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 <bookinfo>
 <title>The &plasma; Handbook</title>
 
 <authorgroup>
 <author>
 <personname>
 <firstname>Sebastian</firstname>
 <surname>Kügler</surname>
 </personname>
 <email>sebas@kde.org</email>
 </author>
 <author><firstname>Claus</firstname> <surname>Christensen</surname></author>
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 </authorgroup>
 
 <copyright>
 <year>2008&ndash;2010</year>
 <holder>Sebastian Kügler</holder>
 </copyright>
 
 <legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
 
 <date>2021-07-23</date>
 <releaseinfo>Plasma 5.20</releaseinfo>
 
 <abstract>
 <para>
 &plasma; is the core user interface to the desktop.
 </para>
 </abstract>
 
 <keywordset>
 <keyword>KDE</keyword>
 <keyword>Plasma</keyword>
 <keyword>Plasmoid</keyword>
 <keyword>Widget</keyword>
 <keyword>Containments</keyword>
 <keyword>Desktop</keyword>
 <keyword>Runner</keyword>
 <keyword>Kicker</keyword>
 </keywordset>
 
 </bookinfo>
 
 <chapter id="introduction">
 <title>Introduction</title>
 
 <para><!--https://www.kde.org/workspaces/-->
 &plasma; provides a modern and customizable environment for running your favorite applications 
 and accessing your information wherever it may be. Other common attributes of the &plasma; Desktop 
 include advanced window management and desktop effects, support for &kde; &plasma; Widgets,
 integrated search, hardware management and a high degree of customizability.
 </para>
 
 </chapter>
 
 <chapter id="using-kapp">
 <title>Using &plasma;</title>
 
 <sect1 id="plasma-components">
 <title>&plasma; Components</title>
 
 <sect2 id="plasmoids-and-containments">
 <title>&plasma; Widgets and Containments</title>
 
 <para>
 The essence of &plasma; revolves around two basic concepts:
 </para>
 
 <variablelist>
 <varlistentry>
 <term>&plasma; Widgets</term>
 <listitem>
 <para>
 Applets, or small applications that live on the desktop.
 </para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 <varlistentry>
 <term>Containments</term><!--FIXME remove it, just a technical term with no meaning for joe user?-->
 <listitem>
 <para>
 Applets that act as the container for the &plasma; widgets
 </para>
 </listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>
 
 <para>
 On a default desktop, there are two main elements: the Panel and the Desktop
 itself. Both are containments in the &plasma; sense.
 </para>
 
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="default-plasma-desktop">
 <title>Default &plasma; Desktop</title>
 
 <para><note><para>The &plasma; Desktop can be configured in countless ways. The screenshot seen below shows a fairly standard desktop. Some distributions apply extensive customizations, so your desktop may look different.
 </para>
 <para>Similarly, the graphical appearance of the interface elements can be styled. These screenshots uses the &plasma; default style, Breeze.</para></note>
 </para>
 <para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>A fairly standard &plasma; Desktop</screeninfo>
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 </screenshot>
 </para>
 <orderedlist>
 <listitem><para>The program starter. Usually this will be <link linkend="panel-launcher">Application Launcher</link>.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>A couple of icons giving easy access to often used applications</para></listitem>
 <!--listitem><para>The Pager widget</para></listitem-->
 <listitem><para>The <link linkend="panel-taskbar">Task Manager</link>, which shows the titles of windows belonging to the applications currently running. No application had opened a window, when the screenshot was taken</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>The <link linkend="panel-system-tray">System Tray</link></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>The <link linkend="panel-digital-clock">Digital Clock</link> widget</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>The <link linkend="panel-toolbox">Panel Toolbox</link></para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>The <link linkend="desktop">Desktop</link> Toolbox</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>A Folder View widget, showing the content of the Desktop folder</para></listitem>
 </orderedlist>
 
 </sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="panel">
 <title>The Panel</title>
 
