Kicker (KDE)

Kicker

Various aspects of the KDE 3 panel could be configured, such as its arrangement on the user's desktop
Repository	mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tdebase/tree/kicker
Type	Application launcher Linux on the desktop
License	GNU GPL

Kicker is the main panel used in K Desktop Environment 3 and earlier. 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. 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.

Customized Kicker on KDE 3.5.4

More standard Kicker

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