<FILENAME filename="index.html"><html><head><title>KDE Fundamentals</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="description" content="This guide provides an introduction to the Plasma workspace and applications and describes many common tasks that can be performed."><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="next" href="introduction.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Fundamentals</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="introduction.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div lang="en" class="book"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="fundamentals"></a><span class="orgname">KDE<br></span> Fundamentals</h1></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div><div>Revision <span class="releaseinfo"> (<span class="date">2016-11-28</span>)</span></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2011, 2012, 2013 <span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span></p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2011 Alexey Subach</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2011 Salma Sultana</p></div><div><p><a href="help:/kdoctools5-common/fdl-notice.html">Legal Notice</a></p></div><div><div><div class="abstract"><p>This guide provides an introduction to the <span class="productname">Plasma</span> workspace and applications and describes many
common tasks that can be performed.</p></div></div></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl class="toc"><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="introduction.html">1. Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="install.html">2. Installing <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Applications</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="install.html#install-packages">Installing Packages</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-linux"><span class="trademark">Linux</span>®</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-windows"><span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-mac"><span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-bsd"><span class="trademark">BSD</span>™</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-mobile">Mobile Devices</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-live">Live Media</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="install.html#install-source">Building from Source Code</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="ui.html">3. Finding Your Way Around</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="ui.html#visualdict">A Visual Dictionary</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ui.html#visualdict-screens">The Big Picture</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="ui.html#visualdict-widgets">The Widgets</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="menus.html">Common Menus</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-file">The File Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-edit">The Edit Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-view">The View Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-tools">The Tools Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-settings">The Settings Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-help">The Help Menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="menus.html#menus-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="kbd.html">Common Keyboard Shortcuts</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-windows">Working with Windows</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-activities">Working with Activities and Virtual Desktops</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-desktop">Working with the Desktop</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-help">Getting Help</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-docs">Working with Documents</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-files">Working with Files</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-vol-bright">Changing Volume and Brightness</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-leaving">Leaving Your Computer</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="kbd.html#kbd-modifying">Modifying Shortcuts</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="tasks.html">4. Common Tasks</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="tasks.html#nav">Navigating Documents</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="tasks.html#nav-scroll">Scrolling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="tasks.html#nav-zoom">Zooming</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="files.html">Opening and Saving Files</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="files.html#files-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="files.html#files-ui">The File Selection Window</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="files.html#files-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="spellcheck.html">Check Spelling</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-check">Check Spelling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-auto">Automatic Spell Checking</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-config">Configuring <span class="application">Sonnet</span></a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="find.html">Find and Replace</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="find.html#find-find">The Find Function</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="find.html#find-replace">The Replace Function</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="find.html#find-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="fonts.html">Choosing Fonts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="colors.html">Choosing Colors</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="colors.html#basic-colors">Using Basic Colors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="colors.html#colors-mixing">Mixing Colors</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="colors.html#colors-custom">Custom Colors</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="config.html">5. Customizing <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="config.html#toolbars">Customizing Toolbars</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="config.html#toolbars-items">Modifying Toolbar Items</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="config.html#toolbars-appearance">Customizing Toolbar Appearance</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="config.html#toolbars-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="shortcuts.html">Using and Customizing Shortcuts</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-change">Changing a Shortcut</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-reset">Resetting Shortcuts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-delete">Removing a Shortcut</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-schemes">Working with Schemes</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-print">Printing Shortcuts</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="shortcuts.html#shortcuts-ack">Thanks and Acknowledgments</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></dd><dt><span class="chapter"><a href="credits.html">6. Credits and License</a></span></dt></dl></div><FILENAME filename="introduction.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 1. Introduction</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="next" href="install.html" title="Chapter 2. 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Introduction</h1></div></div></div><p>Welcome to <span class="orgname">KDE</span>!</p><p>This guide will introduce you to the many features of the <span class="productname">Plasma</span> workspace and applications and
describe many common tasks you can perform.</p><p>For more information on <span class="orgname">KDE</span>, visit the
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/" target="_top">KDE website</a>.</p></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="install.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Fundamentals </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> Installing <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Applications</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="install.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 2. Installing KDE Plasma Desktop and KDE Applications</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="prev" href="introduction.html" title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><link rel="next" href="ui.html" title="Chapter 3. Finding Your Way Around"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Installing <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Applications</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="introduction.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="ui.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="install"></a>Chapter 2. Installing <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Applications</h1></div></div></div><p>You can install <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications, including <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span>, on a
variety of different platforms, ranging from
smartphones and tablets to computers running <span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®, <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym>,
<span class="trademark">UNIX</span>®, <span class="trademark">BSD</span>™ or <span class="trademark">Linux</span>®. Binary packages are available for many different
platforms and distributions, or advanced users may build the source code.</p><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="install-packages"></a>Installing Packages</h2></div></div></div><p>Hundreds of developers worldwide have done a lot of work to make it easy
to install <span class="orgname">KDE</span> onto a variety of different devices and platforms.</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-linux"></a><span class="trademark">Linux</span>®</h3></div></div></div><p>Nearly every <span class="trademark">Linux</span>® distribution provides binary packages for individual
applications and the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> as a whole.</p><p>To install an individual application, look for its name in your
distribution's package collection. To install one of the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Workspaces</span>,
like <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span>, look for a metapackage or package
group, typically <code class="literal">plasma-desktop</code>.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>Some applications may be installed together with other
applications in a combined package named after the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> package they are
provided in. For instance, <span class="application">Konqueror</span> might be found in the
<code class="literal">kde-baseapps</code> package.</p></div><p>If you have trouble locating <span class="orgname">KDE</span> packages for your distribution, please
contact their support resources. Many distributions also have a team dedicated
to packaging applications by <span class="orgname">KDE</span> that can provide assistance specific to them. </p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-windows"></a><span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span class="orgname">KDE</span> on Windows Initiative provides binary packages of <span class="orgname">KDE</span>
applications for <span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®. They also provide a special installer
application that permits you to install individual applications or groups and
all necessary dependencies easily.</p><p>For more information on the initiative and to download the installer,
visit <a class="ulink" href="https://windows.kde.org/" target="_top">the KDE on Windows Initiative</a>.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-mac"></a><span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym></h3></div></div></div><p>Individual <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications can be installed through several
different <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ports</span>”</span> systems available for <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym>. Several different
<span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications also provide their own binary builds for <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym>.</p><p>For more information, visit
<a class="ulink" href="https://mac.kde.org/" target="_top"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> on <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® <acronym class="acronym">OS</acronym>X</a>.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-bsd"></a><span class="trademark">BSD</span>™</h3></div></div></div><p>Most <span class="trademark">BSD</span>™ distributions allows you to install <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications
and the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> through their <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ports</span>”</span>
system.</p><p>For more information on installing ports, see your <span class="trademark">BSD</span>™ distribution's
documentation.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-mobile"></a>Mobile Devices</h3></div></div></div><p><span class="productname">Plasma Mobile</span> is an exciting initiative to bring a new <span class="orgname">KDE</span>
experience to mobile devices like smartphones or tablets. Binary releases are
provided for several different devices.</p><p>For more information, visit
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.plasma-mobile.org/" target="_top"><span class="productname">Plasma Mobile</span></a>.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-live"></a>Live Media</h3></div></div></div><p>Several <span class="trademark">Linux</span>® and <span class="trademark">BSD</span>™ distributions offer live media. This permits you
to try out the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> without installing anything to your system.