 <para>The default panel holds a few &plasma; widgets: starting from the left, there is the
 application launcher.</para>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-launcher">
 <title>Application Launcher</title>
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Application launcher</screeninfo>
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     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Application launcher</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 <para>You can use it to start applications, open recently
 opened files and the usual logout/shutdown options. There is also a structure
 that allows you to browse through your applications. The layout has been
 optimized for the use case that is most common: starting an application. The
 default tab is the <guilabel>Favorites</guilabel> tab that holds the most-used
 entries. In the beginning, you'll probably find yourself using the
 <guilabel>Applications</guilabel> tab more often.
 Once you have found out what your most frequently started applications are,
 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on the items and select the
 <guimenuitem>Add to Favorites</guimenuitem> to add them to your
 <guilabel>Favorites</guilabel> (or directly into the panel or on the desktop.
 Note that you need to <quote>unlock</quote> &plasma; by means of <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>
 clicking on the desktop for any kind of modification).</para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-menu">
 <title>Application Menu</title>
 
 <para>If you prefer the
 traditional menu-style application launcher, change it by
 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the menu button and selecting
 <guimenuitem>Alternatives</guimenuitem>.
 </para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Application menu</screeninfo>
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       <imagedata fileref="application-menu.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Application menu</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-launcher-settings">
 <title>Application Launcher Settings</title>
 
 <para>If you want to configure the application launcher, change it by
 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the menu button and selecting
 <guimenuitem>Configure Application Launcher</guimenuitem>.
 </para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Application launcher settings</screeninfo>
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   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-taskbar">
 <title>Taskbar</title>
 
 <para>
 The taskbar is another widget on the panel. It shows an area for all open windows on
 all desktops by default. You can make it show all open windows on the current
 desktop only by checking <guimenuitem>Only show tasks from the
 current desktop</guimenuitem> when you right click on the task manager, between
 two windows. The size of the text on the taskbar items can be set
 in &systemsettings; under the
 <menuchoice><guimenu>Appearance</guimenu><guisubmenu>Fonts</guisubmenu>
 </menuchoice>. Right-clicking on the taskbar
 brings the Settings dialog where you can choose several options to customize
 your taskbar.
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Here is a screenshot of the taskbar settings dialog</screeninfo>
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       <textobject>
       <phrase>Taskbar settings dialog</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-system-tray">
 <title>System Tray</title>
 
 <para>
 Another default panel item is the <application>System Tray</application>, which
 is used by traditional applications and widgets as a dock. Right clicking on the
 <application>System Tray</application> allows you to open the settings dialog,
 where you can set entries to display and their visibility.
 </para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>System Tray settings dialog</screeninfo>
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       <imagedata fileref="system-tray-settings.png" format="PNG"/>
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       <textobject>
       <phrase>System Tray settings dialog</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="device-notifier">
 <title>Device Notifier</title>
 
 <para>
 An icon located usually in the system tray is the <application>Device Notifier</application>.
 Plug in a &USB; disk and a dialog will open that allows you to
 open the device in &dolphin; or another associated application.
 </para>
 <para>
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo></screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="device_notifier_widget.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
     <textobject>
       <phrase></phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 <para>The <application>Device Notifier</application> is used for handling pluggable devices such as &USB; pendrives (also called flash drives or thumb drives), digital cameras, external &USB; hard drives, &etc; It also comes into play when a medium such as a &CD; or DVD is loaded into an optical drive.
 </para>
 <para>When you plug in an external device, or load a new medium into a drive, the <guilabel>Notifier</guilabel> window pops up (you can also open it explicitly by clicking on its Panel icon.) It stays open while the cursor is over it, otherwise it hides itself after a few seconds.
 </para>
 <para>The <guilabel>Notifier</guilabel> window shows a list of all the devices it currently knows about. Moving the mouse cursor over a device will highlight how many possible actions are associated with that device.
 </para>
 <para>
 <screenshot>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="device_notifier_widget_actions.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
     <textobject>
       <phrase></phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 <para>Clicking anywhere in the shaded box around the device name (but not on the eject/unmount icon if present) expands the entry to show the list of possible actions for that device.  The set of actions depends on the device; it is configurable from the <application>Device Notifier</application>'s context menu or from the &systemsettings; modules <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/solid-actions/index.html">Device Actions</ulink> and <ulink url="help:/kcontrol/solid-device-automounter/index.html">Removable Devices</ulink>. Simply select one with the mouse or keyboard to launch that action.
 </para>
 <para>There is also a small icon to the right of each entry showing whether that device is currently accessible (or <emphasis>mounted</emphasis>) or not. Only when a device is not mounted is it safe to physically disconnect it from the computer. Clicking on the icon causes the device to be unmounted and/or the medium to be ejected if it is currently mounted, and will mount it if it is not. Note that unmounting/ejecting might fail if the device still has open files on it, &eg; if a large file copy hasn't finished. In most cases you can just wait a while and try again. When an unmounting has succeeded, a success icon will be shown on the <application>Device Notifier</application>'s icon.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-hidden">
 <title>Hidden Items</title>
 
