The K Desktop Environment

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4. The Menu Entries

4.1 Help

Opens this help-text.

4.2 About

Shows a short information window.

4.3 New

Creates a New Button before the button you selected this option on.

4.4 Copy

Copy the actual Button to the local Clipboard.

4.5 Paste

Creates a New Button (as New), and sets all its value from the local clipboard.

4.6 Cut

Cut's the actual button from the Button-Bar, to the local Clipboard.

4.7 Button Options

This function opens a Dialog-Window in which you can set the values for the actual button. This values are:

Name:

Set the Name of the Button, which appears under the icon in the Button-Box. You may also let this value empty in which case no Label appears.

Command:

The command to execute when the button is pressed. Insert a %f if you would like to drop documents onto this button. The %f is substitued by the path to the document.

Description:

This is an optional text which appears as a Tool-Tip.

Icon (click on the Icon-Button):

This is an Icon-Selector, in which you can select which Icon you want to show in the Button-Bar for the actual button.

Use Rows:

How much rows should the button display/extend on.

IMPORTANT: If you display the KGoodStuff horizontally so the display is automatically trimmed to the Rows entry in the global setup!!!

Use Columns:

How much columns should the button display/extend on.

IMPORTANT: If you display KGoodStuff vertically so the display is automatically trimmed to the Columns entry in the global setup!!!

Child Buttonbar:

If you press this button, the button becomes an On/Off button for a child buttonbar with the name defined in the Name-field. This creates and opens a new buttonbar which you then can configure like the original one!

Close Child after first click:

If you check this button the child-buttonbar is closed automatically after the first click on it. This is usefull if you have a child-buttonbar with f.ex. applications and after selecting the application you want run the child is closed automatically.

Window Title:

This is equal to the "Window Title" entry for .kdelnk-files, so a window with this title is swallowed by this button.

Swallow Command:

This is equal to the "Execute"-swallow option for .kdelnk-files. This command is executed for the swallowing of this button. Pay attention that you catch this application by the "Swallow Name"!!!

4.8 Global Options

This function opens a Dialog-Window in which you may set the global options of the Button-Bar. This values are:

Icon Path:

This is a path like the PATH enviroment variable, for all paths to search your icons in, separated by a colon ":".

MaxXY:

The maximal width of a button in pixels. The icons larger then the new width are scaled so that they fit in. The text is not scaled and so if you select a too small width the text is not displayed correctly (default: empty).

MinXY:

The minimal width of a button in pixels.

Horizontal Orientation:

Here you can define if your button bar should be horizontal or vertical aligned (default: vertical).

PosX:

The X-Position where to put the button-bar on startup (default: empty).

PosY:

The Y-Position where to put the button-bar on startup (default: empty).

Columns(Rows):

The number or Columns (if vertical aligned) or Rows (if horizontal aligned) to use when displaying the buttons (default: 1).

Raise delay:

This are in milliseconds the delay that makes KGoodStuff raise automatically above all other windows on the display, so that it is fully visible. If the value is 0 then the function is disabled.

Lower delay:

This are in milliseconds the delay that makes KGoodStuff lower automatically under all other windows on the display, so that it does not hide any other windowpart. If the value is 0 then the function is disabled.

IMPORTANT: Any child-buttonbar is seen as "other" so leaving one buttonbar for a child/master button-bar this function is also called!!!

4.9 Save Options

As it says this saves your actual options, the global ones and for all buttons This is important as if you move buttons around or move the button-bar to another location it is NOT saved automatically!!!

4.10 Quit

Exits the program.

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