All you have to do insert a CD or connect a USB drive and boot from it. If you
like what you see, most offer an option to install it to your hard drive.</p><p>There is <a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/download/distributions.php" target="_top">a list
of distributions that offer the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> workspace and applications on live media</a> on the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> website.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="install-source"></a>Building from Source Code</h3></div></div></div><p>For detailed information on how to compile and install <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and
applications see <a class="ulink" href="https://community.kde.org/Guidelines_and_HOWTOs/Build_from_source" target="_top">Build from source</a>.</p><p>Since <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software uses <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="command"><span class="command"><strong>cmake</strong></span></span> you should
have no trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the
<span class="orgname">KDE</span> mailing lists.</p><p>The recommended tool to build Frameworks, <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and all the other applications is
<a class="ulink" href="https://commits.kde.org/kdesrc-build" target="_top">kdesrc-build</a>
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elements, commonly known as <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">widgets</span>”</span>. This guide will introduce
you to their names and functions.</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="visualdict-screens"></a>The Big Picture</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="visualdict-windows"></a>Windows</h4></div></div></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm199" src="visualdict-window.png"><map name="idm199"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-statusbar" coords="47,522,752,566"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-scrollbar" coords="720,127,760,513"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-central-widget" coords="48,127,719,515"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-toolbar" coords="51,95,570,128"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menubar" coords="4,67,46,109"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menubar" coords="49,75,311,93"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu" coords="50,51,72,70"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="74,52,93,69"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="678,51,747,70"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-titlebar" coords="106,40,676,74"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="691,6,740,49"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-titlebar" coords="346,0,388,37"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="61,1,103,43"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu" coords="14,2,57,45"></map></div></div><p>This is the window of the <span class="application">KWrite</span>, a text editor. Click on
part of the window to learn more about it.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="bold"><strong>Window Menu</strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-titlebar">Titlebar</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Buttons to <span class="emphasis"><em>minimize</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>maximize</em></span>, or
<span class="emphasis"><em>close</em></span> the window
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menubar">Menubar</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-toolbar">Toolbar</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A very large
<span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-area">Text Area</a></strong></span>
that acts as this program's
<span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-central-widget">Central Widget</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A vertical <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-scrollbar">Scrollbar</a></strong></span>
(there is also a horizontal scrollbar below the text box)
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
The <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-statusbar">Statusbar</a></strong></span>
</p></li></ol></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm257" src="visualdict-window2.png"><map name="idm257"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-panel" coords="580,80,763,529"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-slider" coords="383,490,573,536"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-context-menu" coords="199,225,451,462"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon" coords="198,187,224,225"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon" coords="121,187,197,276"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon" coords="282,110,515,165"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon" coords="124,111,211,163"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-breadcrumb" coords="108,76,415,109"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-panel" coords="1,73,107,544"></map></div></div><p>This is the another window, that of the <span class="application">Dolphin</span> file manager. Click on
part of the window to learn more about it.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-panel">panel</a></strong></span>
that contains a list of Places on the computer system
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-breadcrumb">Breadcrumb</a></strong></span>
of the path of the displayed folder
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A folder <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon">Icon</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A file <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon">Icon</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A highlighted <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon">Icon</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-context-menu">Context Menu</a></strong></span>
listing actions that can be performed on a file
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-slider">Slider</a></strong></span>
that changes the size of the <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon">Icons</a>
displayed
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
More <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-panel">Panels</a></strong></span>
</p></li></ol></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="visualdict-gui"></a>Elements of Graphical User Interface (<acronym class="acronym">GUI</acronym>)</h4></div></div></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm313" src="visualdict-gui1.png"><map name="idm313"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="15,505,690,549"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="683,129,722,170"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-button" coords="636,140,681,161"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-drop-down-box" coords="225,137,631,327"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-tab" coords="581,28,625,71"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-tab" coords="172,112,632,135"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon-list" coords="5,58,171,495"></map></div></div><p>This screenshot, from the <span class="application">System Settings</span> Formats panel,
shows some <acronym class="acronym">GUI</acronym> elements. Click on part of the window to learn more about it.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
An <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon-list">Icon List</a></strong></span>
(the second item is selected)
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
An open
<span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-drop-down-box">Drop Down Box</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
An item in the <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-drop-down-box">Drop Down Box</a> that
has been selected
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
Some more <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-button">Buttons</a></strong></span>
</p></li></ol></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm347" src="visualdict-gui2.png"><map name="idm347"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu-button" coords="306,451,349,493"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu-button" coords="172,405,298,538"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-spin-box" coords="522,204,638,253"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-check-box" coords="425,98,467,162"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-tree-view" coords="368,63,411,100"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-tree-view" coords="164,101,424,403"></map></div></div><p>This screenshot, from the <span class="application">System Settings</span> Custom Shortcuts panel,
shows some more <acronym class="acronym">GUI</acronym> elements.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-tree-view">Tree View</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-check-box">Check Box</a></strong></span>
that has been selected
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A pair of <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-spin-box">Spin Boxes</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu-button">Menu Button</a></strong></span>
</p></li></ol></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm381" src="visualdict-gui3.png"><map name="idm381"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box" coords="562,235,603,252"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box" coords="214,253,767,280"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-radio-button" coords="187,193,468,252"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-list-box" coords="8,101,185,547"></map></div></div><p>This screenshot, from the <span class="application">System Settings</span> Default Applications panel,
shows even more <acronym class="acronym">GUI</acronym> elements. Click on part of the window to learn more about
it.</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-list-box">List Box</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A pair of <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-radio-button">Radio Buttons</a></strong></span>
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
A <span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box">Text Box</a></strong></span>
</p></li></ol></div><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobjectco"><img border="0" usemap="#idm408" src="visualdict-gui4.png"><map name="idm408"><area shape="rect" href="ui.html#visualdict-combo-box" coords="268,128,722,288"></map></div></div><p>Finally, this screenshot, from the <span class="application">System Settings</span> Colors panel, shows five
<span class="bold"><strong><a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-tab">Tabs</a></strong></span>
</p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="visualdict-widgets"></a>The Widgets</h3></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col align="left"><col><col align="center"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="center">Name</th><th>Description</th><th align="center">Screenshot</th></tr></thead><tbody valign="top"><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-central-widget"></a>Central Widget</td><td valign="top">The main area of the running application. This might be the document
you are editing in a word processor or the board of a game like Chess.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-central-widget.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-button"></a>Button</td><td valign="top">These can be clicked with the <span class="mousebutton">left</span> mouse button to perform an action.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-button.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-breadcrumb"></a>Breadcrumb</td><td valign="top">Shows the path in a hierarchical system, such as a filesystem. Click on
any part of the path to go up in the tree to that location. Click on the arrow
to the right of part of the path to go to another child element of that path.
</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-breadcrumb.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-check-box"></a>Check Box</td><td valign="top">These can be clicked to select and unselect items. They are typically
used in a list of several selections. Selected items typically display a check
mark, whereas unselected items will have an empty box.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-check-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-color-selector"></a>Color Selector</td><td valign="top">This allows a color to be selected for various purposes, such as changing
the color of text. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="colors.html" title="Choosing Colors">the section called “Choosing Colors”</a></td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-color-selector.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-combo-box"></a>Combo Box</td><td valign="top">A combination of a
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-drop-down-box">Drop Down Box</a> and a
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box">Text Box</a>. You can select an option
from the list, or type in the text box. Some combo boxes may automatically
complete entries for you, or open the list with a list of choices that match
what you have typed.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-combo-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-context-menu"></a>Context Menu</td><td valign="top">Many user interface elements in the <span class="productname">Plasma</span> Workspace and in Applications contain a context menu,
which can be opened by clicking on something with the <span class="mousebutton">right</span> mouse button. This menu contains
options and actions that usually affect the user interface element that was
right-clicked.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-context-menu.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-dialog-box"></a>Dialog Box</td><td valign="top">A small window that appears above a larger application window. It may
contain a message, warning, or configuration panel, among others.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-dialog-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-drop-down-box"></a>Drop Down Box</td><td valign="top">This provides a list of items, from which you may select one.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-drop-down-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-icon"></a>Icon</td><td valign="top">A graphical representation of something, such as a file or action. They
typically, but not always, also contain a text description, either beneath or
to the right of the icon.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-icon.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-icon-list"></a>Icon List</td><td valign="top">This provides a list of items represented by an
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-icon">Icon</a> and a description. It is typically
used in the left panel of configuration panels to allow selection from various
types of configuration categories.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-icon-list.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-list-box"></a>List Box</td><td valign="top">This is a list of items that typically allows multiple items to be
selected. To select a group of contiguous items, press the <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span> key and
click the first and last items. To select multiple items that are not
contiguous, press the <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span> key and select the desired items.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-list-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-menu"></a>Menu</td><td valign="top">A list of selections, that usually perform an action, set an option, or
opens a window. These can be opened from
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menubar">menubars</a> or
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu-button">menu buttons</a>.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-menu.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-menubar"></a>Menubar</td><td valign="top">These are located at the top of nearly every window and provide access
to all the functions of the running application. For more information, see
<a class="xref" href="menus.html" title="Common Menus">the section called “Common Menus”</a>.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-menubar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-menu-button"></a>Menu Button</td><td valign="top">A special type of <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-button">button</a> that
opens a <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menu">menu</a>.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-menu-button.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-panel"></a>Panel <span class="emphasis"><em>or</em></span> Sidebar <span class="emphasis"><em>or</em></span> Tool View</td><td valign="top">These are located on the sides or bottom of the
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-central-widget">central widget</a> and allow
you to perform many different tasks in an application. A text editor might
provide a list of open documents in one, while a word processor might allow you
to select a clip art image.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-panel.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-progress-bar"></a>Progress Bar</td><td valign="top">A small bar that indicates that a long-running operation is being
performed. The bar may indicate how much of the operation has completed, or it
may simply bounce back and forth to indicate that the operation is in progress.
</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-progress-bar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-radio-button"></a>Radio Button</td><td valign="top">These are used in a list of options, and only permit one of the options in
the list to be selected.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-radio-button.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-scrollbar"></a>Scrollbar</td><td valign="top">Allows you to navigate a document.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-scrollbar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-slider"></a>Slider</td><td valign="top">Allows a numeric value to be selected by moving a small bar either
horizontally or vertically across a line.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-slider.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-spin-box"></a>Spin Box</td><td valign="top">This permits a numerical value to be selected, either by using the up and
down arrows to the right of the box to raise or lower the value, respectively,
or by typing the value into the
<a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box">text box</a>.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-spin-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-statusbar"></a>Status Bar</td><td valign="top">These are located at the bottom of many applications and display
information about what the application is currently doing. For instance, a web
browser might indicate the progress of loading a web page, while a
word processor might display the current word count.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-statusbar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-tab"></a>Tab</td><td valign="top">These appear at the top of an area of a window, and permit that area of
the window to be changed to a variety of different selections.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-tab.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-text-area"></a>Text Area</td><td valign="top">Allows a large amount of text to be typed in, typically multiple lines or
paragraphs. Unlike a <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-text-box">Text Box</a>,
pressing <span class="keysym">Enter</span> will usually result in a line break.
