# The panel

How do I add applications to the panel(&kicker;)?

There are several ways to add an application to the panel:

Using the panel configuration menu

- Perhaps the easiest method is to use the entry Configure Panel Add Button in the panel menu (the menu that appears when pressing the K button on the panel). The menu shows all installed &kde; applications. To add a button to the menu, simply click on the application.

Using the file manager

- You can also simply drag a `.desktop` file from a window of the file manager to the panel.