The
This documentation describes ’s information center.

The
The provides you with a centralized and convenient overview of your system and desktop environment.
The information center is made up of multiple modules. Each module is a separate application, but the information center organizes all of these programs into a convenient location.
This next section details the use of the information center itself. For information on individual modules, please see Default KInfo Center Modules.

Starting the
The can be started in three ways:
By selecting Applications System Info Center from the application launcher in the panel.
By pressing F2 or Space. This will bring up . Type kinfocenter, and press .
You can type kinfocenter & at any command prompt.
All three of these methods are equivalent, and produce the same result.

The Screen
When you start the information center, you are presented with a window, which can be divided into three functional parts.
The Screen.
The Screen
Across the top is a toolbar. The toolbar will provide you with quick access to most of ’s features like get help on the current module and a help menu.
Along the left hand side, is a column with a filter field at the top. This is a where you choose which module to investigate. To navigate through the various KCM modules, left click on the module in the tree view. You can also use the arrow keys to scroll though the KCM's and pressing will select the module. The module will now appear of the main panel of the window. Some items within the tree view are categories, you can left click or again press to expand and collapsed these items. This will show the modules under the category. You can right click on the module listing to show the following options:
Collapse All Categories: Collapses the tree to show only top level modules and categories.
Expand All Categories: Expands the tree to show modules.
Clear Search: This will clear any filter you have applied on the module listing via the search box
The main panel shows you the system information about the selected module.

The Toolbar
This next section gives you a brief description of what each toolbar item does.

Module Help button
This button opens khelpcenter with the current help page for the information module.

Help Menu button
has the common Help menu items, for more information read the section about the Help Menu of the Fundamentals.

Exiting The Information Center
You can exit the info center one of two ways:
Type Q on the keyboard.
Click on the Close button on the frame surrounding the info center.