Revision as of 16:00, 19 December 2010

The Amarok Window

When you first open Amarok, this is what you will see, once the splash screen disappears, and Amarok has fully loaded:

screenshot of plain Amarok

Window Layout

Amarok is organized in four main areas; the toolbar and three panes:

The Toolbar

The Media Sources Pane

The Context Pane and

The Playlist Pane

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 ==Window Layout==
-Amarok is organized in four main areas; the toolbar and three panes.
+Amarok is organized in four main areas; the toolbar and three panes:
-===Toolbar===
+[[/Toolbar|The Toolbar]]
-The Toolbar contains the top-level menus and the track-progress bar.<br /><br />
+[[/MediaSources|The Media Sources Pane]]
-[[File:AmarokToolbar.png]]
-temp crappy screenshot
-===Media Sources Pane===
+[[ContextPane|The Context Pane]] and
-The [[Amarok/Manual/AmarokWindow/MediaSources|Media Sources pane]] offers access to the Local Collection, Remote Collections, Media Devices, the Internet, your File System, Playlists, and Podcasts.
+[[/PlaylistPane|The Playlist Pane]]
-[[File:MediaSources.png‎]]
-Need a better screenshot that shows the complete Media Sources menu too. I fail at this. Some Free Music showing would be a bonus.
-===Context Pane===
+{{Prevnext2
+| prevpage=Amarok/QuickStartGuide | nextpage=/Toolbar
+| prevtext=Quick Start Guide | nexttext=The Toolbar
+| index=Amarok/Manual | indextext=Back to menu
+}}
-The [[Amarok/Manual/AmarokWindow/ContextPane|Context pane]] is comprised of applets, which offer you information about your music. A connection to the Internet is required for the most useful use of these little applications, which will fetch lyrics, information, photos, videos, and even guitar tabs, depending on what you choose to display.
+[[Category:Amarok]]
+[[Category:Multimedia]]
-[[File:ContextPane.png]]
+[[Category:Tutorials]]
-temp placeholder - attractive, with free music would be awesome!
-===Playlist pane===
-[[Amarok/Manual/AmarokWindow/PlaylistPane|The Playlist pane]] offers you a fully-configurable way to display and control the music you are playing.<br /><br />
-[[File:PlaylistPane.png]]
-Temp image; one with free music and pretty covers would be awesome! Must be 2.4 beta or git for the Queue Mgr.