![]() | Configuring Kontact's Summary View |
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When you select Configure Summary View... from the Kontact Settings menu (only available in Summary View), a dialog pops up that allows you to select which summary plugins Kontact should show in its summary view. Here is a brief list of the currently available plugins and what they do:
The “Calendar” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Appointments. This will display any appointments that currently apply.
Kontact Calendar Summary Plugin
The “Contacts” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Birthdays and Anniversaries where birthdays and anniversaries of your contacts are displayed (for contacts who have that information set in their contact information; see the KAddressBook documentation for more information on setting relevant contact information). It contains the following information:
Number of days from now when item will occur
Date of birth/anniversary
Name (Click on this to send an email, right-click for the option to view the contact's information)
Age/Anniversary Year
Kontact Contacts Summary Plugin
The “KPilot” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled KPilot Information. This area contains a lot of information from KPilot, including:
Last synchronization (with sync log)
User who last synchronized
Device last synchronized
Current status
Available conduits
Kontact KPilot Summary Plugin
The “Mail” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled New Messages. This area is updated every time you receive new messages to inform you how many of these messages there are and which folder they are in.
Kontact Mail Summary Plugin
The “Notes” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Notes. This area displays all current notes' titles (titles default to the date/time the note was created). Clicking on the title of a note will bring up the Notes area.
Kontact Notes Summary Plugin
The “Todo List” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Todos. This area contains all current todos, including ones that have been completed. It displays the title of the todo, the percentage of completion, and the current status of the todo. Note that you can purge all completed todos via the Kontact Todo List. Clicking on a todo's title will currently do nothing.
Kontact Todo List Summary Plugin
The “Weather” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Weather Information. This area contains the information for currently configured weather locations. For more information about configuring KWeather, the weather reporter used as a plugin within Kontact, see the KWeather documentation.
Kontact Weather Summary Plugin
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