# kio Library API Documentation

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# kio Library Class List

Here are the classes, structs, unions and interfaces with brief descriptions:

KApplicationPropsPlugin | Used to edit the files containing [Desktop Entry] Type=Application
KAr | A class for reading ar archives
KArchive | Generic class for reading/writing archives
KArchiveDirectory | A directory in an archive
KArchiveEntry | Base class for the archive-file's directory structure
KArchiveFile | A file in an archive
KIO::AuthInfo | This class is intended to make it easier to prompt for, cache and retrieve authorization information. A two way messaging class for passing authentication information
KAutoMount | This class implements synchronous mounting of devices, as well as showing a file-manager window after mounting a device, optionally. This class implements synchronous mounting of devices
KAutoUnmount | This class implements synchronous unmounting of devices, It is a wrapper around the asychronous KIO::special() call for unmount, used by KMimeType. This class implements synchronous unmounting of devices,
KBindingPropsPlugin | Used to edit the files containing [Desktop Entry] Type=MimeType
KBookmarkBar | This class provides a bookmark toolbar
KBookmarkGroup | A group of bookmarks
KBookmarkImporter | A class for importing the previous bookmarks (desktop files) Separated from KBookmarkManager to save memory (we throw this one out once the import is done)
KBookmarkManager | This class implements the reading/writing of bookmarks in XML
KBookmarkMenu | This class provides a bookmark menu
KBookmarkMenuNSImporter | A class connected to KNSBookmarkImporter, to fill KActionMenus
KBookmarkNotifier | DCOP interface for a bookmark notifier (an object which emits signals upon changes to the bookmarks)
KBookmarkOwner | The KBookmarkMenu and KBookmarkBar classes gives the user the ability to either edit bookmarks or add their own
KIO::ChmodJob | This job changes permissions on a list of files or directories, optionally in a recursive manner
KCombiView | This view is designed to combine two KFileViews into one widget, to show directories on the left side and files on the right side
KIO::Connection | This class provides a simple means for IPC between two applications via a pipe
KDataTool | A generic tool that processes data
KDataToolAction | This class helps applications implement support for KDataTool
KDataToolInfo | This is a convenience class for KService
KIO::DavJob | The transfer job pumps data into and/or out of a Slave
KDEDesktopMimeType | Mimetype for a .desktop file Handles mount/umount icon, and user-defined properties
KDEDesktopMimeType::Service | Structure representing a service, in the list of services returned by builtinServices and userDefinedServices
KIO::DeleteJob |
KDESasl | This library can create responses for SASL authentication for a given challenge and a given secret
KDevicePropsPlugin | Properties plugin for device .desktop files
KDirLister | The dir lister deals with the kiojob used to list and update a directory and has signals for the user of this class (e.g. Helper class for the kiojob used to list and update a directory
KDirListerCache | Design of the cache: There is a single KDirListerCache for the whole process
KDirNotify | An abstract class that receives notifications of added and removed files in any directory, local or remote
KDirOperator | This widget works as a network transparent filebrowser. A widget for displaying files and browsing directories
KDirSelectDialog | A pretty dialog for a KDirSelect control for selecting directories
KDirSize | Computes a directory size (similar to "du", but doesn't give the same results since we simply sum up the dir and file sizes, whereas du speaks disk blocks)
KDirWatch | Watch directories and files for changes. Class for watching directory and file changes
KDiskFreeSp | This class parses the output of "df" to find the disk usage information for a given partition (mount point)
KEMailSettings | This is just a small class to facilitate accessing e-mail settings in a sane way, and allowing any program to manage multiple e-mail profiles effortlessly
KExecMimeType | MimeType for any executable, like /bin/ls
KExecPropsPlugin | Used to edit the files containing [Desktop Entry] Type=Application
KFile | KFile is a class which provides a namespace for some enumerated values associated with the kfile library
KIO::FileCopyJob | The FileCopyJob copies data from one place to another
KFileDetailView | A list-view capable of showing KFileItem'
KFileDialog | Provides a user (and developer) friendly way to select files and directories. A file selection dialog
KFileIconView | An icon-view capable of showing KFileItem's
KFileIconViewItem | An item for the iconview, that has a reference to its corresponding KFileItem
KFileItem | A KFileItem is a generic class to handle a file, local or remote
KFileListViewItem | An item for the listiew, that has a reference to its corresponding KFileItem
KFileMetaInfo | This is the class for objects that hold meta information about a file
KFileMetaInfoGroup | This is one group of meta information items about a file (see KFileMetaInfo)
KFileMetaInfoItem | This is one item of the meta information about a file (see KFileMetaInfo)
KFileMetaInfoWidget |
KFileMetaPropsPlugin |
KFileMimeTypeInfo | This class provides information about the capabilities that a KFilePlugin for a given mimetype has
KFileMimeTypeInfo::GroupInfo | This is the class for one group of items of a KFileMimeTypeInfo
KFileMimeTypeInfo::ItemInfo | This is the class for one item of a KFileMimeTypeInfo
KFileOpenWithHandler | This class handles the displayOpenWithDialog call, made by KRun when it has no idea what to do with a URL
KFilePermissionsPropsPlugin | 'Permissions' plugin In this plugin you can modify permissions and change the owner of a file
KFilePlugin | Baseclass for a meta info plugin
KFilePreview |
KFilePropsPlugin | 'General' plugin This plugin displays the name of the file, its size and access times

