Kicker (KDE)
Various aspects of the KDE 3 panel could be configured, such as its arrangement on the user's desktop | |
Development status | obsoleted |
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Type | |
License | GNU GPL |
Kicker is the main panel used in K Desktop Environment 3 and earlier. Together with KDesktop it forms the graphical shell. It can be customized by the user. By default, it has the K Menu, a Desktop Access button, a Home button, a Konqueror button, a Kontact button, and a Help button. It also has the Desktop Preview & Pager, the Taskbar, the System Tray, and the Clock.
It was a core part of the KDE desktop, and as such packaged as part of the kdebase module. Kicker was also ported from Qt3 to Qt4.
In KDE Software Compilation 4 Kicker, KDesktop, and SuperKaramba were replaced by KDE Plasma 4.[1] The graphical shells KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba is no longer necessary and e.g. "Kicker" was re-implemented as such a desktop widget.
![](../I/m/Kde-kicker-(customized).png)
![](../I/m/Kicker_3.5.8.png)
![](../I/m/Kicker-mod.png)
Applets
Kicker can embed various applets into itself. The included applets as of KDE 3.5 are:
- Binary Clock
- Bookmarks Menu
- Character Selector
- Clock
- Color Picker
- Desktop Preview & Pager
- Dictionary
- Eyes
- Fifteen Pieces
- Find
- K Menu
- Keyboard Status Applet
- Klipper
- Konqueror Profiles
- Lock/Logout Buttons
- Math Expression Evaluator
- Media Control
- Moon Phase
- Network Folders
- News Ticker
- Non-KDE Application Launcher
- Print System
- Public File Server
- Quick File Browser
- Quick Launcher
- Recent Documents
- Run Command
- Runaway Process Catcher
- Settings
- Show Desktop
- Sound Mixer
- Storage Media
- System Guard
- System Menu
- System Monitor
- Taskbar
- Terminal Sessions
- Trash
- Weather Report
- Window List Menu
- Wireless Network Information
- World Wide Watch
- aRts Control