This tab lets you define various options which affect KNewsTicker's scroll text:
This slider lets you define how fast the scrolltext should be scrolling. If you have rather little space on your taskbar (and therefore a rather small news ticker), you should probably set this to a lower value so that you have a chance to read the headlines. For wider news tickers (and better eyes), a faster text is probably appropriate so that you have to wait for the next headline only as little as possible.
These options allow you to define in what direction the text should be scrolled, for example, to the left or to the right, upwards or downwards. You can also rotate the text by 90 or 270 degrees here, which is not exactly readable but it makes sense for vertically aligned panels.
Click on the button at the right labeled Choose Font... to choose the font which will be used for the scrolling text.
Certain fonts are harder to read than others, especially when they are used for a scrolltext, so you should probably choose a font which can even easily be read if it's moving.
Click this button open a convenient color-selection dialog which lets you choose the color which will be used for the foreground of the scrolling text (that is, the color of the text itself).
Click this button to open a convenient color-selection dialog which lets you choose the color which will be used for the background of the scrolling text.
Click this button to open a convenient color-selection dialog which lets you choose the color which will be used for the color of the headlines when they are highlighted (when you move the mouse over them).
Check this button to make the scrolltext show just the most recent headline for each news site, instead of showing every headline available from every news site.
Checking this box will make KNewsTicker show an icon (if available) in front of each headline which is scrolled along; this makes determining which news site provided each headline much easier.
Check this box to make KNewsTicker slow the scrolling down when you move the mouse cursor over the scrolling text. This makes clicking on items and dragging away the icons (if enabled) a lot easier.
Check this box to have the currently highlighted headline (that is, the headline which is currently under the mouse cursor) underlined.
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