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 <a href="https://himdek.com/Better-Kicker-Dash-for-Plasma/"><h1 align="center">Better Kicker Dash</h1></a>
 <p align="center">An improved fork of KDE Plasma's Kicker Dash</p>
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This is an improved fork of KDE Plasma's Kicker Dash Application Dashboard which is a fullscreen application launcher. The design is simplified while improving search features and customizability.

## Powerful Plasma Search

The search bar uses `Plasma Search`, which is the same search provider used in Krunner, Kickoff Application Launcher and the Overview effect which supports powerful search plugins and providers.

###### **NOTE:** The initial codebase was copied from Kicker Dash which can be found in `/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.kickerdash/`, on every Linux system that has KDE Plasma installed.

## Prerequisites:

* Linux based Operating System
* [KDE Plasma Desktop Environment](https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/)
* [Better Kicker for Plasma](https://himdek.com/Better-Kicker-for-Plasma)

<h1 align="center">Get it from</h1>

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  <a href="https://www.pling.com/p/1897990"><img height="50px" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Pling%20Store-informational?style=for-the-badge&color=orange" /></a>
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  <a href="https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1897990"><img height="50px" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/openDesktop-informational?style=for-the-badge&color=blueviolet" /></a>
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<p align="center">or</p>

<p align="center">If you have download the file, extract it, open a terminal in the directory containing the `metadata.desktop` file and execute the following command:</p>

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  <pre>kpackagetool5 -t Plasma/Applet --install</pre>
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## Changes made over default Kicker:

* Removed the favorite applications shown in the side bar and are now shown in a dedicated menu category
* Removed the widgets tab
* Ability to enable or disable the `Favorites` menu category.
* Powerfull and improved search: The search bar now supports all the features of Plasma Search or Krunner
* Unified design: Removed unnecessary separators. Every component now shares the same background and looks cleaner

<h1 id="gallery" align="center">Gallery</h1>

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<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191437_Nordic.png" align="center"/>
<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191521_Nordic_Run_Command.png" align="center"/>
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<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191456_Breeze_Favorites.png" align="center"/>
<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191532_Breeze_Calculator.png" align="center"/>
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<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191507_Sweet_Icons.png" align="center"/>
<img height="400px" src="assets/20220905_191545_Sweet_Web_Search.png" align="center"/>
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