<chapter id="shortcuts">
<title
>Tips &amp; Tricks for Your Daily Work </title>

<epigraph>
<attribution
>Fortune Cookies</attribution>
<para
>Everyone can make an omelette with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.</para>
</epigraph>

<para
>Nearly everyone can use &kde;; this is why the developers made it. There are no cryptic switches with which to cope, and few configuration files you need edit in <acronym
>ASCII</acronym
> style. However, there are some ways you can do your work more elegantly, saving you time for the truly important things, like &ksirtet;.</para>

<sect1 id="shortcut-table">
<title
>Shortcut Table </title>

<variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<keycap
>Tab</keycap
> </keycombo
> or <keycombo
>&Alt;&Shift;<keycap
>Tab</keycap
></keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Cycle through the windows </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>Tab</keycap
></keycombo
> or <keycombo
>&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap
>Tab</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Cycle through your desktops </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<keycap
>F2</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Mini Command line</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<keycap
>F3</keycap
></keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Window Menu </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<keycap
>F4</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Close the current window </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;<keycap
>F{1..8}</keycap
></keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Switch to a specific desktop </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap
>Esc</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Window destroyer (every window you click on will be destroyed). Press this key combination again to cancel the killer cursor. </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap
>Backspace</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>This exits &kde; (without saving!) Use this as a last resort </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap
>Numpad +</keycap
></keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Cycles to the next screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work. </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap
>Numpad -</keycap
> </keycombo
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Cycles to the previous screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist>

</sect1>

<sect1 id="mouse-techniques">
<title
>Mouse Techniques </title>

<variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Clicking on the border or the titlebar</term
> <listitem
> <variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Activates and raises the window.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Middle</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Lowers the window</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Shows the <guimenu
>Window menu</guimenu
> if the window is active, otherwise activates the window.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Doubleclick on the window title</term
> <listitem
><para
>Shades the window (<quote
>rolls it up</quote
> so only the titlebar is visible).</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Drag on the titlebar</term
> <listitem
><para
>Moves the window around.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Drag on corners or edges</term
> <listitem
><para
>Resizes the window.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
></keycombo
> Button</term
> <listitem
><para
>Moves the window around.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<mousebutton
>Middle</mousebutton
> </keycombo
> Button</term
> <listitem
><para
>Raises the window.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><keycombo
>&Alt;<mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
> </keycombo
> Button</term
> <listitem
><para
>Resizes the window in the direction you drag the mouse.</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Click on the Icon on the top left</term
> <listitem
><para
>Close the application</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Click on the Sticky Button</term
> <listitem
><para
>toggles sticky </para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
>Clicking on Maximise</term
> <listitem
> <variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Left</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Maximises the window</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Middle</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Maximises only vertically</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><mousebutton
>Right</mousebutton
></term
> <listitem
><para
>Maximises horizontally</para
></listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist>

</sect1>

</chapter>