</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-text-area.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-text-box"></a>Text Box</td><td valign="top">A single-line text entry that allows a small amount of text to be typed
in. Typically, pressing <span class="keysym">Enter</span> will perform the same action as clicking the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">OK</span></span> button.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-text-box.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-titlebar"></a>Titlebar</td><td valign="top">This is located at the top of every window. It contains the name of the
application and usually information about what the application is doing, like
the title of the web page being viewed in a web browser or the filename of a
document open in a word processor.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-titlebar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-toolbar"></a>Toolbar</td><td valign="top">These are located near the top of many applications, typically directly
underneath the <a class="link" href="ui.html#visualdict-menubar">menu bar</a>. They
provide access to many common functions of the running application, like
<span class="emphasis"><em>Save</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>Print</em></span>.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-toolbar.png"></span>
</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><a name="visualdict-tree-view"></a>Tree View</td><td valign="top">A Tree View allows you to select from a hierarchical list of options. A
section, or category, of the Tree View may be unexpanded, in which case no
options will appear beneath it and the arrow to the left of the title will be
pointing right, toward the title. It may also be expanded, in which case several
options will be listed below it, and the arrow to the left of the title will be
pointing down, toward the options. To expand a portion of the tree view, click
the arrow to the left of the title of the section you wish to expand,
double-click on the title, or select the title using your keyboard's arrow keys
and press the <span class="keysym">Enter</span> or <span class="keycap"><strong>+</strong></span> key. To minimize a portion of the
tree view, you may also click the arrow, double-click on the title, or press the
<span class="keysym">Enter</span> or <span class="keycap"><strong>-</strong></span> key.</td><td align="center" valign="top">
<span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="visualdict-tree-view.png"></span>
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><FILENAME filename="menus.html"><html><head><title>Common Menus</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="ui.html" title="Chapter 3. Finding Your Way Around"><link rel="prev" href="ui.html" title="Chapter 3. Finding Your Way Around"><link rel="next" href="kbd.html" title="Common Keyboard Shortcuts"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Common Menus</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="ui.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Finding Your Way Around</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="kbd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="menus"></a>Common Menus</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><p>Many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications contain these menus. However, most
applications will have more menu entries than those listed here, and others may
be missing some of the entries listed here.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-menus"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="menus.png" alt="A menubar"><div class="caption"><p>The menubar in
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/gwenview/" target="_top"><span class="application">Gwenview</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div><p>Some applications, like <span class="application">Dolphin</span>, do not show a menubar by default. You
can show it by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>M</strong></span>. You can
also use this to hide the menubar in applications that support doing so.</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-file"></a>The File Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> menu allows you to perform operations on the
currently open file and access common tasks in applications.</p><p>Common menu items include:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">New</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>N</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Creates a new file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">New Window</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Opens a new window.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Open...</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>O</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Opens an already existing file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Save</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>S</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Saves the file. If the file already exists it will be overwritten.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Save As...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Saves the file with a new filename.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Save All</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Saves all open files.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Reload</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>F5</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Reloads the current file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Reload All</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Reloads all open files.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Print...</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>P</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Prints the file. Use <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Print to File (PDF)</span></span> to generate a <acronym class="acronym">PDF</acronym> file
or select a range of pages to print only these pages to a new <acronym class="acronym">PDF</acronym> file
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Close</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>W</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Closes the current file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Close All</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Closes all open files.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Quit</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Q</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Exits the program.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-edit"></a>The Edit Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> menu allows you to modify the currently
open file.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Undo</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Z</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Undo the last action you performed in the file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Redo</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Z</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Redo the last action you performed in the file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Cut</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>X</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Removes the currently selected portion of the file, if any, and places a copy of
it in the clipboard buffer.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Copy</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Places a copy of the currently selected portion of the file, if any, in the
clipboard buffer.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Paste</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>V</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Copies the first item in the clipboard buffer to the current location in the
file, if any.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Select All</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Selects the entire contents of the currently open file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find...</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Allows you to search for text in the currently open file.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Replace...</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>R</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Allows you to search for text in the currently open file and replace it with
something else.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find Next</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>F3</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Go to the next match of the last Find operation.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find Previous</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F3</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Go to the previous match of the last Find operation.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-view"></a>The View Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">View</span></span> menu allows you to change the layout of the
currently open file and/or the running application.</p><p>This menu has different options depending on the application you are
using.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-tools"></a>The Tools Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> menu allows you to perform certain actions
on the currently open file.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Automatic Spell Checking</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>O</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
Check for spelling errors as you type. For more information, see
<a class="xref" href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-auto" title="Automatic Spell Checking">the section called “Automatic Spell Checking”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Spelling...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
This initiates the spellchecking program - a program designed to help the user
catch and correct any spelling errors. For more information, see
<a class="xref" href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-check" title="Check Spelling">the section called “Check Spelling”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Spelling (from cursor)...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
This initiates the spellchecking program, but only checks the portion of the
document from the current location of the cursor to the end. For more information,
see <a class="xref" href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-check" title="Check Spelling">the section called “Check Spelling”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Spellcheck Selection...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
This initiates the spellchecking program, but only checks the currently selected
text in the document. For more information, see <a class="xref" href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-check" title="Check Spelling">the section called “Check Spelling”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Change Dictionary...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
This allows you to change the dictionary used to check spellings. For more
information, see <a class="xref" href="spellcheck.html#spellcheck-config" title="Configuring Sonnet">the section called “Configuring <span class="application">Sonnet</span>”</a>.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-settings"></a>The Settings Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> allows you to customize the application.</p><p>This menu typically contains the following items:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Menubar</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>M</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>
<span class="action">Toggle the Menubar display</span> on and off. Once
hidden it can be made visible using the shortcut
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>M</strong></span> again.
If the menubar is hidden, the context menu opened with a right mouse button
click anywhere in the view area has an extra entry <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Menubar</span></span>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Statusbar</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Toggles the display of the statusbar on and off. Some <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications use statusbar at the bottom of their screen to display useful information.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Toolbars Shown</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Allows you to show and hide the various toolbars supported by the application.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show
Statusbar</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>When checked, this displays a small bar at the bottom of the application
containing information about the status. When unchecked
the status bar is hidden.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure Shortcuts...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Allows you to enable, disable, and modify keyboard shortcuts. For more
information, see <a class="xref" href="shortcuts.html" title="Using and Customizing Shortcuts">the section called “Using and Customizing Shortcuts”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure Toolbars...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Allows you to customize the contents, layout, text, and icons of toolbars. For
more information, see <a class="xref" href="config.html#toolbars" title="Customizing Toolbars">the section called “Customizing Toolbars”</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure
Notifications...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This item displays a standard <span class="orgname">KDE</span> notifications configuration
dialog, where you can change the notifications (sounds, visible messages,
<abbr class="abbrev">etc.</abbr>) used by the application.</p><p>For more information how to configure notifications please read the documentation for
the <span class="application">System Settings</span> module <a class="ulink" href="help:/kcontrol/kcmnotify/index.html" target="_top">Manage Notifications</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure <span class="replaceable"><em class="replaceable"><code>Application</code></em></span>...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>
Opens the configuration panel for the currently running application.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-help"></a>The Help Menu</h3></div></div></div><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> menu gives you access to the application's
documentation and other useful resources.</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem"><span class="replaceable"><em class="replaceable"><code>Application</code></em></span> Handbook</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span></strong></span>)
</span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">Invokes the KDE Help system</span> starting at the
running application's handbook.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">What's This?</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span></strong></span>)
</span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and
question mark.</span> Clicking on items within the application; will open a help
window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's
function.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Tip of the Day</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This command <span class="action">opens the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Tip of the Day</span></span> dialog</span>.
You can page through all the tips by using the buttons on the dialog
and select to show the tips at startup.</p><p>Note: Not all applications provide these tips.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Report Bug...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">Opens the Bug report dialog</span> where you can
report a bug or request a <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">wishlist</span>”</span> feature.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Donate</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Opens the <a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/community/donations" target="_top">Donations page</a>
where you can support <span class="orgname">KDE</span> and its projects.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Switch Application Language...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">Opens a dialog</span> where you can
edit the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Primary language</span></span> and <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Fallback language</span></span>
for this application.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">About <span class="replaceable"><em class="replaceable"><code>Application</code></em></span></span></span></span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">This will display version and author
information for the running application.</span></p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Help</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">About KDE</span></span></span></dt><dd><p><span class="action">This displays the <span class="orgname">KDE</span> Development Platform version
and other basic information.</span></p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="menus-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Special thanks to an anonymous Google Code-In 2011 participant for writing
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perform many tasks without touching your mouse. If you use your keyboard
frequently, using these can save you lots of time.</p><p>This list contains the most common shortcuts supported by the workspace
itself and many applications available within. Every application also provides
its own shortcuts, so be sure to check their manuals for a comprehensive
listing.</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
The <span class="keysym">Meta</span> key described below is a generic name for
the custom key found on many different keyboards. On keyboards
designed for <span class="trademark">Microsoft</span>® <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®, this key is usually called the
<span class="keysym">Windows</span> key, and will have a picture of the <span class="trademark">Windows</span>®
logo. On keyboards designed for <span class="trademark">Mac</span>® computers, this key is known as
the <span class="keysym">Command</span> key and will have a picture of the
<span class="trademark">Apple</span>® logo and/or the
<span class="keycap"><strong>⌘</strong></span> symbol. On keyboards designed for <span class="trademark">UNIX</span>® systems, this key
is really known as the <span class="keysym">Meta</span> key and is typically labeled with a
diamond: <span class="keycap"><strong>◆</strong></span>.
