The KPager Handbook: Working with KPager

2. Working with KPager

KPager is very intuitive to use. This help is mostly not needed, but I will give here some instructions and hints to optimize use of the application.

If you have a window that you would like to move to another position, you can "Drag and Drop" (DND) it by pressing the left mouse button on its minimized view and moving the mouse to the new position, then release the button, and you are done.

Although this doesn't seems very useful by itself, it can be very useful because you are not restricted to moves within a desktop. You can then move any window from one desktop to another without even changing desktops.

2.2 The global desktop

This isn't really one of your typical desktops . The global desktop is used to quickly see which windows are running on all desktops, that is, which windows have the sticky bit set.

You can move windows to and from the global desktop to set or clear the sticky bit.

To hide or show the global desktop you can use the corresponding item on the Options menu, or press the 0 key.

2.3 Resizing windows This is a new feature not found in any other pager. You can press the middle mouse button (or in some systems, left and right button at the same time),on the window you want to resize, and move the mouse to get the desired size.

2.4 The window properties menu You can get the window properties menu by doing a right click on the windowyou want to get/set properties.With the window properties menu you can:

Maximize a window.
Iconify a window.
Set or clear the sticky bit of a window (Note that you can also use the global desktop for this).
Move a window to another desktop (Note that you can also use drag & drop).
Close a window.

There is also a submenu that is identical to the Option menu that is in the menubar. You can use this menu when the menubar is hidden (so that you can get it back :) )

Note also that when you do a right click on a point where there's no window, you only get the Option menu.

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2. Working with KPager

2.1 Moving windows

2.2 The global desktop

2.3 Resizing windows This is a new feature not found in any other pager. You can press the middle mouse button (or in some systems, left and right button at the same time),on the window you want to resize, and move the mouse to get the desired size.

2.4 The window properties menu You can get the window properties menu by doing a right click on the windowyou want to get/set properties.With the window properties menu you can: