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<chapter id="panel">
<title>The panel</title>

<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>How do I add applications to the &kde; panel (&kicker;)?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>There are several ways to add an application to the panel, of
which the easiest is to right-click on the panel, and from the context
menu which appears, select <menuchoice><guimenu>Panel
Menu</guimenu><guisubmenu>Add to
Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Application
Button</guisubmenu></menuchoice> and then the application for which
you want to add a link.</para> <para>For more ways of adding buttons
to the panel, refer to the &kicker; Handbook.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>


<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>Is it possible to change the <guibutton>K</guibutton> button of
the panel to another picture?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>The simplest way is to download a new icon theme with a &kmenu; icon
you prefer from 
<ulink url="http://www.kde-look.org">http://www.kde-look.org</ulink> and 
install it using the &kcontrolcenter;.</para>
<para>In order to change only the &kmenu; icon you can overwrite the
<filename>kmenu.png</filename> image for every size in an icon theme set.
So, for &kde; default icons this would be <filename>$<envar>KDEDIR</envar>/share/icons/default.kde/<replaceable>size</replaceable>/apps/kmenu.png</filename>,
where <replaceable>size</replaceable> is one of the sizes included in the
&kde; icon theme. 
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>


<qandaentry>
<question><para>My desktop panel has disappeared. How can I get it
back?</para>
</question>

<answer>

<para>The panel disappearing is usually due to it crashing. This is
most often caused by loading an applet that has a fatal bug or due to
a bad installation of &kde; and/or the panel.</para>

<para>The easiest way to get the panel back is to launch the
<guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> window by pressing <keycombo
action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap> </keycombo> and entering
<userinput><command>kicker</command></userinput> and then pressing the
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.</para>

<para>If the panel continues to disappear, you may wish to either
remove or edit by hand your
<filename>$<envar>KDEHOME</envar>/share/config/kickerrc</filename>
file, where <filename
class="directory">$<envar>KDEHOME</envar></filename> is usually
<filename class="directory">~/.kde</filename>. If you choose to edit
it by hand, start by removing the applet entry groups.</para>

</answer>
</qandaentry>

</qandaset>
</chapter>