</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-windows"></a>Working with Windows</h3></div></div></div><p>These shortcuts allow you to perform all kinds of operations with windows,
whether it be opening, closing, moving, or switching between them.</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="kbd-windows-start-stop"></a>Starting and Stopping Applications</h4></div></div></div><p>These shortcuts make it easy to start and stop programs.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span></td><td>Open the Application Launcher</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Space</strong></span> / <span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span></td><td><a class="ulink" href="help:/plasma-desktop/krunner.html" target="_top">Run Command Interface</a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span></td><td>System Activity</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F4</strong></span></td><td>Close</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Q</strong></span></td><td>Quit</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Esc</strong></span></td><td>Force Quit</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="kbd-windows-moving"></a>Moving Around</h4></div></div></div><p>These shortcuts allow you to navigate between windows, activities, and
desktops efficiently.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F10</strong></span></td><td>Present Windows</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F9</strong></span></td><td>Present Windows on current desktop</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F7</strong></span></td><td>Present Windows of current application only</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F12</strong></span></td><td>Show Desktop</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td>Activate Window Demanding Attention</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span></td><td>Walk through windows</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span></td><td>Walk through windows (Reverse)</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F3</strong></span></td><td>Open the Window Operations menu</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keysym">Up</span></td><td>Switch to Window Above</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keysym">Down</span></td><td>Switch to Window Below</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keysym">Left</span></td><td>Switch to Window to the Left</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keysym">Right</span></td><td>Switch to Window to the Right</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="kbd-activity-pan-zoom"></a>Panning and Zooming</h4></div></div></div><p>Need to get a closer look? The <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Workspaces</span> allow you to zoom in
and out and move your entire desktop around, so you can zoom in even when the
application you are using doesn't support it.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>=</strong></span></td><td>Zoom In</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>-</strong></span></td><td>Zoom Out</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>0</strong></span></td><td>Zoom Normal</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">Up</span></td><td>Pan Up</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">Down</span></td><td>Pan Down</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">Left</span></td><td>Pan left, move window to monitor to the left<a href="#ftn.fn1" class="footnote" name="fn1"><sup class="footnote">[a]</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">Right</span></td><td>Pan right, move window to monitor to the right<a href="kbd.html#ftn.fn1" class="footnoteref"><sup class="footnoteref">[a]</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">PgUp</span></td><td>Maximize/Restore window</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keysym">PgDn</span></td><td>Minimize window</td></tr></tbody><tbody class="footnotes"><tr><td colspan="2"><div id="ftn.fn1" class="footnote"><p><a href="#fn1" class="para"><sup class="para">[a] </sup></a>In a multi-monitor environment</p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-activities"></a>Working with Activities and Virtual Desktops</h3></div></div></div><p>These shortcuts allow you to switch between and manage
<a class="ulink" href="help:/plasma-desktop/activities-interface.html" target="_top">Activities</a>
and <a class="ulink" href="help:/kcontrol/desktop/" target="_top">virtual desktops</a>.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Q</strong></span> /
<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span>,<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span>
</td><td>Manage Activities</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span></td><td>Next Activity</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keysym">Meta</span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Tab</strong></span></td><td>Previous Activity</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span></td><td>Switch to Desktop 1</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F2</strong></span></td><td>Switch to Desktop 2</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F3</strong></span></td><td>Switch to Desktop 3</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F4</strong></span></td><td>Switch to Desktop 4</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-desktop"></a>Working with the Desktop</h3></div></div></div><p>These shortcuts allow you to work with the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Desktop</span> and panels.
</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> <span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td>Add Widgets</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> <span class="keycap"><strong>R</strong></span></td><td>Remove this <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="replaceable"><em class="replaceable"><code>Widget</code></em></span></td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> <span class="keycap"><strong>L</strong></span></td><td>Lock/Unlock Widgets</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> <span class="keycap"><strong>S</strong></span></td><td><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="replaceable"><em class="replaceable"><code>Widget</code></em></span> Settings</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F12</strong></span></td><td>Show Desktop</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span> <span class="keycap"><strong>T</strong></span></td><td>Run the Associated Application</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>D</strong></span>,<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>S</strong></span>
</td><td>Desktop Settings</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-help"></a>Getting Help</h3></div></div></div><p>Need some help? The manual for the current application is only a keypress
away, and some programs even have additional help that explains the element in
focus.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span></td><td>Help</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F1</strong></span></td><td>What's This?</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-docs"></a>Working with Documents</h3></div></div></div><p>Whether it's a text document, spreadsheet, or web site, these shortcuts
make performing many kinds of tasks with them easy.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>F5</strong></span></td><td>Refresh</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td>Select All</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Z</strong></span></td><td>Undo</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Z</strong></span></td><td>Redo</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>X</strong></span></td><td>Cut</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span></td><td>Copy</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>V</strong></span></td><td>Paste</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>N</strong></span></td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>P</strong></span></td><td>Print</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>S</strong></span></td><td>Save</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F</strong></span></td><td>Find</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>W</strong></span></td><td>Close Document/Tab</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-files"></a>Working with Files</h3></div></div></div><p>Whether you are in an Open/Save dialog or the <span class="application">Dolphin</span> file manager, these
shortcuts save you time when performing operations on files. Note that some of
the concepts used with files are the same as with documents, so several of the
shortcuts are identical to their counterparts listed above.</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Z</strong></span></td><td>Undo</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>X</strong></span></td><td>Cut</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>C</strong></span></td><td>Copy</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>V</strong></span></td><td>Paste</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td>Select All</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>L</strong></span></td><td>Replace Location</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>A</strong></span></td><td>Invert Selection</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Left</strong></span></td><td>Back</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Right</strong></span></td><td>Forward</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Up</strong></span></td><td>Up (to folder that contains this one)</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Home</strong></span></td><td>Home Folder</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Delete</strong></span></td><td>Move to Trash</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Delete</strong></span></td><td>Delete Permanently</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-vol-bright"></a>Changing Volume and Brightness</h3></div></div></div><p>In addition to the standard keys, many computer keyboards and laptops
nowadays have special keys or buttons to change the speaker volume, as well as
the brightness of your monitor if applicable. If present, you can use these
keys in the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Workspaces</span> to perform those tasks.</p><p>If you do not have such keys, see <a class="xref" href="kbd.html#kbd-modifying" title="Modifying Shortcuts">the section called “Modifying Shortcuts”</a> for
information on how to assign keys for these tasks.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-leaving"></a>Leaving Your Computer</h3></div></div></div><p>All done? Use these shortcuts and put your computer away!</p><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Shortcut</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>L</strong></span></td><td>Lock Screen</td></tr><tr><td><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Del</strong></span></td><td>Leave</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="kbd-modifying"></a>Modifying Shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><p>The shortcuts described in <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-windows" title="Working with Windows">Working With
Windows</a>, <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-leaving" title="Leaving Your Computer">Leaving Your Computer</a>,
<a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-vol-bright" title="Changing Volume and Brightness">Changing Volume and Brightness</a> and
<a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-activities" title="Working with Activities and Virtual Desktops">Working with
Activities and Virtual Desktops</a> are called
<span class="emphasis"><em>global shortcuts</em></span>, since they work regardless of which
window you have open on your screen. These can be modified in the
<a class="ulink" href="help:/kcontrol/keys/" target="_top">Global Shortcuts panel of
<span class="application">System Settings</span></a>, where they are separated by <span class="orgname">KDE</span> component.</p><p>The shortcuts described <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-desktop" title="Working with the Desktop">Working
with the Desktop</a> are immutable and cannot be modified.</p><p>The shortcuts described in <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-docs" title="Working with Documents">Working with
Documents</a> and <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-help" title="Getting Help">Getting Help</a> are set by
individual programs. Most <span class="orgname">KDE</span> programs allow you to use the
<a class="link" href="shortcuts.html" title="Using and Customizing Shortcuts">common shortcut editing dialog</a> to modify these.
The shortcuts described in <a class="link" href="kbd.html#kbd-files" title="Working with Files">Working With Files</a>
can be edited in the same manner when used inside a file manager like <span class="application">Dolphin</span>
or <span class="application">Konqueror</span>, but cannot be modified in the case of Open/Save dialogs, <abbr class="abbrev">etc.</abbr>
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(and sometimes the bottom) of documents, allowing you to move within documents.
