Fortune Cookies Everyone can make an omelette with eggs. The trick is to make one with none. Nearly everyone can use &kde;; this is why the developers made it. There are no cryptic switches with which to cope, and few configuration files you need edit in ASCII style. However, there are some ways you can do your work more elegantly, saving you time for the truly important things, like &ksirtet;. &Alt;Tab or &Alt;&Shift;Tab Cycle through the windows &Ctrl;Tab or &Ctrl;&Shift;Tab Cycle through your desktops &Alt;F2 Mini Command line &Alt;F3 Window Menu &Alt;F4 Close the current window &Ctrl;F{1..8} Switch to a specific desktop &Ctrl;&Alt;Esc Window destroyer (every window you click on will be destroyed). Press this key combination again to cancel the killer cursor. &Ctrl;&Alt;Backspace This exits &kde; (without saving!) Use this as a last resort &Ctrl;&Alt;Numpad + Cycles to the next screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work. &Ctrl;&Alt;Numpad - Cycles to the previous screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work. Note these are defaults only, and you can customise them to your liking. Clicking on the border or the titlebar Left Activates and raises the window. Middle Lowers the window Right Shows the Window menu if the window is active, otherwise activates the window. Doubleclick on the window title Shades the window (rolls it up so only the titlebar is visible). Drag on the titlebar Moves the window around. Drag on corners or edges Resizes the window. &Alt;Left Button Moves the window around. &Alt;Middle Button Raises the window. &Alt;Right Button Resizes the window in the direction you drag the mouse. Click on the Icon on the top left Close the application Click on the Sticky Button toggles sticky Clicking on Maximise Left Maximises the window Middle Maximises only vertically Right Maximises horizontally