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# Chapter 6. Applets

Applets are small applications running inside of Kicker. Almost everything besides the application starter buttons are applets. They can be added from the context menu or from the submenu Configure Panel by choosing Add and the Applet.

# 6.1. The Taskbar Applet

The taskbar applet shows buttons for the running applications. The application, which has the focus, is shown as a pressed button. If an application is minimized, the title displayed in the taskbar will fade to grey.

| If you click on the button of the active application, it will be minimized. This means also that if you click twice on an inactive application, it will also be minimized.

A click with the right mouse button on a button will show the standard application menu. Only the entry To current desktop differs: if you have set the taskbar to show the applications of all desktops, you can move this app to the current desktop.

There is also a small icon on the left or top side of the taskbar, which opens a menu. This is called the windows list icon. The menu's first entry, Unclutter Windows, tries to move the windows on your active desktop in a way to see as many as possible. Cascade Windows puts all windows on the active desktop over each others, the most recently on top and the others sorted by the time they where last used.

Below those entries is a list of all currently running applications, grouped by the desktops on which they are running. Clicking on the name of a desktop will switch to that one, clicking an application will also activate it.

## 6.1.1. Configuring the Taskbar Applet

You can configure the taskbar by clicking the right mouse button on the small move handle.

Show all windows

  If this box is checked, the taskbar will show all running apps of every desktop. Otherwise, only the applications of the current desktop are shown.

Show windows list button

  Checking this box will show the small window list button.

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