 <para>The <application>System Tray</application> normally holds some more entries like
 &klipper;, &kmix; &etc;</para>
 
 <para>Some of the default entries in the <application>System Tray</application> are hidden
 to save space in the bar. To display these entries click on the small white triangle
 <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="system-tray-up-arrow.png" format="PNG"/>
 </imageobject></inlinemediaobject>, then use
 the &LMB; to launch a widget or the &RMB; to open its settings dialog.</para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-digital-clock">
 <title>Digital Clock</title>
 
 <para>
 The right-most &plasma; widget in the default panel holds the <application>Digital
 Clock</application>.
 This clock can display the time in different timezones as well as have its size
 changed. The clock will adjust its font size to the area it is given by the
 surrounding containment (that is the panel in this case). If you choose to
 display the date, this date will be rendered using the <guimenuitem>Small
 font</guimenuitem> option from the &systemsettings; <guilabel>Font</guilabel>
 dialog. The time will take the rest of the space. So in the end, you'll choose
 yourself the amount of information displayed, and if that fits. If you want to
 display more information, make the panel larger or put the clock on the desktop
 where it can grow freely.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="panel-pager">
 <title>Pager</title>
 
 <para>
 An optional item on your panel is the <application>Pager</application>.
 It allows you to switch between your virtual desktops.
 If you change the layout of the <application>Pager</application>
 through the <guimenuitem>Number of rows</guimenuitem> option,
 which will also affect the layout and animations that are shown in &kwin;’s
 <guimenuitem>Desktop Grid</guimenuitem> effect.<!-- &ndash; (Switch on desktop effect,
 press <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F8</keycap></keycombo> to see it.)
 don't see that in 4.7-->
 For larger pagers, selecting <guimenuitem>Display windows icons</guimenuitem>
 typically makes sense.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 <!-- other items in a kde compiled from sources -->
 <!-- Activity Manager -->
 <!-- Notifications -->
 <!-- Show the Desktop -->
 
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="panel-toolbox">
 <title>The Panel Toolbox</title>
 
 <para>If your desktop is unlocked (you can do that by
 <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on the desktop, or when no
 application has the focus, with <keycombo
 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>L</keycap>), a small &plasma;
 logo will appear in the bottom right corner in the panel.
 Click on this toolbox, and the panel controller opens.</para>
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Panel Settings</screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="panel-settings.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Panel Settings</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>The panel controller allows you to reposition, resize and realign the panel. The
 &plasma; widgets living in this panel will adjust their size automatically.
 &plasma; widgets have basic knowledge about sizing, provided by the containment. They
 are programmed to take advantage of that size, and inform the applet about how
 much space they possibly need. In the end, the containment gives a possible size
 to the applets, the applets obey.</para>
 
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="add-applets">
 <title>Adding Applets</title>
 
 <para>
 Unlock the desktop and you'll be able to add and remove &plasma; widgets from panel
 or desktop. You add &plasma; widgets by simply dragging them where you want them.
 <mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> click on an widget to remove it.
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Add Widgets</screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="add-widgets.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Add Widgets</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 The <guibutton>Get New Widgets</guibutton> button allows you to add widgets
 you've previously downloaded and download new &plasma; widgets.
 Currently it supports native &plasmagik; packages
 and some &Mac; OS&nbsp;X dashboard widgets. Widgets you install this way can then be
 accessed just like regular, preinstalled widgets.
 </para>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="desktop">
 <title>The Desktop</title>
 
