Kicker (KDE)

Short description: Taskbar for the K Desktop Environment

Kicker

Various aspects of the KDE 3 panel could be configured, such as its arrangement on the user's desktop

Type|

* Application launcher
* Linux on the desktop

License| GNU GPL

Kicker (also referred to as KDE Panel) is the main panel used in KDE 3 and earlier, and also in the TDE desktop. 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. Kicker is currently developed by the TDE developers for the Trinity Desktop Environment.

Kicker can be launched separately in other windowing environments that lack a panel of their own, such as twm, and in case the twm menu lacks some of the commands that Kicker may have. This can be done by editing a `.twmrc` file, or from a terminal emulator:

$ kicker &

A mostly standard Kicker on KDE 3.5.8 A customized Kicker on KDE 3.5.4 A highly modified Kicker that resembles Plasma

## 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

## See also

* Linux on the desktop
* Taskbar
* Docky
* GNOME Panel

## References

1. ↑ Milestone 4: The Desktop

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KDE

Software
Compilation|

* KDE 1
* KDE 2
* KDE 3
* KDE SC 4
* Post-fourth series
* KDE Plasma 5
* KDE Frameworks
* KDE Applications

Applications
by KDE|

| Development|

* Cervisia
* KDevelop
* KImageMapEditor
* Kompare
* Quanta Plus
* Umbrello

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Education|

* Cantor
* GCompris
* KAlgebra
* Kanagram
* KBibTeX
* KGeography
* KHangMan
* Kig
* Kiten
* KLettres
* KmPlot
* KStars
* KTouch
* KTurtle
* KWordQuiz
* LabPlot
* Marble
* RKWard
* Step

Graphics|

* digiKam
* Gwenview
* Karbon
* KColorEdit
* KolourPaint
* KPhotoAlbum
* Krita
* Spectacle
* Skanlite

Internet|

* KGet
* KMLDonkey
* Konqueror
* Kontact
* Konversation
* Kopete
* KTorrent
* Rekonq

Multimedia|

* Amarok
* Dragon Player
* JuK
* K3b
* Kaffeine
* Kdenlive

Office|

* Okular
* Calligra Suite
* Words
* Sheets
* Stage
* Flow
* Karbon
* Kexi
* Plan
* Kile
* KMyMoney
* Kontact
* KPilot
* Tellico
* Trojitá

System|

* Discover
* Dolphin
* KDE Partition Manager
* KDE System Guard
* KInfoCenter
* Konsole
* Yakuake

Utilities|

* Ark
* Filelight
* KAlarm
* Kate
* KCalc
* KGPG
* Klipper
* Krusader
* KRename
* KWallet
* KWrite

Platform|

| User interface|

| Current|

* KDE Plasma 5
* KWin

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Discontinued|

* KDesktop
* Kicker
* SuperKaramba
* KDE Plasma 4
* KSnapshot
* Oxygen Project
* Crystal Project

Current|

* KWin
* SDDM (5–)
* Qt
* KDE Frameworks 5 (5–)
* Akonadi
* Flake
* KJS
* KHTML
* KIO
* ThreadWeaver
* KIPI
* KParts
* Kross
* Phonon
* Solid
* Sonnet
* XMLGUI

Discontinued|

* KDElibs (–3)
* DCOP (3)
* KDE Platform 4 (4)
* KDM (–4)
* NEPOMUK (4.13)
* Strigi

freedesktop.org
(shared)|

* AppStream
* D-Bus
* GStreamer
* NetworkManager
* Poppler
* Wayland
* X.Org Server
* PulseAudio

Community|

* KDE e.V.
* Akademy
* KDE.News
* Konqi

People|

* Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
* Matthias Ettrich
* Adriaan de Groot
* Frank Karlitschek
* Celeste Lyn Paul
* Nuno Pinheiro
* Cornelius Schumacher
* David Vignoni

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