Kicker (KDE)
taskbar for the K Desktop Environment
Kicker (also referred to as KDE Panel) is the main panel used in KDE 3 and earlier, and also in the TDE desktop. Together with KDesktop, it forms the graphical shell. It can be customized by the user. By default, it has the K Menu, a Desktop Access button, a Home button, a Konqueror button, a Kontact button, and a Help button. It also has the Desktop Preview & Pager, the Taskbar, the System Tray, and the Clock.
It was a core part of the KDE desktop, and as such, packaged as part of the kdebase module.
In KDE Software Compilation 4, Kicker, KDesktop, and SuperKaramba were replaced by KDE Plasma 4. The graphical shells KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba is no longer necessary and e.g. "Kicker" was re-implemented as such a desktop widget.
Kicker is currently developed by the TDE developers for the Trinity Desktop Environment.
“Kicker (KDE)” enters the record as taskbar for the K Desktop Environment. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kicker, taskbar and Desktop can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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