KFileShare

Common functionality for the file sharing (communication with the backend)

Since:
  3.1

KFileSharePropsPlugin | This plugin provides a page to KPropsDlg, showing the "file sharing" options
KFileTreeBranch | This is the branch class of the KFileTreeView, which represents one branch in the treeview. Branch object for KFileTreeView object
KFileTreeView | The filetreeview offers a treeview on the file system which behaves like a QTreeView showing files and/or directories in the file system
KFileTreeViewItem | An item for a KFileTreeView that knows about its own KFileItem
KFileView | This class defines an interface to all file views. A base class for views of the KDE file selector
KFileViewSignaler | Internal class to make easier to use signals possible
KFilterBase | This is the base class for compression filters such as gzip and bzip2
KFilterDev | A class for reading and writing compressed data onto a device (e.g
KFolderType | Mimetype for a folder (inode/directory) Handles locked folders, for instance
KIconButton | A pushbutton for choosing an icon. A push button that allows selection of an icon
KIconCanvas | Icon canvas for KIconDialog
KIconDialog | Dialog for interactive selection of icons. An icon selection dialog
KImageFilePreview | Image preview widget for the file dialog
KImageIO | Interface to the KDE Image IO plugin architecture
KIO::Job | The base class for all jobs
KLimitedIODevice | A readonly device that reads from an underlying device from a given point to another (e.g
ListProgress | List view in the UIServer

KIO::MetaInfoJob

Since:
  3.1

KMimeMagic | This class or method is obsolete, it is provided for compatibility only. Use KMimeType::findByContent() instead May be removed in KDE 4.0 Determine auto-magically the type of file, not only by using its extension, but also by reading its contents
KMimeMagicResult | This class or method is obsolete, it is provided for compatibility only. Use KMimeType::findByContent() instead May be removed in KDE 4.0 Returned by KMimeMagic `find`...Type methods
KMimeType | Represent a mime type, like "text/plain"
KMimeTypeResolver< IconItem, Parent > | This class implements the "delayed-mimetype-determination" feature, for konqueror's directory views (and KFileDialog's :)
KIO::NetAccess | Net Transparency, formerly provided by kfmlib, but now done with KIO::Job. Provides a synchronous interface to io jobs
KIO::NetRC | A Singleton class that provides access to passwords stored in .netrc and kionetrc for automatic login purposes. An interface to kionetrc and the ftp .netrc files
KNotifyDialog | KNotifyDialog presents an interface for configuring an application's KNotify events
KNSBookmarkExporter | A class that exports all the current bookmarks to Netscape/Mozilla bookmarks Warning, it overwrites the existing bookmarks.html file !
KNSBookmarkImporter | A class for importing NS bookmarks KEditBookmarks uses it to insert bookmarks into its DOM tree, and KActionMenu uses it to create actions directly
Observer | Observer for KIO::Job progress information This class, of which there is always only one instance, "observes" what jobs do and forwards this information to the progress-info server. Observer for KIO::Job progress information
KOpenWithDlg | "Open with" dialog box
KOpenWithHandler | This class or method is obsolete, it is provided for compatibility only.
KPAC | Proxy Auto Configuration
KIO::PasswordDialog | A dialog for requesting a login and a password from the end user
KIO::PreviewJob |
KPreviewWidgetBase | Abstract baseclass for all preview widgets which shall be used via KFileDialog::setPreviewWidget(const KPreviewWidgetBase *). Abstract baseclass for all preview widgets
KIO::ProgressBase | This class does all initialization stuff for progress, like connecting signals to slots. Base class for IO progress dialogs
ProgressItem | One item in the ListProgress
KPropertiesDialog | The main properties dialog class
KPropsDlgPlugin | A Plugin in the Properties dialog This is an abstract class
KProtocolInfo | Information about I/O (Internet, etc.) protocols supported by KDE
KProtocolManager | Provides information about I/O (Internet, etc.) settings chosen/set by the end user
KRecentDirs | The goal of this class is to make sure that, when the user needs to specify a file via the file selection dialog, this dialog will start in the directory most likely to contain the desired files
KRecentDocument | Manage the "Recent Document Menu" entries displayed by applications such as Kicker and Konqueror

