<!-- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd"> --> <chapter id="windowmanager"> <title >The window manager</title> <para >The default window manager provided by &kde; is the K Window Manager (&kwin;). Please read "The K Window Manager Handbook" (should be accessible from the <application >&kde; Help Centre</application >) for usage information.</para> <qandaset> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Are there keyboard shortcuts for &kwin; operations?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Yes. Please refer to "The K Window Manager Handbook" for the list of shortcuts available.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Can I define my own set of keyboard shortcuts?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Yes. Launch the <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > and select <menuchoice ><guimenu >Look and Feel</guimenu ><guimenuitem >Key bindings</guimenuitem ></menuchoice > to configure window manager bindings like maximising windows, <abbrev >etc.</abbrev > </para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >When I "iconify" a window, it disappears. Where does it go?</para> </question> <answer> <para >With many &X-Window; &GUI;s, the minimise button (a little dot) will erase the window that the program is running in and create, instead, an icon on the desktop. &kde; does not do this. Instead, when a window is iconified it is simply hidden (but the program is still running).</para> <para >There are a few ways to access "disappeared" windows:</para> <itemizedlist > <listitem > <para >If you are running the taskbar part of &kicker;, you can choose to have a list of tasks displayed on your desktop. Iconified tasks will have their names surrounded by parentheses.</para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >If you click the &MMB; on the root window (<abbrev >i.e.</abbrev > the background of the desktop), &kwin; will give you a list of all available tasks (and again, the names of the iconified tasks will be bracketed).</para > </listitem > </itemizedlist> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >How do I maximise windows only vertically or horizontally?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Provided your window is not already maximised, clicking on the maximise button with the &LMB;/&MMB;/&RMB; will maximise fully/vertically/horizontally respectively.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >What is "shading" a window?</para> </question> <answer> <para >By "shading" a window we mean "rolling up" a window leaving just the title bar visible. You can do this by double clicking on the window title bar.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> <qandaentry> <question> <para >Is it possible to have FVWM2-like shadow frameworks for the placement of windows?</para> </question> <answer> <para >Yes. Run <application >&kde; Control Centre</application > and select <guimenu >Look and Feel</guimenu > followed by <guisubmenu >Window Behaviour</guisubmenu > and finally <guimenuitem >Advanced</guimenuitem >. There is a dialogue option that allows you to set the placement policy you want.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> </chapter>