 <para>
 The desktop is in fact another containment. One that does not put size
 constraints on the applets. Applets can be moved and sized freely. On the
 unlocked desktop, &plasma; widgets will show a frame when you move the mouse over
 them. This applet handle allows you to move, resize, relocate and realign the
 panel. It also allows you to drag &plasma; widgets on the desktop. The buttons in the
 corner are used to resize, rotate configure and remove the applet. When
 rotated, a &plasma; widget will act magnetic towards 12 o'clock, so it is easy to get
 them back into sensible position. By default, most applets keep their aspect
 ratio when they are being resized. If you want to freely resize an applet,
 hold the &Ctrl; key pressed while resizing.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 Right clicking on the desktop also offers you to configure aspects such as the
 wallpaper and the layout used, and the mouse actions. It offers to download new
 wallpapers through &knewstuff;.
 </para>
 <para>On the <guilabel>Tweaks</guilabel> page you can configure to hide the desktop Toolbox
 and adjust the widget handling.
 </para>
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Desktop Settings</screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="desktop-settings.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Desktop Settings</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>To change the &plasma; theme or download a new one through &knewstuff;
 open the <menuchoice><guimenu>Appearance</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Desktop
 Theme</guimenuitem></menuchoice> page in the &systemsettings;.</para>
 
 <para>
 With open applications, it quickly gets hard to see the &plasma; widgets on your
 desktop. The <emphasis role="bold">Dashboard</emphasis> gets those &plasma; widgets
 in front of you, much like the <guilabel>Peek at Desktop</guilabel> functionality
 you are used to from traditional desktops.
 </para>
 
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="folder-view">
 <title>Folder View</title>
 <para>The <guilabel>Folder View</guilabel> widget is used to display entries like folders or
 files from a folder, by default from <filename class="directory">$<envar>HOME</envar>/Desktop</filename>.
 </para>
 <para>You can choose to view either all files, or filter either by specific regular expressions
 (&eg;, all files with a certain extension) or by file type (&eg; just images).
 </para>
 <para>This widget also supports basic file management properties (moving, copying, cutting
 and pasting for example), and you can have as many as you want on your desktop.
 </para>
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>Folder View</screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="folder-view.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>Folder View</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>If you select the layout <guilabel>Folder View</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Desktop Settings</guilabel>
 you can use one Folder View as the whole desktop, effectively replicating the "old style" desktop paradigm.
 </para>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="krunner">
 <title>&krunner;</title>
 <para>
 &krunner; is a versatile mini command-line. You can use it to start applications,
 open web pages, access bookmarks, search through your desktop data, calculate
 short equations, and many more. Pressing <keycombo
 action="simul">&Alt;&Space;</keycombo> or <keycombo
 action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>F2</keysym></keycombo> opens the &krunner; dialog.
 You just start typing and &krunner; will start searching matches as soon as
 you've entered more than two characters. You can open the settings dialog to
 learn about &krunner;’s functionality, provided by plugins. You can
 navigate through the matches using the tab and arrow keys.
 </para>
 <!-- without tab no arrow keys-->
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>&krunner; dialog</screeninfo>
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     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="krunner.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>&krunner; dialog</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>Use the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="krunner-configure.png" format="PNG"/>
 </imageobject></inlinemediaobject> button to open the <guilabel>KRunner</guilabel> &systemsettings;
 module and configure where and what to search for in &krunner;.
 </para>
 
 <para>&krunner; supports <quote>Desktop Actions</quote> which are additional actions an application can
 offer to perform common actions or jump directly to a certain task from Task Manager.
 Common examples are <guilabel>Open New Incognito Window</guilabel> to open your browser directly in private mode,
 <guilabel>Compose Email</guilabel> without launching the full-fledged email client first or the actions
 provided by &spectacle;:
 </para>
 