KIO::RenameDlg

A dialog for the options to rename two files

Since:
  3.1

RenameDlgPlugin | This is the base class for all plugins
KRun | To open files with their associated applications in KDE, use KRun. Opens files with their associated applications in KDE
KScanDialog | This is a base class for scanning dialogs. A baseclass and accessor for Scanning Dialogs
KScanDialogFactory | A factory for creating a KScanDialog
KIO::Scheduler | The KIO::Scheduler manages io-slaves for the application
KService | Represent a service, i.e
KServiceGroup | This class is typically used like this:
KServiceOffer | This class holds the characteristics of a service offer (whether it can be a default offer or not, how big is the preference for this offer, ...) Holds the characteristics of a service offer
KServiceType | A service type is the generic notion for a mimetype, a type of service instead of a type of file
KServiceTypeProfile | This class holds the offers for a service type (e.g
KShellCompletion | This class does shell-like completion of file names. Shell-like completion of file names
KShred | Erase a file in a way that makes recovery impossible -- well, no guarentee of that, but at least as difficult as reasonably possible
KIO::SimpleJob | A simple job (one url and one command)
KIO::SlaveBase | There are two classes that specifies the protocol between application (job) and kioslave
KIO::SlaveConfig | SlaveConfig
KIO::SlaveInterface | There are two classes that specifies the protocol between application (job) and kioslave
KIO::StatusbarProgress | This is a special IO progress widget. IO progress widget for embedding in a statusbar
KTar | A class for reading/writing (optionnally compressed) tar archives
KIO::TCPSlaveBase | There are two classes that specifies the protocol between application (job) and kioslave
ThumbCreator | This is the baseclass for "thumbnail-plugins" in KDE
KTrader | A Trader interface, similar to the CORBA Trader. Provides a way to query the KDE infrastructure for specific applications or components
KIO::TransferJob | The transfer job pumps data into and/or out of a Slave
UIServer | It's purpose is to show progress of IO operations. Graphical server for progress information with an optional all-in-one progress window
KURIFilter | Manages the filtering of a URI. Filters a given URL into its proper format whenever possible
KURIFilterData | This is a basic message object used for exchanging filtering information between the filter plugins and the application whenever the application requires more information about the URI than just a filtered version of it. A message object for exchanging filtering URI info
KURIFilterPlugin | Base class for URI filter plugins. Abstract class for URI filter plugins
KURLBar | KURLBar is a widget that displays icons together with a description. A URL-bar widget, as used in the KFileDialog
KURLBarItem | An item to be used in KURLBar / KURLBarListBox
KURLBarItemDialog | A dialog that allows editing entries of a KURLBar (KURLBarItem)
KURLBarListBox | This is the listbox used in KURLBar
KURLComboBox | This combobox shows a number of recent URLs/directories, as well as some default directories. A combo box showing a number of recent URLs/directories
KURLCompletion | This class does completion of URLs including user directories (~user) and environment variables. Completion of a single URL
KURLPixmapProvider | Implementation of KPixmapProvider Resolves pixmaps for URLs
KURLPropsPlugin | Used to edit the files containing [Desktop Entry] URL=...
KURLRequester | This class is a widget showing a lineedit and a button, which invokes a filedialog. A widget to request a filename/url from the user
KURLRequesterDlg | Dialog in which a user can enter a filename or url. Simple dialog to enter a filename/url
KZip | A class for reading/writing zip archives

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