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Plasma is one of the key technologies of KDE 4 (also known as the "Pillars of KDE"), and one of the most visible to users. As Plasma treats the user interface differently than a traditional desktop, there may be confusion as to what Plasma is, what it does, and how to perform common tasks.

The purpose of this document is to show how to preform common tasks in Plasma. Each HOWTO consists of one topic and a short animation, which is reached by clicking on the link. The animation is encoded in the GIF format and can thus be viewed in most web browsers without any additional plugins.

Note

Unlock widgets

Note

Distro-specific things

HOWTO

Widgets

Unlock widgets
Lock widgets
Add widgets to desktop
Add widgets to panel
Resize widgets
Rotate widgets
Delete widgets

Desktop

Change wallpaper
Change theme
Change to traditional desktop

Panel

Drag widgets between desktop and panel
Move widgets in panel
Change panel height
Change panel width
Move panel
Change panel alignment
Make panel autohide
Add new panel
Remove panel

Extenders

Drag extender to desktop
Restore extender
Stack extenders

Activities

Create new activity
Switch activities
Rename activity
Delete activity

For reuse

About how to post to forums etc. (explain how to use thumbnails)