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| == Introduction ==
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| To create a full featured Plasma shell, whether it is a full primary user interface such as Plasma Desktop or Plasma Netbook or an application helper like the Plasma KPart of Plasma Media Center, there are a number of components that the application needs to provide and even more that are optional to create a well working experience.
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| This article documents each of these components and how they fit together.
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| == Core Presentation ==
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| === The Base Canvas: Corona ===
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| === Views ===
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| === Custom Containments ===
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| === PluginLoader ===
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| == Window Dressings ==
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| === Containment Tool Boxes ===
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| Each containment shown by the Plasma Shell, can have a central place to show the main actions that can be performed.
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| A default set of toolbox actions is present in the base Containment implementation. Containment subclasses, as well as the Corona implementation of the Plasma shell can add their own.
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| The method Containment::AddToolBoxAction(QAction *a) adds the action a to the toolbox.
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| The action can contain metadata about its category, to help the toolbox implementations to visually group together similar actions, to do that call
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| QAction::setData(AbstractToolBox::ToolType)
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| === Applet Handles ===
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| === Containment Actions ===
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| == User Interface Management ==
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| === Containment and View Configuration ===
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| === Remote Access Management ===
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| === Dialog Positioning ===
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| === Animation Customization ===
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| == Configuration and Automation ==
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| === Configuration Files ===
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| === Scripting ===
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