The K Desktop Environment

2.3. The KDE Control Center Menus

This next section gives you a brief description of what each menu item does.

2.3.1. File Menu

The file menu has a single entry.

File->Quit (Ctrl-Q)

Closes the control center.

2.3.2. View Menu

These options determine how the module selection looks and acts.

View->Mode

Determines whether to use tree view, or list view for your modules.

With tree view, each submenu appearing as an indented list.

With list view, when you click on a category, the categories disappear and are replaced with the module list. You then use an up button to return to your categories.

View->Icon Size

Using this option, you can choose small, medium, or large icons to select your modules.

Note

This menu item only controls the icon size if you are in "Icon View". Users who use the "Tree View", will not observe any effects with this option.

2.3.3. Modules Menu

The modules menu, is a shortcut to take you directly to any module in the control center.

2.3.4. Help Menu

Help->Contents (F1)

Clicking on this, will take you to the top of this document.

Help->What's This? (Ctrl-F1)

Selecting this option, changes the cursor to an arrow with a question mark. Now if you click on any component of the control panel pane, you get short context sensitive help about that item.

Tip

This is the fastest way to get helpful advice on what any of the controls will do.

Help->Report Bug...

If you discover a bug, you can select this option to automatically collect bug information and submit it to the KDE developers.

Help->About Kcontrol...

Selecting this option displays a dialog box containing copyright, author and license information.

Help->About KDE...

This will display a dialog box with contact information reguarding the KDE project.