The KDiskFree menu bar
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The KDiskFree menu bar

The File Menu

File->Update

Immediately updates the display to reflect the current status

File->Quit (Ctrl+Q)

Closes KDiskFree

The Settings menu and dialog

Settings->Configure Shortcuts...

The standard KDE dialog for setting shortcuts.

Settings->Configure 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 moving the slider. The value in the box on the left 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 pop-up 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

Help->KDiskFree Handbook (F1)

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

Help->What'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.

Help->Report Bug...

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

Help->About KDiskFree

This will display version and author information.

Help->About TDE

This displays the TDE version and other basic information.

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