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

The purpose of this document is to show how to perform common tasks in Plasma Desktop. Each HowTo consists of one topic and a short animation, which is reached by clicking on the link.

The animations are encoded in the GIF format and can thus be viewed in most modern web browsers without any additional plugins installed. Note that the animations are looped.

Note

Almost all HowTos assume that the widgets are unlocked. See Unlock widgets for instructions on how to unlock them.

Note

Due to distribution-specific customizations, your desktop might differ from those in the HowTos. In particular, if you miss the top-right toolbox (shown as a yellow icon), you can reach most options by right-clicking on the desktop.

HowTo

Widgets

Desktop Widgets

Panel Widgets

Desktop

Panel

Extenders

Activities

Further information

For reuse

To link to an animation from another UserBase article, a thumbnail can be posted. Here's an example (edit this page to see the syntax):

How to unlock your widgets

The animations can also be used outside of UserBase. The BBCode (used in most forums) to post a linked thumbnail is: [url=GIF][img]http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png[/img][/url]

Replace GIF with the URL to the GIF file. The corresponding HTML code is: <a href="GIF"><img src="http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png" /></a>

A description of how to record animated GIF files can be found here.

Thanks

Anne Wilson - thanks for all the help with UserBase!

Contributors

Hans Chen - current maintainer

Do you want to help out with making animations? See the Talk page to find out how!

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.
↑ The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized
↑ See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.
↑ It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.

[greenarrow-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Note the small green arrow. You can also right click instead of pressing the arrow.

[2] The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized

[3] See How can I change the height and the size of the panel? for more information.

[4] It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.

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 [[Welcome_to_KDE_UserBase|Home]] >> [[Applications]] >> [[Applications/Desktop|Desktop]] >> [[Plasma]]
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+{{Template:I18n/Language Navigation Bar|Plasma/HowTo/4.4}}
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 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-move-44.gif        | Move widget]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-remove-44.gif      | Remove widget]] <ref name="greenarrow"/>
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-spacer-44.gif      | Add spacer]]
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-addspacer-44.gif   | Add spacer]] <ref>The spacer behaves like other panel widgets with the exception that it can be resized</ref>
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-resizespacer-44.gif| Resize spacer]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-widget-panel-todesktop-44.gif   | Drag widget from panel to desktop]]
@@ Line 47: / Line 48: @@
 === Panel ===
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-height-44.gif             | Change panel height]]
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-width-44.gif              | Change panel width]] <ref>See [[Plasma/FAQ#How can I change the height and the size of the panel?|How can I change the height and the size of the panel?]] for more information.</ref>
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-width-44.gif              | Change panel width]] <ref>See [[Plasma/FAQ/4.4/Configuration#How can I change the height and the size of the panel?|How can I change the height and the size of the panel?]] for more information.</ref>
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-move-44.gif               | Move panel]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-alignment-44.gif          | Change panel alignment]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-autohide-44.gif           | Make panel autohide]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-add-44.gif                | Add new panel]]
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-remove-44.gif             | Remove panel]] <ref>The right mouse button is used in this animation.</ref>
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-panel-remove-44.gif             | Remove panel]]
 === Extenders ===
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-extender-todesktop-44.gif       | Drag extender to desktop]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-extender-restore-44.gif         | Restore extender]]
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-extender-stack-44.gif           | Stack extenders]] <ref>It's not necessary to drag the extender to the desktop first.</ref>
 === Activities ===
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-add-44.gif             | Add new activity]]
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-add-44.gif             | Add new activity]] <ref>It's also possible to click on "Add Activity" in the toolbox.</ref>
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-switch-44.gif          | Switch activities]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-rename-44.gif          | Rename activity]]
-* [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-remove-44.gif          | Remove activity]] <ref>You can't remove the activity you "zoom out" from.</ref>
+* [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-remove-44.gif          | Remove activity]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-link-44.gif            | Link activities to virtual desktops]]
 * [[Media:Plasma_howto-activity-dashboard-44.gif       | Use separate activity for dashboard]]
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 To link to an animation from another [[UserBase]] article, a thumbnail can be posted. Here's an example (edit this page to see the syntax):
 ::{|cellpadding="5" style="border:1px solid darkgray;"
-|<imagemap>Image:Plasma_howto-thumbnail.png
+|<imagemap>Image:Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png
 default [http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/6/65/Plasma_howto-widget-unlock-44.gif]
 desc none
@@ Line 84: / Line 84: @@
 The animations can also be used outside of [[UserBase]]. The BBCode (used in most forums) to post a linked thumbnail is:
 <code>
-[url=GIF][img]http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail.png[/img][/url]
+[url=GIF][img]http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png[/img][/url]
 </code>
 Replace GIF with the URL to the GIF file. The corresponding HTML code is:
 <code>
-<a href="GIF"><img src="http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail.png" /></a>
+<a href="GIF"><img src="http://userbase.kde.org/images.userbase/e/e8/Plasma_howto-thumbnail-44.png" /></a>
 </code>
-A description of making the animated gif is [http://hanswchen.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/record-screencasts-to-animated-gif-files/ here].
+A description of how to record animated GIF files can be found [http://hanswchen.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/record-screencasts-to-animated-gif-files/ here].
 == Thanks ==
@@ Line 101: / Line 101: @@
-Do you want to help out with making animations? See the [[Talk:Plasma/FAQ/HowTo|Talk page]] to find out how!
+Do you want to help out with making animations? See the [[Talk:Plasma/HowTo/4.4|Talk page]] to find out how!
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