The K Desktop Environment

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3. The Dock Icon

3.1 Reading The Status

On the KDE panel, Kapm displays a small colored bar. This bar represents the charge left in your computer's battery. If the icon is a question mark, your system currently does not have a battery. If the bar is animated, going from empty to full and then repeating, your battery is charging.

3.2 Using The Mouse

Holding your cursor over the icon will display a tool-tip with basic APM status information. Right clicking on the icon will display a popup menu (this popup menu is described in the Popup Menu section of this handbook). A left click will immediately update the status icon and tool-tip. A middle click will display a detailed APM status window (this is normally available through "APM Status..." in the popup menu).

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