However, there are several other ways you can navigate documents, some of which
are faster and easier.</p><p>Several mice have a wheel in the middle. You can move it up and down to
scroll within a document. If you press the <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span> key while using the mouse
wheel, the document will scroll faster.</p><p>If you're using a portable computer like a laptop, you might also be able
to scroll using the touchpad. Some computers allow you to scroll vertically
by moving your finger up and down the rightmost side of the touchpad, and allow
you to scroll horizontally by moving your finger across the bottommost side
of the touchpad. Others let you scroll using two fingers: move both fingers
up and down anywhere on the touchpad to scroll vertically, and move them left
and right to scroll horizontally. Since this functionality emulates the mouse
wheel functionality described above, you can also press the <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span> key while
you do this to scroll faster.</p><p>If you use the <span class="productname"><span class="orgname">KDE</span> Plasma Workspaces</span>, you can control mouse wheel behavior
in the <a class="ulink" href="help:/kcontrol/mouse/" target="_top">Mouse module in <span class="application">System Settings</span></a>,
and you can control touchpad scrolling behavior in the Touchpad module in
<span class="application">System Settings</span>. Otherwise, look in the configuration area of your operating
system or desktop environment.</p><p>Additionally, the scrollbar has several options in its context menu. You
can access these by right-clicking anywhere on the scrollbar. The following
options are available:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="nav-scroll-here"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Scroll here</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Scroll directly to the location represented by where you
right-clicked on the scrollbar. This is the equivalent of simply clicking on
that location on the scrollbar.</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-top"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Top</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>Home</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Go to the beginning of the document.</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-bottom"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Bottom</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>End</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Go to the end of the document.</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-page-up"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Page up</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>PgUp</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Navigate to the previous page in a document that represents a
printed document, or one screen up in other types of documents.</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-page-down"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Page down</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>PgDn</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Navigate to the next page in a document that represents a
printed document, or one screen down in other types of documents.
</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-up"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Scroll up</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Scroll up one unit (usually a line) in the document. This is
the equivalent of clicking the up arrow at the top of the scrollbar.</p></dd><dt><a name="nav-scroll-down"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Scroll down</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Scroll down one unit (usually a line) in the document. This is
the equivalent of clicking the down arrow at the bottom of the scrollbar.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="nav-zoom"></a>Zooming</h3></div></div></div><p>Many applications permit you to zoom. This makes the text or image you
are viewing larger or smaller. You can generally find the zoom function in the
<a class="link" href="menus.html#menus-view" title="The View Menu">View menu</a>, and sometimes in the status bar
of the application.</p><p>You can also zoom using the keyboard by pressing
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>+</strong></span> to zoom in, or
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>-</strong></span> to zoom out. If you
can scroll with the mouse wheel or touchpad as described in
<a class="xref" href="tasks.html#nav-scroll" title="Scrolling">the section called “Scrolling”</a>, you can also zoom by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span> and scrolling
that way.</p></div></div><FILENAME filename="files.html"><html><head><title>Opening and Saving Files</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="prev" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="next" href="spellcheck.html" title="Check Spelling"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Opening and Saving Files</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="tasks.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="spellcheck.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="files"></a>Opening and Saving Files</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="files-intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p>Many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications work with files. Most applications have a
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">File</span></span> menu with options that allow you to open and save files.
For more information on that, see <a class="xref" href="menus.html#menus-file" title="The File Menu">the section called “The File Menu”</a>. However,
there are lots of different operations that require selecting a file. Regardless
of the method, all <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications generally use the same file selection
window.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-files-open"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="files-open.png" alt="The File Open window."><div class="caption"><p>Opening a file in
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/applications/internet/konqueror/" target="_top"><span class="application">Konqueror</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="files-ui"></a>The File Selection Window</h3></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar"></a><span class="term">The Toolbar</span></dt><dd><p>This contains standard navigation tool buttons:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-back"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Back</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Causes the folder view to change to the previously displayed
folder in its history. This button is disabled, if there is no previous item.
</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-forward"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Forward</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Causes the folder view to change to the next folder in its
history. This button is disabled, if there is no next folder.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-parent"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Parent Folder</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This will cause the folder view to change to the immediate
parent of the currently displayed folder, if possible.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-reload"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Reload</span></span> (<span class="keycap"><strong>F5</strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Reloads the folder view, displaying any changes that have been
made since it was first loaded or last reloaded.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-show-preview"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Show Preview</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Displays a preview of each file inside the folder view.
</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-zoom"></a><span class="term">Zoom Slider</span></dt><dd><p>This allows you to change the size of the icon or preview
shown in the folder view.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Options</span></span></span></dt><dd><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span></span></dt><dd><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-name"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">By Name</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Sort files listed in the folder view alphabetically by name.
</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-size"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">By Size</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Sort files listed in the folder view in order of their file
size.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-date"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">By Date</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Sort files listed in the folder view by the date they were last
modified. </p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-type"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">By Type</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Sort files listed in the folder view alphabetically by their
file type.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-descending"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Descending</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>When unchecked (the default), files in the folder view will be
sorted in ascending order. (For instance, files sorted alphabetically will
be sorted from A to Z, while files sorted numerically will be sorted from
smallest to largest.) When checked, files in the folder will be sorted in
descending order (in reverse).</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting-folders-first"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Folders First</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>When enabled (the default), folders will appear before regular
files.</p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-view"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span></span></dt><dd><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-view-short"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Short View</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Displays only the filenames.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-view-detailed"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Detailed View</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Displays <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Name</span></span>, <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Date</span></span>
and <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Size</span></span> of the files.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-view-tree"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Tree View</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Like Short View, but folders can be expanded to view their contents.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-view-detailed-tree"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Detailed Tree View</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This also allows folders to be expanded, but displays the additional columns
available in Detailed View.</p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-hidden"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Hidden Files</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>.</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Displays files or folders normally hidden by your operating system.
The alternate shortcut for this action is <span class="keycap"><strong>F8</strong></span>.
</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-show-places"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Places Navigation Panel</span></span> (<span class="shortcut"><strong><span class="keycap"><strong>F9</strong></span></strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Displays the places panel which provides quick access
to bookmarked locations and disks or other media.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-show-bookmarks"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Bookmarks</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Displays an additional icon on the toolbar that provides
access to <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">bookmarks</span>”</span>, a list of saved locations.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-options-show-preview"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Aside Preview</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Displays a preview of the currently highlighted file to the
right of the folder view.</p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-toolbar-bookmarks"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Bookmarks</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Opens a submenu to edit or add bookmarks and to add a new
bookmark folder.</p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-location"></a><span class="term">Location Bar</span></dt><dd><p>The location bar, which can be found on top of the folder view, displays
the path to the current folder. The location bar has two modes:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><a name="files-ui-location-breadcrumb"></a><span class="term">Bread Crumb Mode</span></dt><dd><p>In the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">bread crumb</span>”</span> mode, which is the default, each folder
name in the path to the current folder is a button which can be clicked to quickly
open that folder. Moreover, clicking the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">></span>”</span> sign to the right of
a folder opens a menu which permits to quickly open a subfolder of that folder.
</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-files-locationbar-breadcrumb"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="files-locationbar-breadcrumb.png" alt="Location bar in bread crumb mode."><div class="caption"><p>Location bar in bread crumb mode.</p></div></div></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-location-editable"></a><span class="term">Editable Mode</span></dt><dd><p>When in bread crumb mode, clicking in the gray area to the right of the path
with the <span class="mousebutton">left</span> mouse button switches the location bar to the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">editable</span>”</span> mode,
in which the path can be edited using the keyboard. To switch back to bread
crumb mode, click the check mark at the right of the location bar with the <span class="mousebutton">left</span> mouse button.
</p><div class="screenshot"><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="files-locationbar-editable.png" alt="Location bar in editable mode."><div class="caption"><p>Location bar in editable mode.</p></div></div></div></dd></dl></div><p>The context menu of the location bar offers action to switch between the modes and
to copy and paste the path using the clipboard. Check the last option in this context menu to
display either the full path starting with the root folder of the file system or to display
the path starting with the current places entry.
</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-files-locationbar-context-menu"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="files-locationbar-context-menu.png" alt="Location bar context menu"></div></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-places"></a><span class="term">The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Places</span></span> List</span></dt><dd><p>This provides the standard <span class="orgname">KDE</span> list of Places, shared with
<span class="application">Dolphin</span> and other file management tools.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-folder-view"></a><span class="term">The Folder View</span></dt><dd><p>The largest part of the file selection window is the area that lists all
items in the current directory. To select a file, you can double-click on it,
or choose one and hit <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Open</span></span> or
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Save</span></span>.</p><p>You can also select multiple files at once. To select specific files, or
to unselect specific files that are already selected, press and hold <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>,
click on each file, then release <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>. To select a
contiguous group of files, click the first file, press and hold <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>, click
on the last file in the group, and release <span class="keycap"><strong>Shift</strong></span>.</p><p>The Folder View supports a limited set of file operations, which can be
accessed by right-clicking on a file to access its context menu, or using
keyboard shortcuts. The following items are available in the context menu:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Create New...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Create a new file or folder.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Move to Trash...</span></span>
(<span class="keycap"><strong>Del</strong></span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Move the currently selected item to the trash.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This submenu can also be accessed from the toolbar, and is
described in <a class="xref" href="files.html#files-ui-toolbar-options-sorting"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Sorting</span></span></a>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This submenu can also be accessed from the toolbar, and is
described in <a class="xref" href="files.html#files-ui-toolbar-options-view"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Options</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">View</span></span></a>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Open File Manager</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Opens the current folder in your default file manager
application.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Properties</span></span>
(<span class="keycap"><strong>Alt</strong></span>+<span class="keysym">Enter</span>)</span></dt><dd><p>Open the Properties window that allows you to view and modify
various types of metadata related to the currently selected file.</p></dd></dl></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-preview"></a><span class="term">The Preview Pane</span></dt><dd><p>If enabled, this displays a preview of the currently highlighted
file.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-name"></a><span class="term">The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Name</span></span> Entry</span></dt><dd><p>When a file is selected, a name will appear in this text box.
