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<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>

