Kicker (also referred to as ''KDE Panel'') is the main panel used in

KDE 3 K Desktop Environment 3 is the third series of releases of the K Desktop Environment (after that called ''KDE Software Compilation''). There are six major releases in this series. After the release of KDE 4, version 3.5 was forked into the Trinit ...

and earlier, and also in the TDE desktop. Together with

KDesktop KDesktop is the component of the K Desktop Environment 3 and earlier, which provides a virtual background window to draw icons or other graphics on. In conjunction with Kicker and SuperKaramba, it constitutes the graphical shell. In KDE Software ...

, it forms the

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. It can be customized by the user. By default, it has the K Menu, a Desktop Access button, a Home button, a

Konqueror Konqueror is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image). It forms a core part of t ...

button, a

Kontact Kontact is a personal information manager and groupware software suite developed by KDE. It supports calendars, contacts, notes, to-do lists, news, and email. It offers a number of inter-changeable graphical UIs (KMail, KAddressBook, Akregator ...

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 KDE Software Compilation 4 (KDE SC 4) was the only series of the so-called KDE Software Compilation (short: KDE SC), first released in January 2008 and the last release being 4.14.3 released in November 2014. It was the follow-up to K Desktop En ...

, Kicker,

, and

SuperKaramba SuperKaramba is a tool, a so-called widget engine, that allows the creation of functionality enhancement modules (desktop widgets) on the KDE desktop. The desktop widgets are usually embedded directly into the background and do not disturb the ...

were replaced by

KDE Plasma 4 KDE Plasma 4 was the fourth generation of the KDE workspace environments. It consisted of three workspaces, each targeting a certain platform: ''Plasma Desktop'' for traditional desktop PCs and notebooks, ''Plasma Netbook'' for netbooks, and ''Pl ...

.Milestone 4: The Desktop
The

s KDE Plasma 4 and

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being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba is no longer necessary and e.g. "Kicker" was re-implemented as such a desktop widget. Kicker is currently developed by the TDE developers for the

Trinity Desktop Environment The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is a complete software desktop environment designed for Linux and Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software. Born as a for ...

. Kicker can be launched separately in other windowing environments that lack a panel of their own, such as

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, and in case the twm menu lacks some of the commands that Kicker may have. This can be done by editing a .twmrc file, or from a

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$ kicker &

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 *

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* Keyboard Status Applet *

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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 *

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