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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail;</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2006-06-24</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.5.2</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>launch feedback</keyword>
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<keyword>cursor</keyword>
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<keyword>busy</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="launch-feedback">
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<title><guilabel>Launch Feedback</guilabel></title>
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<para>Sometimes it is reassuring to know that your computer didn't just
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ignore your command, and something is happening behind the scenes. In
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this module you can configure visible feedback to help you know if you
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really hit that icon or not.</para>
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<para>The traditional way to indicate that your computer is busy is to
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modify the cursor, and you can turn this on by choosing a
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<guilabel>Busy Cursor</guilabel>.</para>
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<para>With this option enabled, your cursor will have an icon attached
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to it for a short time, when a new application is being launched. You
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can configure how long this icon is displayed beside your cursor with the
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<guilabel>Startup indication timeout:</guilabel> spinbox. The
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default is 30 seconds.</para>
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<para>There are several variations of busy cursor available, including
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a <guilabel>Blinking Cursor</guilabel>, a <guilabel>Bouncing Cursor</guilabel>
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or a <guilabel>Passive Busy Cursor</guilabel> icon with no animation.</para>
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<para>Traditional &kde; launch notification has taken another form,
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which you can also enable and disable here. Normally when you start an
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application, it gets an immediate entry in the taskbar, with the icon
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replaced by a spinning hourglass to let you know something is
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happening. You can toggle this behavior on and off with the
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<guilabel>Enable taskbar notification</guilabel> checkbox, and when it's
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enabled, you can set a time in the <guilabel>Startup indication timeout
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:</guilabel> spinbox.</para>
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<para>Not all applications that you start will eventually show a
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window, or an entry in the taskbar. Some of them, for example, are
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docked into the &kde; system tray. Alternatively, it might be that you
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sent it off to a different virtual desktop, and <guilabel>Show windows
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from all desktops</guilabel> is unchecked in the &kcontrolcenter; module
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<guimenuitem>Taskbar</guimenuitem>. Setting a timeout ensures that,
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even in these cases, you can still get launch feedback, but also that
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it will go away when the job is done.</para>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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