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<title>Desktop Effects</title>
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<author>&Mike.McBride; &Mike.McBride.mail;</author>
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<date>2013-12-05</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.12</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>desktop</keyword>
<keyword>effects</keyword>
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<sect1 id="desktop-effects">
<title>Desktop Effects</title>

<sect2 id="desktop-effects-intro">
<title>Introduction</title>

<para>This module is used to configure desktop effects
for &kde;.</para>


<para>This panel is divided into three tabs:  <guilabel>General</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>All Effects</guilabel> and <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>.</para>

<sect3 id="desktop-effects-general">
<title><guilabel>General</guilabel> tab</title>

<para>At the top of this tab in the section <guilabel>Activation</guilabel> is a checkbox labeled <guilabel>Enable 
desktop effects at startup</guilabel>. If there is no mark in front of this checkbox, then all 
visual effects are disabled.</para>
<para>All desktop effects can be turned on and off using the global shortcut 
<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;&Shift;<keycap>F12</keycap></keycombo>.
</para>
<para>Below that section there are some settings for the simple desktop effects like 
improved window management, various animations, effects for desktop switching and 
the animation speed.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="desktop-alleffects">
<title><guilabel>All Effects</guilabel> tab</title>

<para>The main part of this page is a list of all available effects grouped 
by <guilabel>Accessibility</guilabel>, <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel>, 
<guilabel>Candy</guilabel>, <guilabel>Focus</guilabel>, <guilabel>Tools</guilabel> 
and <guilabel>Window Management</guilabel>.
Use the incremental search bar above the list window to find items in the list.</para>

<para>Check an effect in the list to enable it. Display the <guilabel>About</guilabel> 
dialog by clicking the info button at the right side of the list item. 
Some effects have settings options, in this case there is a tool button 
at the left of the info button. Click it to open a configuration dialog.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3 id="desktop-advanced">
<title><guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab</title>

<para>On this tab you can select a <guilabel>Compositing type</guilabel> and the <guilabel>Qt graphics system</guilabel>.
In the next two sections you can configure <guilabel>General Options</guilabel> and <guilabel>OpenGL Options</guilabel>.
</para>
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