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The Editor

Tamara King

The editor is based on Qt™ Designer, a tool for designing and implementing user interfaces created by Trolltech. We have modified Qt™ Designer in the following ways:

For those of you already familiar with using Qt™ Designer, using the Kommander Editor will be trivial.

Main Window



  1. Toolbars contain a number of buttons to provide quick access to number of functions.

  2. The File Overview displays all of the files. Use the search field to rapidly switch between files.

  3. The Object Explorer provides an overview of the relationships between the widgets in a form. It is useful for selecting widgets in a form with a complex layout.

  4. The Property Editor is where the behavior and appearance of a widget is changed.

  5. The Dialog Editor is where dialogs are created and edited.

The File Menu

File->New (Ctrl+N)

Creates a new dialog

File->Open (Ctrl+O)

Search the file system to open an existing dialog

File->Open Recent

Quick list of the last several files you've opened. This list will change each time you open a file that is not on it with the oldest being bumped off first.

File->Close

Closes the active dialog

File->Save (Ctrl+S)

Saves the active dialog

File->Save As

Saves the active dialog with another name

File->Save All

Saves all open dialogs

File->Exit

Quits Kommander

The Edit Menu

Edit->Undo (Ctrl+Z)

Undo the last action performed.

Edit->Redo (Ctrl+Y)

Redo the last action undone.

Edit->Cut (Ctrl+X)

Cut the current item and place it content on the clipboard.

Edit->Copy (Ctrl+C)

Copy the current item to the clipbard.

Edit->Paste (Ctrl+V)

Paste the contents of the clipboard at the current cursor position.

Edit->Delete (Ctrl+Z)

Delete the current item.

Edit->Select All (Del)

Select all of the items in the current dialog.

Edit->Check Accelerators (Alt+R)

Verifies that all the accelerators are used only once.

Edit->Connectors

Displays the view and edit connections dialog.

Edit->Form Setting

Displays the form setting dialog.

Edit->Preferences

Displays the preferences dialog.

The Tools Menu

Tools->Pointer (F2)

Tools->Connect Signal/Slots (F3)

Tools->Tab Order (F3)

Tools->Kommander

Here there are listed all the Kommander widgets. This widgets are guaranteed to be available on every system running the same (or higher) version of Kommander.

Tools->Custom

The widgets provided by the plugins will be listed under this menu entry. The dialogs using these widgets will run only if the plugin that provides them is installed and configured.

The Layout Menu

Layout->Adjust Size (Ctrl+J)

Layout->Lay Out Horizontally (Ctrl+H)

Layout->Lay Out Vertically (Ctrl+L)

Layout->Lay Out in a Grid (Ctrl+G)

Layout->Lay Out Horizontally (in Splitter)

Layout->Lay Out Vertically (in Splitter)

Layout->Break Layout (Ctrl+B)

Layout->Add Spacer

The Run Menu

Run->Run Dialog (Ctrl+R)

Runs the current dialog.

The Window Menu

Window->Close (Ctrl+F4)

Closes current dialog.

Window->Close All

Closes all dialogs.

Window->Next (Ctrl+F6)

Window->Previous (Ctrl+Shift+F6)

Window->Tile

Window->Cascade

Window->Views
Window->Views->File Overview

Window->Views->Object Explorer

Window->Views->Property Editor/Signal Handlers

Window->Views->Line Up

Window->Toolbars
Window->Toolbars->File

Window->Toolbars->Edit

Window->Layout->File

Window->Toolbars->Tools

Window->Toolbars->Kommander

Window->Toolbars->Custom

Window->Toolbars->Help

Window->Toolbars->Line Up

The Settings Menu

Settings->Configure Shortcuts

See and modify the editor keyboard shortcuts.

Settings->Configure Plugins

Add or remove Kommander plugins. The editor needs to be restarted after a new plugin is added.

Settings->Configure Editor

Configure the text editor used for modifying the Kommander text associated with widgets.

Settings->Configure Kommander

Configure how the editor looks and works.

The Help Menu

Help->Kommander Handbook (F1)

Invokes the TDE Help system starting at the Kommander help pages. (this document).

Help->What's This? (Shift+F1)

Changes the mouse cursor to a combination arrow and question mark. Clicking on items within Kommander will open a help window (if one exists for the particular item) explaining the item's function.

Help->Report Bug...

Opens the Bug report dialog where you can report a bug or request a “wishlist” feature.

Help->About Kommander

This will display version and author information.

Help->About TDE

This displays the TDE version and other basic information.

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