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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.
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|Almost all HOWTOs assume that the widgets are unlocked. See [http://www.x.se/p7w Unlock widgets] for instructions on how to unlock them.}}
{{Note|Almost all HOWTOs assume that the widgets are unlocked. See [http://www.x.se/npw Unlock widgets] for instructions on how to unlock them.}}
{{Note|Distro-specific things}}
{{Note|Distro-specific things}}


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=== Widgets ===
=== Widgets ===
* [http://www.x.se/p7w Unlock widgets]
* [http://www.x.se/npw Unlock widgets]
* Lock widgets
* Lock widgets
* Add widgets to desktop
* Add widgets to desktop

Revision as of 15:20, 27 August 2009

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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

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

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)

More information

Contributors