This chapter provides an overview of KDE fundamentals. Details, such as
configuring your desktop, working with the file manager, and using
specific KDE tools, will be covered in later chapters.
For the latest documentation on KDE, visit the project's
website: http://www.kde.org.
The KDE desktop shows application launchers, document windows, file
folders, and so on. You access the main menu from this screen and you
can configure the desktop to suit your needs.
The long bar across the bottom of the desktop is the panel. The panel
contains application launchers, status indicators, and the desktop
manager. You can have up to 16 desktops running at the same time in KDE
(for more information on this, see the section called Multiple Desktops). The taskbar appears at
the top of the desktop and shows your currently running applications.
 | Click Once on the Mouse in KDE |
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| | You start applications and open folders by clicking just once on the
associated icon.
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| Making a Two-Button Mouse Emulate a Three-Button Mouse |
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| | A three-button mouse offers the greatest ease of access to menus and
navigation in KDE. If you have a two-button mouse and you selected
three-button emulation during the installation of Red Hat Linux, simply hold down both the left and right mouse
buttons at the same time to emulate the middle button of a mouse.
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You can switch desktops with the mouse by placing the cursor in the
desktop and pressing the middle button of your mouse. Select the desktop
you want from the pop-up menu that appears.
Use the right mouse button to reveal a brief menu of desktop related
actions.
Right-clicking on a folder or application reveals a menu related to
actions you can take with your selection, such as moving the item to the
Trash, revising the item's properties, and more.