You may also manually enter a file name or path in this text box.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-filter"></a><span class="term">The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Filter</span></span> Entry</span></dt><dd><p>When opening a file, the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Filter</span></span> entry allows you to
enter a filter for the files displayed in the folder view. The filter uses
standard globs; patterns must be separated by white space. For instance, you can
enter <strong class="userinput"><code>*.cpp *.h *.moc</code></strong> to display several different
common <span class="trademark">Qt</span>™ programming files.</p><p>To display all files, enter a single asterisk
(<strong class="userinput"><code>*</code></strong>).</p><p>The filter entry saves the last 10 filters entered between
sessions. To use one, press the arrow button on the right of the entry
and select the desired filter string. You can disable the filter by pressing
the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Clear text</span></span> button to the left of the autocompletion
arrow button.</p><p>When saving a file, the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Filter</span></span> entry will instead
display a drop down box that allows you to select from all the file types the
application supports. Select one to save a file in that format.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-autoselect-extension"></a><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Automatically select filename extension</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>When saving a file, this check box will appear. When selected
(the default), the application will automatically append the default file
extension for the selected file type to the end of the file name, if it does
not already appear in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Name</span></span> entry. The file extension
that will be used is listed in parenthesis at the end of the check box label.
</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-files-save"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="files-save.png" alt="The File Save window."><div class="caption"><p>Saving a file in
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/applications/internet/konqueror/" target="_top"><span class="application">Konqueror</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-open-save"></a><span class="term">The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Open</span></span> or <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Save</span></span> Button</span></dt><dd><p>Depending on the action being performed, an
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Open</span></span> or <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Save</span></span> button will be
displayed. Clicking on this button will close the file selection window and
perform the requested action.</p></dd><dt><a name="files-ui-cancel"></a><span class="term">The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Cancel</span></span> Button</span></dt><dd><p>Clicking <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Cancel</span></span> will close the file
dialog without performing any action.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="files-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Special thanks to Google Code-In 2011 participant Alexey Subach for
writing parts of this section.</p></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="tasks.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="spellcheck.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Common Tasks </td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"> Check Spelling</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="spellcheck.html"><html><head><title>Check Spelling</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="prev" href="files.html" title="Opening and Saving Files"><link rel="next" href="find.html" title="Find and Replace"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Check Spelling</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="files.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="find.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="spellcheck"></a>Check Spelling</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Sweet</span> <code class="email"><dsweet@kde.org></code></p><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Salma</span> <span class="surname">Sultana</span> </p><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><p><span class="application">Sonnet</span> is the spelling checker used by <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications such as <span class="application">Kate</span>,
<span class="application">KMail</span>, and <span class="application">KWord</span>. It is a <acronym class="acronym">GUI</acronym> frontend to various free spell checkers.</p><p>To use <span class="application">Sonnet</span> you need to install a spell checker like
<span class="application"><acronym class="acronym">GNU</acronym> Aspell</span>, <span class="application">Enchant</span>,
<span class="application">Hspell</span>, <span class="application">ISpell</span> or
<span class="application">Hunspell</span> and additionally the corresponding
dictionaries for the languages that you wish to use.</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="spellcheck-check"></a>Check Spelling</h3></div></div></div><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-spellcheck-check"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="spellcheck-check.png" alt="The Check spelling window."><div class="caption"><p>Correcting a misspelling.</p></div></div></div><p>To check spelling, go to <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Spelling...</span></span>.</p><p>If a word is possibly misspelled in your document, it is displayed in the
top line in the dialog. <span class="application">Sonnet</span> tries to appropriate word(s) for replacement.
The best guess is displayed to the right of <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Replace with</span></span>.
To accept this replacement, click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Replace</span></span>.</p><p><span class="application">Sonnet</span> also allows you to select a word from the list of suggestions and
replace the misspelled word with that selected word. With the help of the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Suggest</span></span> button, you can add more suggestions from the
dictionary to the suggestions list.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Ignore</span></span> to keep your original spelling.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Finished</span></span> to stop spellchecking and
<span class="emphasis"><em>keep</em></span> the changes made.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Cancel</span></span> to stop spellchecking and
<span class="emphasis"><em>cancel</em></span> the changes already made.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Replace All</span></span> to automatically replace
the misspelled word(s) with the chosen replacement word, if they appear again in
your document later.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Ignore All</span></span> to ignore the spelling at
that point and all the future occurrences of the word misspelled.</p><p>Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Add to Dictionary</span></span> to add the misspelled
word to your personal dictionary.</p><p>The <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Personal Dictionary</span></span> is a distinct dictionary from the
system dictionary and the additions made by you will not be seen by others.</p><p>The drop down box <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Language</span></span> at the bottom of this
dialog allows you to switch to another dictionary temporarily.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="spellcheck-auto"></a>Automatic Spell Checking</h3></div></div></div><p>In many applications, you can automatically check spelling as you type.
To enable this feature, select <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Automatic Spell Checking</span></span>.</p><p>Potentially misspelled words will be underlined in red. To select a
suggestion, right click on the word, select the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Spelling</span></span>
submenu, and select the suggestion. You may also instruct <span class="application">Sonnet</span> to ignore
this spelling for this document by selecting <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Ignore Word</span></span>,
or you may select <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Add to Dictionary</span></span> to save it in your
personal dictionary.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="spellcheck-config"></a>Configuring <span class="application">Sonnet</span></h3></div></div></div><p>To change your dictionary, go to <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Tools</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Change Dictionary...</span></span>. A small window will
appear at the bottom of the current document that will allow you to change your
dictionary.</p><p>For more information on configuring <span class="application">Sonnet</span>, see the
<a class="ulink" href="help:/kcontrol/spellchecking" target="_top">Spell Checker <span class="application">System Settings</span> module
documentation</a></p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="spellcheck-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Special thanks to Google Code-In 2011 Participant Salma Sultana for writing
much of this section.</p></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="files.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="find.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Opening and Saving Files </td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"> Find and Replace</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="find.html"><html><head><title>Find and Replace</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="prev" href="spellcheck.html" title="Check Spelling"><link rel="next" href="fonts.html" title="Choosing Fonts"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Find and Replace</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="spellcheck.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="fonts.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="find"></a>Find and Replace</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><p>The Find function of many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications lets you find specific
text in a document, while the Replace function allows you to replace text that
is found with different text you provide.</p><p>You can find both these functions in the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> menu of
many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications. For more information on this menu, see
<a class="xref" href="menus.html#menus-edit" title="The Edit Menu">the section called “The Edit Menu”</a>.</p><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="find-find"></a>The Find Function</h3></div></div></div><p>The Find function searches for text in a document and selects it.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-find-find"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="find-find.png" alt="The Find window."><div class="caption"><p>Searching for <strong class="userinput"><code>income</code></strong> in
<a class="ulink" href="https://www.kde.org/applications/office/sheets/" target="_top"><span class="application">Calligra Sheets</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div><p>To use Find in many applications, go to <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find...</span></span> or press
<span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>F</strong></span>. Then, in the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Text to find:</span></span> text box, enter the text that you want to
find.</p><p>If <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Regular expression</span></span> is checked you will be able to
search using regular expressions. Click on <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Edit</span></span> to select
from and enter commonly used regular expression characters, like
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">White Space</span></span> or <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Start of Line</span></span>. If
<span class="application">Kate</span> is installed, you can find
<a class="ulink" href="help:/katepart/regular-expressions.html" target="_top">more information on writing
regular expressions in its documentation</a>.</p><p>You can limit the found results by configuring these options:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Case sensitive</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Capital and lowercase characters are considered different. For
example, if you search for <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">This</span>”</span>, results that contain
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">this</span>”</span> will not be returned.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Whole words only</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>By default, when the application searches for text, it will
return results even in the middle of other text. For instance, if you search
for <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">is</span>”</span> it will stop on every word that contains that,
like <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">th<span class="emphasis"><em>is</em></span></span>”</span> or
<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">h<span class="emphasis"><em>is</em></span>tory</span>”</span>. If you check this option, the
application will only return results when the search text is a word by itself,
that is, surrounded by whitespace.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">From cursor</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>The search will start from the location of the cursor and stop
at the end of the text.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Find backwards</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>By default, the application searches for the text starting at
the beginning of the document, and move through it to the end. If you check this
option, it will instead start at the end and work its way to the beginning.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Selected text</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Select this option to search only in the text that is currently
selected, not the entire document. It is disabled when no text is selected.
</p></dd></dl></div><p>Many applications show a search bar instead of the Find window.
See <a class="ulink" href="help:/katepart/kate-part-find-replace.html#finding-text" target="_top"><span class="application">KatePart</span>
documentation</a> for additional information on the search bar.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-find-find-inline"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="find-find-inline.png" alt="The search bar in Kate."><div class="caption"><p>Searching for <strong class="userinput"><code>software</code></strong> in <span class="application">Kate</span>'s search bar.
</p></div></div></div><p>The Find function only selects the first match that it finds. You can
continue searching by selecting <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Find Next</span></span>
or by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>F3</strong></span>.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-find-found"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="find-found.png" alt="Example of a search."><div class="caption"><p><span class="application">Kate</span> displays a match for <strong class="userinput"><code>KDE</code></strong>.
