The KDiskFree menu bar

The File Menu

FileUpdate

Immediately updates the display to reflect the current status

FileQuit (Ctrl+Q)

Closes KDiskFree

The Settings menu and dialog

SettingsConfigure Shortcuts...

The standard KDE dialog for setting shortcuts.

SettingsConfigure KDiskFree...

Opens a configuration dialog.


Configure KDiskFree Screen

This dialog has two tabbed windows, General Settings and Mount Commands

General Settings

Click on the word visible or hidden to turn display of an data field on or off.

Change the update frequency by editing the value. The value in the box is the interval (in seconds) between updates of the KDiskFree display to reflect the current status.

The File Manager setting controls the command executed when the Open Filemanager popup menu item is selected.

There are also two check boxes. One controls if a file manager window will be automatically opened when a device is mounted. The other causes an alert window to pop up if a disk gets critically full.

Mount Commands

Allows the user to specify the mount and unmount commands for a given device, as well as the icon used to represent it. More information on these commands can be found on the man page for mount (type man mount at the command prompt).

The Help menu

HelpKDiskFree Handbook (F1)

Invokes the KDE Help system starting at the KDiskFree help pages. (this document).

HelpWhat's This? (Shift+F1)

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

HelpReport Bug...

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

HelpSwitch Application Language...

Opens a dialog where you can edit the Primary language and Fallback language for this application.

HelpAbout KDiskFree

This will display version and author information.

HelpAbout KDE

This displays the KDE version and other basic information.