Questions tagged [kickoff]

Kickoff is the default application launcher of the Plasma desktop. In the default configuration it resides at the very left of the bottom panel. Besides its main purpose (providing access to your applications) it gives you access to some places on your computer, your recently used documents and options to end your KDE session.

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Add a menu item to KDE Launcher

I've installed Eclipse Framework not as a binary package (tar.gz), user has only to extract it to a desired directory and start off. I've added eclipse destination path to the global PATH variable and ...
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Exporting and importing Kickoff Application Launcher's menu?

Is there any way to export and import Kickoff Application Launcher's menu? I use Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma 4.
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Disable file search in KDE Kickoff Launcher

When I open Kickoff, there is the option to type-to-search for programs. However, the search results also list any files on the computer and also Firefox bookmarks. I already succeeded to turn off ...
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Exporting and importing Kickoff Application Launcher's menu?

Is there any way to export and import Kickoff Application Launcher's menu (i.e. the application list)? I use Kubuntu 14.10 LTS x64.
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Gathering all programs in one submenu in Kickoff Application Launcher

Is there any easy way to put all programs in one submenu in Kickoff Application Launcher, instead of having been divided into different categories (development, education, games, graphics, internet, ...
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Removing the menu delay in Kickoff Application Launcher

Is there any way to remove the menu delay in Kickoff Application Launcher? I use Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma 4. By menu delay I mean the delay for opening submenus when the mouse hovers over a folder item. ...
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Displaying more than 10 recently used applications in Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma 4 with Kickoff Application Launcher

Is there any way to display more than 10 recently used applications in Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma 4 with the (Kickoff Application Launcher)? Using the GUI settings I am limited to 10:
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Making Windows seasoned students feel comfortable with Kubuntu

After two years of endless campaigning by me and my schoolmate and comrade, Ask Ubuntu user Shubham Rao, we have finally succeeded in convincing our teachers to switch from Windows XP to Linux. A ...
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How to enable arrow keys in Kubuntu application launcher 12.04?

I just switched from Kubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 and noticed that the application launcher is not behaving exactly the same. In 11.10 I open the launcher with a keybinding, write the first letters of ...
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Kickoff and Krunner to search with less than 3 chars in search field?

Both Krunner and Kickoff in Kubuntu return a list of found items after the user has entered at least three characters in the search field. Usage on Synapse shows that returning a list after one ...