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="find-replace"></a>The Replace Function</h3></div></div></div><p>The Replace function searches for text in a document and replaces it with
other text. You can find it in many application at
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Edit</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Replace...</span></span>
or by pressing <span class="keycap"><strong>Ctrl</strong></span>+<span class="keycap"><strong>R</strong></span>.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-find-replace"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="find-replace.png" alt="The Replace window."><div class="caption"><p>Replacing <strong class="userinput"><code>income</code></strong> with
<strong class="userinput"><code>expense</code></strong> in <span class="application">Calligra Sheets</span></p></div></div></div><p>The window of the Replace function is separated into 3 sections:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Find</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Here you may enter the text you wish to search for. See
<a class="xref" href="find.html#find-find" title="The Find Function">the section called “The Find Function”</a> for more information on the options provided here.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Replace</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Here you may enter the text you wish to replace the found text with.</p><p>You can reuse the found text in the replacement text by selecting the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Use placeholders</span></span> checkbox. Placeholders, sometimes known as
backreferences, are a special character sequence that will be replaced with all
or part of the found text. For instance, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">\0</span>”</span> represents the
entire found string.</p><p> You may insert placeholders into the text box by clicking the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Insert Placeholder</span></span> button, then selecting an option from
the menu like <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Complete Match</span></span>. For example, if you are
searching for <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">message</span>”</span>, and you want to replace it with
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">messages</span></span> insert the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Complete Match</span></span>
placeholder and add an <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">s</span>”</span>. The replace field will then
contain <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">\0s</span>”</span>.</p><p>If <span class="application">Kate</span> is installed, you can learn more about placeholders in the
<a class="ulink" href="help:/katepart/regular-expressions.html" target="_top">Regular Expressions appendix
of its documentation</a>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Options</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This contains all the same options that the
<a class="link" href="find.html#find-find" title="The Find Function">Find</a> function does, with one addition:</p><p>If the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Prompt on replace</span></span> option is checked a window
will appear on every found word, allowing you to confirm whether you would like
to replace the found text.</p></dd></dl></div><p>Many Applications show a search and replace bar instead of the Replace window.
See <a class="ulink" href="help:/katepart/kate-part-find-replace.html#replacing-text" target="_top"><span class="application">KatePart</span>
documentation</a> for
additional information on the search and replace bar.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-find-replace-inline"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="find-replace-inline.png" alt="The search and replace bar."><div class="caption"><p>Replacing <strong class="userinput"><code>kmail</code></strong> with
<strong class="userinput"><code>kate</code></strong> in <span class="application">Kate</span>'s search and replace bar</p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="find-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Thanks to an anonymous Google Code-In 2011 participant for writing much
of this section.</p></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="spellcheck.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="fonts.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Check Spelling </td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"> Choosing Fonts</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="fonts.html"><html><head><title>Choosing Fonts</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="prev" href="find.html" title="Find and Replace"><link rel="next" href="colors.html" title="Choosing Colors"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Choosing Fonts</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="find.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="colors.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="fonts"></a>Choosing Fonts</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><p>The font selector appears in many different <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications. It lets
you select the font face, font style, and font size of the text that appears in
your application.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-fonts"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="fonts.png" alt="The font selector."><div class="caption"><p>Selecting a font in
<a class="ulink" href="help:/systemsettings" target="_top"><span class="application">System Settings</span></a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Font</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This is the leftmost selection box, and lets you choose the
font face from a list of fonts on your system.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Font style</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This is the center selection box, and lets you choose the font style from
the following choices:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Italic</span></span> - this displays text in a cursive,
or slanted fashion, and is commonly used for citations or to emphasize text.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Regular</span></span> - the default. Text is displayed
without any special appearance.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Bold Italic</span></span> - a combination of both
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Bold</span></span> and <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Italic</span></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Bold</span></span> - this displays text in a darker,
thicker fashion, and is commonly used for titles of documents or to emphasize
text.</p></li></ul></div></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Size</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>This is the rightmost selection box, and lets you select the
size of your text. Font size is measured in <span class="emphasis"><em>points</em></span>, a
standard unit of measure in typography. For more information on this, see
<a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography)" target="_top">the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Point
(typography)</span>”</span> article on Wikipedia</a>.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Preview</span></dt><dd><p>The bottom of the font selector displays a preview of text using
the font settings that are currently selected. You may change this text if you
wish.</p></dd></dl></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="find.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="colors.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Find and Replace </td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"> Choosing Colors</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="colors.html"><html><head><title>Choosing Colors</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="tasks.html" title="Chapter 4. Common Tasks"><link rel="prev" href="fonts.html" title="Choosing Fonts"><link rel="next" href="config.html" title="Chapter 5. Customizing KDE software"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Choosing Colors</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="fonts.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="config.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="colors"></a>Choosing Colors</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><p>The color chooser appears in many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications, whenever you need
to select a color. It lets you pick from a <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Basic colors</span></span> consisting of many
predefined colors or mix your own when you want a specific color.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-colors"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="colors.png" alt="The color selector."><div class="caption"><p>Selecting a color in
<a class="ulink" href="help:/systemsettings" target="_top"><span class="application">System Settings</span></a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="basic-colors"></a>Using Basic Colors</h3></div></div></div><p>The basic colors group is a set of predefined colors. You can find it on the top
side of the color chooser window.</p><p>To select a color from the basic colors, simply click on it. The color will be
displayed at the right of the palette, along with its <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> hexadecimal code</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing"></a>Mixing Colors</h3></div></div></div><p>The color chooser also lets you mix your own colors. There are several
ways to do this:</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing-select"></a>Using the Grid</h4></div></div></div><p>The right side of the color chooser contains a large box, and a thinner box
immediately to its right. You can use the left box to select the Hue and
Saturation of the desired color based on the visual guide provided in the box.
The right bar adjusts the Value. Adjust these to select the desired color,
which is displayed in the middle of the window.</p><p>For more information on Hue, Saturation, and Value, see
<a class="xref" href="colors.html#colors-mixing-hsv" title="Hue/Saturation/Value">the section called “Hue/Saturation/Value”</a></p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing-eyedropper"></a>Using the Screen Colors</h4></div></div></div><p>The eyedropper tool allows you to select a color from your screen. To use
it, select the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Pick Screen Color</span></span> button below the
basic colors, and then click anywhere on
your screen to select that color.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing-hsv"></a>Hue/Saturation/Value</h4></div></div></div><p>The lower-right corner of the screen allows you to manually enter the
coordinates of the desired color in the Hue/Saturation/Value
(<acronym class="acronym">HSV</acronym>) color space. For more information on this, see
<a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV" target="_top">the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">HSL and
HSV</span>”</span> article on Wikipedia</a>.</p><p>These values are also updated when selecting a color by other methods,
so they always accurately represent the currently selected color.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing-rgb"></a>Red/Green/Blue</h4></div></div></div><p>The lower-right corner of the screen also allows you to manually enter the
coordinates of the desired color in the Red/Green/Blue (<acronym class="acronym">RGB</acronym>)
color model. For more information on this, see
<a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model" target="_top">the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">RGB color
model</span>”</span> article on Wikipedia</a>.</p><p>These values are also updated when selecting a color by other methods,
so they always accurately represent the currently selected color.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="colors-mixing-HTML"></a><acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> Hexadecimal Code</h4></div></div></div><p>You may enter the <acronym class="acronym">HTML</acronym> hexadecimal code representing
the color in the lower-right corner of the screen. For more information on this,
see <a class="ulink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors" target="_top">the <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">Web
colors</span>”</span> article on Wikipedia</a>.</p><p>This value is also updated when selecting a color by other methods,
so it always accurately represents the currently selected color.</p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="colors-custom"></a>Custom Colors</h3></div></div></div><p>After selecting a color, you may add it to the Custom Colors group so
you can use it later. To do so, click the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Add to Custom Colors</span></span> button.</p></div></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="fonts.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="config.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Choosing Fonts </td><td class="upCell">Common Tasks</td><td class="nextCell"> Customizing <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME></div></div><div id="footer"><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="kbd.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Contents</a></td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="files.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td class="prevCell">Common Keyboard Shortcuts </td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"> Opening and Saving Files</td></tr></table></div><div id="footer_text">Would you like to make a comment or contribute an update to this page?<br>Send feedback to the <a href="mailto:kde-doc-english@kde.org" class="footer_email">KDE Docs Team</a></div></div></div></body></html></FILENAME><FILENAME filename="config.html"><html><head><title>Chapter 5. Customizing KDE software</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="prev" href="colors.html" title="Choosing Colors"><link rel="next" href="shortcuts.html" title="Using and Customizing Shortcuts"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Customizing <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="colors.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell"> </td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="shortcuts.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="config"></a>Chapter 5. Customizing <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software</h1></div></div></div><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="toolbars"></a>Customizing Toolbars</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-toolbars-toolbar"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="toolbars-toolbar.png" alt="The Gwenview toolbar."><div class="caption"><p>The toolbar in
<a class="ulink" href="https://kde.org/applications/graphics/gwenview/" target="_top"><span class="application">Gwenview</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items"></a>Modifying Toolbar Items</h3></div></div></div><p>To customize an application's toolbars, go to
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure
Toolbars...</span></span> or right-click on a toolbar and select
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure Toolbars...</span></span>.</p><p>On the left side of the toolbar configuration panel, the available items
that you can put in your toolbar are shown. On the right, the ones that already
appear on the toolbar are shown. At the top, you can select the toolbar
you wish to modify or view.</p><p>Above each side of the panel there is a <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Filter</span></span> text
box you can use to easily find items in the list.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-toolbars-customize"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="toolbars-configure.png" alt="The Customize Toolbars window."><div class="caption"><p>The Customize Toolbars window in <span class="application">Gwenview</span> with the
<span class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Previous</span></span> button selected.</p></div></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-add"></a>Adding an Item</h4></div></div></div><p>You can add an item to your toolbar by selecting it from the left side and
clicking on the right arrow button.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-remove"></a>Removing an Item</h4></div></div></div><p>You can remove an item by selecting it and clicking the left arrow
button.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-rearrange"></a>Changing the Position of Items</h4></div></div></div><p>You can change the position of the items by moving them lower or higher in
the list. To move items lower, press the down arrow button, while to move items
higher press the up arrow button. You can also change items' position by
dragging and dropping them.</p><p>On horizontal toolbars, the item that's on top will be the one on the left.
