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<title>Virtual Desktops</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
<author>&Jost.Schenck; &Jost.Schenck.mail;</author>
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</authorgroup>

<date>2013-06-02</date>
<releaseinfo>4.11</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>Systemsettings</keyword>
<keyword>desktop</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>

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<sect1 id="desktop">

<title>Desktop</title>

<sect2 id="desktop-appearance">
<title><guilabel>Appearance Tab</guilabel></title>

<para>Here you can configure how icons on your desktop appear.</para>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Standard font:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This option can be used to change the typeface used on the
desktop.  Simply select your typeface from the dropdown box.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Font size:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>You can change the relative size of the text on the Desktop.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Normal text color:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This option lets you select the color of normal (or
unhighlighted) text.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><guilabel>Text background color:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This option lets you select the background color of
normal text.  If left unchecked, the text has a transparent
background.  If selected, you can choose the color by pressing the button.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Underline filenames:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Determines if file names are underlined on the
Desktop.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
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<sect1 id="virtual-desktops">

<title>Virtual Desktops</title>

<sect2 id="desktop-number">
<title><guilabel>Desktops</guilabel></title>

<para>&kde; offers you the possibility to have several virtual
desktops. In this tab you can configure the number of desktops, the number of rows in the <guilabel>Pager</guilabel> icon
as well as their names. Just use the input box to adjust the number of
desktops. You can assign names to the desktops by entering text into the
text fields below.</para> 

<para>Enable <guilabel>Different widgets for each desktop</guilabel> 
to use independent widgets and wallpapers on each individual desktop.
</para>
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<para>If you enable <guilabel>Mouse wheel over desktop switches
desktop</guilabel> then scrolling the wheel over an empty space on the
desktop will change to the next virtual desktop numerically, in the
direction you scrolled (either up or down).</para>
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</sect2>

<sect2 id="desktop-switching">
<title><guilabel>Switching</guilabel></title>

<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Desktop navigation wraps around</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Enable this option if you want keyboard or active desktop border navigation 
beyond the edge of a desktop to take you to the opposite edge of the new desktop.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Desktop Effect Animation</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Select <guilabel>No Animation</guilabel>, <guilabel>Slide</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>Desktop Cube Animation</guilabel> or <guilabel>Fade Desktop</guilabel>
from the drop down box. If the selected animation has settings options, click on the 
tools icon on the right of the drop down box to launch a configuration dialog. 
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Desktop Switch On-Screen Display</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Enable this option if you want to have an on-screen display for desktop switching. 
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Show desktop layout indicators</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>Enabling this option will show a small preview of the desktop layout 
indicating the selected desktop.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Shortcuts</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This section displays the configured shortcuts for switching the desktops 
and allows you to edit them.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

<para>Scrolling the mouse wheel over an empty space on the
desktop or on the <guilabel>Pager</guilabel> icon in the panel will change to the next 
virtual desktop numerically, in the direction you scrolled (either up or down).</para>

</sect2>
</sect1>

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