a keyword in the Search field in the toolbar and System Settings will display modules that contain the keyword and hide those that don't.

Searching for "key".

You can also search for and open System Settings modules in KRunner.

Categories

Appearance

Look and Feel

Customize Plasma in one click.

Workspace Theme

Customize your plasma theme, cursor theme, and splash theme all from here.

Color

Here you can choose which color scheme to use on the desktop and in applications. You can also tweak the settings for individual elements.

Font

Configure which fonts you want to use in window bars, menus, and elsewhere.

Icons

Here you can choose which icon theme to use for your workspace, and how large you want them to be.

Application Style

Customize your systems widget style (button themes), window decorations (how your titlebars look), and how GNOME (GTK) applications look..

Workspace

Desktop Behavior

Configure desktop effects such as window animations, transparency, or the desktop cube.

Windows Management

Configure Kwin the KDE windows manager.

Shortcuts

Configure keyboard shortcuts.

Startup and Shutdown

Configure your system behavior when starting up or shutting down.

Search

Settings for the desktop search engine and the file indexer.

Personalization

Acccount Details

Manage users and configure password manager.

Regional Settings

Configure language, time formats, date and more

Notifications

Configure notifications.

Applications

Configure default applications, file associations, and more.

Accessibility

Settings to help users who have difficulty hearing audible cues, or who have difficulty using a keyboard.

Online Accounts

Add your google, ownCloud or Twitter account, for a better integration.

Network

Connections

Preferences for your network connections.

Settings

Additional settings about your connection, Konqueror and SMB shares

Bluetooth

Preference about Bluetooth.

Hardware

Input Devices

Configure your keyboard, mouse and joystick.

Display and Monitor

Configuration of your monitor(s) and screensaver settings.

Multimedia

Configure the handling of audio CDs

Power Management

Global settings for the power manager.

Printers

Configure your printers to work with plasma.

Removable Storage

Configure automatic handling of removable storage media and which actions are available when a new device is connected to your machine.
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