The Context Menu
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The Context Menu


This is what the context menu of KNewsTicker looks like,
			when using just the default news sites.

The context menu is basically split into two functional parts:

The upper part shows a list of entries, each entry having a small icon like this next to it. This list represents the list of currently configured news sites. You can click on any of the news sources to open another menu which contains a listing of headlines which are available for that particular news site as well as an entry labeled Check news to refresh the headline list for this news site. Each of the headlines has an icon next to it indicating that that you have read that article already or the if it is still unread.

The lower part currently shows five entries (explained from top to bottom):

Check news

This entry has a little next to it. If you want to force KNewsTicker to check the configured news sites for new articles, you can click here.

Note

This does not reset the internal timer which queries the news sites for new headlines automatically in certain intervals.

Offline mode

This entry in the context menu has no icon associated with it. Click this button to enable a special “offline mode” which pauses the internal timer for querying the news sites and prevents any automatic download of new headlines. The offline mode comes in handy if you have to leave your computer for a while during which the system isn't connected to the Internet, as it saves you from all the error messages which pop up if any of the news sites couldn't be connected.

Tip

You can still force a reload for single news sites as well as for all the news sites by selecting the respective Check news entry.

Help

This entry is marked with a small . Clicking on this entry opens the KNewsTicker documentation (which you're reading in this moment) which details all the features and abilities of KNewsTicker.

About

This entry is marked with a small . Clicking on this entry opens a small dialog showing who's to blame for KNewsTicker and credits people who contributed significant enhancements for it.

Preferences

This entry is easily recognizable due to the icon which is next to it. Select this entry to open the preferences dialog which lets you customize all of the properties of KNewsTicker

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