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KDE User Interface Guidelines
KDE Human Interface Guidelines
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Copyright © 1999 - 2004 KDE Usability Team
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09/16/04
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Usability Principles
3. User Input
Keyboard
Accelerators
Shortcuts
Standard Shortcuts
Completion
Cursor Keys
Window Navigation
Selection
Mouse
Clicking on Objects
Clicking on Buttons and Links
Right Mouse Button Menu
Selection
4. Visual Design
Text
Book Title Capitalization
Sentence Style Capitalization
Use of Colons
5. System Integration
Settings
Quick Options
Document Options
Configuration
Session Management
Relationship between Windows and Processes
The Story of Quit
Quit/Close
Quit
Close
Selecting the X of the window
6. Widgets
Systray
7. Windows
KDE is SDI
KDE Uses SDI
Pure SDI
Cooperating SDI
Controlled SDI
Windows Size
Parts in Windows
Statusbar
Content Area
Toolbars
Dialogs
Simple Dialogs
Complex Dialogs
Standard Dialogs
8. Menus
The Menubar
Standard Menus
File
Edit
View
Go
Bookmarks
Tools
Settings
Help
9. Drag and Drop
The Drag
The Drop
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