On vertical toolbars, items are arranged as they appear in the toolbar.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-separator"></a>Adding a Separator</h4></div></div></div><p>You can add separator lines between items by adding a
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">--- separator ---</span></span> item to the toolbar.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-defaults"></a>Restoring Defaults</h4></div></div></div><p>You can restore your toolbar to the way it was when you installed the
application by pressing the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Defaults</span></span> button at the bottom
of the window and then confirming your decision.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-items-text-icons"></a>Changing Text and Icons</h4></div></div></div><p>You can change the icon and text of individual toolbar items by selecting
an item and clicking either the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Change Icon...</span></span> or
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Change Text...</span></span> button.</p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="toolbars-appearance"></a>Customizing Toolbar Appearance</h3></div></div></div><p>You can change the appearance of toolbars by right-clicking on a toolbar
to access it's context menu.</p><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-appearance-text-position"></a>Text Position</h4></div></div></div><p>You can change the appearance of text on toolbars in the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Text Position</span></span> submenu of a toolbar's context menu.</p><p>You can choose from:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p>
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Icons</span></span> -
only the icon for each toolbar item will appear.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Text</span></span> -
only the text label for each toolbar item will appear.
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Text Alongside Icons</span></span> -
the text label will appear to the right of each toolbar item's icon
</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Text Under Icons</span></span> -
the text label will appear underneath each toolbar item's icon
</p></li></ul></div><p>You can also show or hide text for individual toolbar items by
right-clicking on an item and checking or unchecking the item under
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Show Text</span></span>.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-appearance-icon-size"></a>Icon Size</h4></div></div></div><p>You can change the size of toolbar items' icons by selecting
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Icon Size</span></span> from the toolbar's context menu.</p><p>You can choose from the following options: (each lists the icon size
in pixels)</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Small (16x16)</span></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Medium (22x22)</span></span>
[the default value]</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Large (32x32)</span></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Huge (48x48)</span></span></p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-appearance-move"></a>Moving Toolbars</h4></div></div></div><p>In order to move toolbars, you must <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">unlock</span>”</span> them. To do
so, uncheck <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Lock Toolbar Positions</span></span> from a toolbar's
context menu. To restore the lock, simply recheck this menu item.</p><p>You can change a toolbar's position from the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Orientation</span></span> submenu of its context menu.</p><p>You can choose from:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Top</span></span>
[the default in many applications]</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Left</span></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Right</span></span></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Bottom</span></span></p></li></ul></div><p>You can also move a toolbar by clicking and holding onto the dotted line
at the left of horizontal toolbars or the top of vertical toolbars and dragging
it to your desired location.</p></div><div class="sect3"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="toolbars-appearance-show-hide"></a>Show/Hide Toolbars</h4></div></div></div><p>If your application has only one toolbar, you can hide a toolbar by
deselecting <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Toolbar</span></span> from either the toolbar's
context menu or the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> menu. To restore the toolbar,
select <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Show Toolbar</span></span> from the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span>
menu. Note that toolbars must be <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">unlocked</span>”</span> to hide them from their
context menu; see <a class="xref" href="config.html#toolbars-appearance-move" title="Moving Toolbars">the section called “Moving Toolbars”</a> for more
information.</p><p>If your application has more than one toolbar, a submenu called
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guisubmenu">Toolbars Shown</span></span> will appear in the context menu and
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> menu instead of the above menu entry. From that
menu you may select individual toolbars to hide and show.</p></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="toolbars-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Thanks to an anonymous Google Code-In 2011 participant for writing much
of this section.</p></div></div><FILENAME filename="shortcuts.html"><html><head><title>Using and Customizing Shortcuts</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-default.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-docs.css"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help:/kdoctools5-common/kde-localised.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets Vsnapshot"><meta name="keywords" content="KDE, introduction, user interface, menus, files, open, save, spelling, spellcheck, find, replace, colors, configuration, customization, toolbars, installation, compiling"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="KDE Fundamentals"><link rel="up" href="config.html" title="Chapter 5. Customizing KDE software"><link rel="prev" href="config.html" title="Chapter 5. Customizing KDE software"><link rel="next" href="credits.html" title="Chapter 6. Credits and License"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="KDE XSL Stylesheet V1.14 using libxslt"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div id="content"><div id="header"><div id="header_content"><div id="header_left"><div id="header_right"><img src="help:/kdoctools5-common/top-kde.jpg" width="36" height="34"> Using and Customizing Shortcuts</div></div></div></div><div class="navCenter"><table class="navigation"><tr><td class="prevCell"><a accesskey="p" href="config.html">Prev</a></td><td class="upCell">Customizing <span class="orgname">KDE</span> software</td><td class="nextCell"><a accesskey="n" href="credits.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="contentBody"><div class="sect1"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="shortcuts"></a>Using and Customizing Shortcuts</h2></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><p class="author"><span class="firstname">Alexey</span> <span class="surname">Subach</span> </p><p class="author"><span class="firstname">T.C.</span> <span class="surname">Hollingsworth</span> <code class="email"><tchollingsworth@gmail.com></code></p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div><p>Many <span class="orgname">KDE</span> applications allow you to configure keyboard shortcuts. To open
the standard keyboard shortcuts configuration panel, go to
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span> → <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure
Shortcuts...</span></span>.</p><p>In the Configure Shortcuts window, you will see a list of all the shortcuts
available in the current application. You can use the search box at the top to
search for the shortcut you want.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-shortcuts-search"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="shortcuts-search.png" alt="The Customize Shortcuts window."><div class="caption"><p>Searching for shortcuts with <strong class="userinput"><code>file</code></strong> in
<a class="ulink" href="https://kde.org/applications/system/dolphin/" target="_top"><span class="application">Dolphin</span></a>.
</p></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-change"></a>Changing a Shortcut</h3></div></div></div><p>To change a shortcut, first click on the name of a shortcut you want to change.
You will see a radio group where you can choose whether to set the shortcut to its
default value, or select a new shortcut for the selected action. To set a new shortcut,
choose <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Custom</span></span> and click on the button next to it. Then just
type the shortcut you would like to use, and your changes will be saved.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-shortcuts-set"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="shortcuts-set.png" alt="The Customize Shortcuts window demonstrating how to set a shortcut."></div></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-reset"></a>Resetting Shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><p>There is a button at the bottom of the window, called <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Defaults</span></span>.
Clicking on this button will reset all your custom shortcuts
to their default values.</p><p>You can also reset an individual shortcut to its default value by selecting
it, and choosing the <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Default</span></span> radio button.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-delete"></a>Removing a Shortcut</h3></div></div></div><p>To remove a shortcut, select it from the list, then click the remove icon (a
black arrow with a cross) to the right of the button that allows you to select
a shortcut.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-schemes"></a>Working with Schemes</h3></div></div></div><p>Schemes are keyboard shortcuts configuration profiles, so you can create
several profiles with different shortcuts and switch between these profiles
easily.</p><div class="screenshot"><a name="screenshot-shortcuts-schemes"></a><div xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="mediaobject"><img src="shortcuts-schemes.png" alt="The Customize Shortcuts window displaying the scheme editing tools."><div class="caption"><p>Editing a scheme called <strong class="userinput"><code>work</code></strong>.</p></div></div></div><p>To see a menu allowing you to edit schemes, click on the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Manage Schemes</span></span> button at the bottom of the form. The following
options will appear:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guilabel">Current Scheme</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Allows you to switch between your schemes.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">New...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Creates a new scheme. This opens a window that lets you select
a name for your new scheme.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Delete</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Deletes the current scheme.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">More Actions</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Opens the following menu:</p><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Save Shortcuts to scheme</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Save the current shortcuts to the current scheme.</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Export Scheme...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Exports the current scheme to a file .</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Import Scheme...</span></span></span></dt><dd><p>Imports a scheme from a file .</p></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-print"></a>Printing Shortcuts</h3></div></div></div><p>You can print out a list of shortcuts for easy reference by clicking the
<span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guibutton">Print</span></span> button at the bottom of the window.</p></div><div class="sect2"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="shortcuts-ack"></a>Thanks and Acknowledgments</h3></div></div></div><p>Special thanks to Google Code-In 2011 participant Alexey Subach for
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