 <screenshot>
 <screeninfo>&krunner; Desktop Actions</screeninfo>
   <mediaobject>
     <imageobject>
       <imagedata fileref="krunner-desktop-actions.png" format="PNG"/>
     </imageobject>
       <textobject>
       <phrase>&krunner; Desktop Actions</phrase>
     </textobject>
   </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 <para>If you press the &Down; key in an empty &krunner; a history of the recent entities
 is shown. After invoking a search result, its query will move to the top, so repeatedly used
 commands never fall out of the list.
 </para>
 <para>Remove single entries from the list using the <inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="remove.png" format="PNG"/>
 </imageobject></inlinemediaobject> button or clear the complete history in the
 &krunner; settings.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 If you want to know what is going on on your system, pressing <keycombo
 action="simul">&Ctrl;&Esc;</keycombo> gives you quick access to a list of windows
 and processes, with options to monitor their output and kill processes.
 </para>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="activities-interface">
 <title>Activities</title>
 
 <para>
 The desktop toolbox, accessed via the upper left corner has a button for
 displaying your activities, of which &plasma; allows you to have more than one.
 Basically, that is multiple desktop containments hosting multiple sets of &plasma; widgets.
 Display the <quote>Activities</quote> bar, select one of the predefined activities
 or choose <guilabel>Create Activity</guilabel>
 to create a new containment, select your new containment and customize suiting your taste.
 &plasma;’s activities and &kwin;’s desktop grid are similar in that respect, but there
 is a fundamental difference. While virtual desktop are used to group and organize windows,
 &plasma;’s activities are used to group and organize &plasma; widgets. This way, you can
 switch between activities and have relevant &plasma; widgets supporting the task you are
 currently trying to accomplish. You can create a <quote>Free time</quote> activity, with
 comic strips, a puzzle and other &plasma; widgets, and a <quote>Work</quote> activity,
 with relevant <acronym>RSS</acronym> feeds, calculator and calendar, for example.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 To delete an activity, press the <guibutton>Stop Activity</guibutton> button on
 <quote>Activities</quote> bar (press <keycombo
 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo> then <keycombo
 action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo> to open this bar) then click
 the red 'X' (or press <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>
 then <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>) and confirm the
 deletion.
 </para>
 
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="shortcuts">
 <title>Shortcuts</title>
 
 <para>
 Most of &plasma;’s functionality is also accessible through keyboard
 shortcuts. The various combinations should be pressed in sequence, that
 is for example <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>A</keycap>
 means: Press &Alt; and <keycap>D</keycap>, release and press <keycap>A</keycap>.
 </para>
 <para>Currently, the following default shortcuts can be used:
 </para>
 
 <variablelist>
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>A</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Add Widgets</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>R</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Remove Widget</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>L</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Lock/Unlock Widgets</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Meta;<keycap>=</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Zoom out</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Meta;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Zoom in</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>N</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Next Widget</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>P</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Previous Widget</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>S</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Widget settings</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>A</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Activities</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Remove this Activity</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Desktop Settings</para></listitem> <!--FIXME also Panel Settings?-->
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Meta;&Tab;</keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Next Activity</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Meta;&Shift;&Tab;</keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Previous Activity</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>F12</keycap></keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Peek at Desktop</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>D</keycap></keycombo>, <keycap>T</keycap></term>
 <listitem><para>Run the Associated Application</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 <varlistentry>
 <term><keycombo action="simul">&Meta;&Tab;</keycombo></term>
 <listitem><para>Open the Activities panel</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 
 </variablelist>
 
 </sect1>
 
 </chapter>
 
 <chapter id="credits">
 <title>Credits and License</title>
 
 <para>
 &plasma;
 </para>
 <para>
 Program copyright 2008 &Aaron.J.Seigo; &Aaron.J.Seigo.mail;
 </para>
 
 <para>
 Documentation Copyright &copy; 2008&ndash;2010 Sebastian Kügler <email>sebas@kde.org</email>
 </para>
 
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 &underFDL;
 
 </chapter>
 
 &documentation.index;
 </book>
 
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