Homerun
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Homerun, a KDE Launcher |
Features
Homerun is a fullscreen launcher for KDE 4 series with content organized in tabs. A tab is composed of several "sources". A source can provide one or more sections to a tab. Homerun comes with a few built-in sources, but custom sources can be written using libhomerun.
Homerun was replaced by the fullscreen version of the launcher in KDE 5 Plasma.
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Application launcher
Homerun can browse your installed applications and start them or add them to the favorite list to be able to quickly start them from the homepage.
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Document hierarchy browser
Homerun lists your favorite places and let you browse them: clicking an item from the "Favorite Places" section will list the content of this folder, making it possible for you to navigate your folders to open a document without having to use a file manager.
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Running as a containment
Homerun can be used from a launcher button in a panel (like Kickoff), or as a containment (like the Search and Launch containment).
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Keyboard Shortcuts
- Arrow keys: Navigate in results
- Enter: Open highlighted result
- Ctrl + Page Up, Ctrl + Page Down: Switch tabs
- Ctrl + F: Move focus to search field
- Alt + Left, Alt + Right: Go back and forward (useful when browsing hierarchies)
External Links
- Latest release:
- Development code: