KDE Desktop Tricks
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Konqueror Tips
Auto Scrolling (Browser) - When viewing a lengthy HTML page you'd like to read, you can make it auto-scroll by using the Shift + Arrow keys. Shift+Up will scroll up, Shift+Down will scroll down. While auto-scrolling, you can use these same keys to adjust the scrolling speed.
Fast Mousewheel Scrolling (Browser) - As you know, you can scroll using the mousewheel. For accelerated scrolling, press the Shift button while using the mousewheel.
Disabling Smart Key Tooltips (Browser) - To disable those smart key tooltips in Konqueror (pressing STRG on a web page), open ~/.kde/share/config/konquerorrc and add this section:
[Access Keys] Enabled=false
Disabling The Sidebar Tab (Filemanager) - To disable this small sidebar tab on the left side, open ~/.kde/share/config/konqsidebartng.rc and set HideTabs to "true"
Get A Finder-Like Look (Filemanager) - Just install the Baghira Sidebar for Konqueror to get a nice clean finder look.
Konqueror With Completely Independent Profiles
You may have noticed that konqueror does not split its profiles, so its impossible to have separate toolbar setups for the browser and the filemanager profile, because Konqueror just messes everything up. This can be solved with a small hack to the config files and a different way to start Konqueror. There is only one small disadvantage (that can be ignored on nowadays machines): You will not be able to use Konquerors preloading feature (kfmclient openProfile) with this hack...
How to do it step by step:
- disable konquerors preloading feature in kcontrol --> kde-components --> kde-performance
- open a konsole and kill all remaining konqueror instances (killall konqueror, do it several times)
- open kmenuedit and change all your konqueror links from "kfmclient openProfile <profilename>" to "konqueror --profile <profilename>"
- open a konsole and go to ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/
- there should be a konqueror.rc
- copy this konqueror.rc to konqueror-filemanagement.rc and konqueror-webbrowsing.rc
- now go to ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/profiles
- open the filemanagement profile and modify the XMLUIFile option to point to your newly created konqueror-filemanagement.rc
- open the webbrowsing profile and also modify the XMLUIFile option to point to your newly created konqueror-webbrowsing.rc
After applying these changes you can have completely independent toolbar setups and settings for those two konqueror profiles, but it does not apply to the changes made in the konqueror options. This does ofcourse only work if you start konqueror directly and not by kfmclient.
Kicker Tricks
Menu Titles - To disable the menu titles in kmenu, just add the entry "ShowMenuTitles=false" to the [menus] section of ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc
Menu Icon Size - To adjust the size of the icons in kmenu, just add the entry "MenuEntryHeight=X" to the [menus] section of ~/.kde/share/config/kickerrc, where X is one of the available icon sizes of your theme (16,24,32 etc)
Two Rows Of Icons In The Systray - Just set your kicker height to 48 pixels manually. This is the smallest size where you still get two rows of icons in the systray.
Useful Applications
YaKuake - This application provides a Quake-like terminal emulator, which is toggled visible using the F12 key. It also has support for multiple tabs. YaKuake can be installed via Pacman:
pacman -S yakuake
Recommended Key Shortcuts:
- Alt+Up - Create a new tab.
- Alt+Down - Close current tab.
- Alt+Left - Go to the left tab.
- Alt+Right - Go to the right tab.
KDM Themes
You can modify your login theme, look at the wiki page: KDM_Theme_Manager