diff -p -up kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/libkicker/kickerSettings.kcfg.new_menu_top kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/libkicker/kickerSettings.kcfg
--- kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/libkicker/kickerSettings.kcfg.new_menu_top	2008-02-01 17:17:23.000000000 -0200
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/libkicker/kickerSettings.kcfg	2008-02-01 17:17:31.000000000 -0200
@@ -342,9 +342,14 @@
       <default>true</default>
    </entry>
 
-<entry name="SideTopPixmapName" key="SideTopName" type="String" >
+<entry name="LeftSideTopPixmapName" key="LeftSideTopName" type="String" >
       <label>The name of the file to use as the side image in the K Menu</label>
-      <default>kside_top.png</default>
+      <default>kside_top_left.png</default>
+   </entry>
+   
+<entry name="RightSideTopPixmapName" key="RightSideTopName" type="String" >
+      <label>The name of the file to use as the side image in the K Menu</label>
+      <default>kside_top_right.png</default>
    </entry>
 
 <entry name="SideTopTileName" key="SideTopTileName" type="String" >
diff -p -up kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.cpp.new_menu_top kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.cpp
--- kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.cpp.new_menu_top	2008-02-01 17:19:28.000000000 -0200
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.cpp	2008-02-01 17:19:51.000000000 -0200
@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@ PopupMenuTop::PopupMenuTop() : 
 
 void PopupMenuTop::init()
 {
-  QString sideName = KickerSettings::sideTopPixmapName();
+  QString leftSideName = KickerSettings::leftSideTopPixmapName();
+  QString rightSideName = KickerSettings::rightSideTopPixmapName();
   QString sideTileName = KickerSettings::sideTopTileName();
   //kdDebug()<<" sideName :"<<sideName<<endl;
   //kdDebug()<<" sideTileName : "<<sideTileName<<endl;
-  QImage image;
-  image.load(locate("data", "kicker/pics/" + sideName));
+  leftSidePixmap.load(locate("data", "kicker/pics/" + leftSideName));
+  rightSidePixmap.load(locate("data", "kicker/pics/" + rightSideName));
 
-  sidePixmap.convertFromImage(image);
-  image.load(locate("data", "kicker/pics/" + sideTileName));
+  sideTilePixmap.load(locate("data", "kicker/pics/" + sideTileName));
   
-  if (image.isNull())
+  if (sideTilePixmap.isNull())
     {
       kdDebug(1210) << "Can't find a side tile pixmap" << endl;
       return;
     }
-  sideTilePixmap.convertFromImage(image);
   
-  if (sidePixmap.height() != sideTilePixmap.height())
+  if (leftSidePixmap.height() != sideTilePixmap.height() || 
+      leftSidePixmap.height() != rightSidePixmap.height())
     {
       kdDebug(1210) << "Pixmaps have to be the same size" << endl;
       return;
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ void PopupMenuTop::paint(QPainter* p, co
 {
   //kdDebug()<<" PopupMenuTop::paint\n";
   p->save();
-  p->drawPixmap( x,y, sidePixmap );
-  p->drawTiledPixmap(QRect(x+sidePixmap.width(),y,w,h),sideTilePixmap);
+  p->drawPixmap( x,y, leftSidePixmap );
+  p->drawTiledPixmap(QRect(x+leftSidePixmap.width(),y,w,h),sideTilePixmap);
+  p->drawPixmap( x + w - rightSidePixmap.width(), y, rightSidePixmap );
   p->restore();
 }
 
diff -p -up kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.h.new_menu_top kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.h
--- kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.h.new_menu_top	2008-02-01 17:19:45.000000000 -0200
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/kicker/kicker/ui/popupmenutop.h	2008-02-01 17:19:52.000000000 -0200
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public:
 	       int x, int y, int w, int h);
  private:
     void init();
-     QPixmap sidePixmap;
+     QPixmap leftSidePixmap;
+     QPixmap rightSidePixmap;
      QPixmap sideTilePixmap;
 };