Amarok/Manual/Organization/Applets

Overview

The default applets bar in Amarok 2.8

Amarok can display a variety of applets. These applets provide extra functionally that appears in the center column of the interface. The toolbar above is located at the bottom of the Amarok main window and can be used to switch which applet is active on screen.

Clicking the wrench allows brings up a new menu, which allows applets to be added, removed, or moved around on the bar.

Applets

Below are descriptions of the currently included applets.

Albums

The Albums applets displays other albums, including the tracks on the albums, by the artist of the currently playing track. When there is no track playing, this applet displays a few recently added albums.

Analyzer

This is a new applet in version 2.8. It provides basic audio visualizations.

Current Track

Displays information about the track that is currently playing: title, artist, play count, last played, track rating, and more. The album cover and a simple interface to Last.fm are also present.

Info

Provides some straightforward explanations of what some areas of Amarok can be used for.

Labels

Give support for syncing Last.fm labels.

Lyrics

Can search multiple sites for lyrics to the currently playing track.

Photos

Searches the web for images based on currently playing track.

Tabs

Goes through a database of guitar and bass tabs and attempts to find the current track.

Wikipedia

Shows the Wikipedia article for the artist of the current track.