# plasmoidviewer User's Manual

`plasmoidviewer`

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`plasmoidviewer`

Run Plasma widgets in their own window

    plasmoidviewer

    -v, --version
    -c, --containment name
    -a, --applet name
    -f, --formfactor name
    -l, --location name
    -x, --xPosition xPosition
    -y, --yPosition yPosition
    -s, --size widthXheight
    -p, --pixmapcache size
    -t, --theme name
    -h, --help
    args

## Description

`plasmoidviewer` is a graphical tool allowing developers to test Plasma applets.

Only installed applets will be found. `kbuildsycoca5` may need to be run for newly-installed applets to be found.

## Options

`-v, --version`

- Displays version information.

`-c, --containment `name``

- The name of the containment plugin.

`-a, --applet `name``

- The name of the applet plugin.

`-f, --formfactor `name``

- The formfactor to use (horizontal, vertical, mediacenter, planar or application).

`-l, --location `name``

- The location constraint to start the Containment with (floating, desktop, fullscreen, topedge, bottomedge, leftedge, rightedge).

`-x, --xPosition `xPosition``

- Set the x position of the plasmoidviewer on the Plasma desktop.

`-y, --yPosition `yPosition``

- Set the y position of the plasmoidviewer on the Plasma desktop.

`-s, --size `widthXheight``

- Set the window size of the plasmoidview.

`-p, --pixmapcache `size``

- The size in KB to set the pixmap cache to.

`-t, --theme `name``

- The name of the theme which the shell will use.

`-h, --help`

- Displays this help.

``args``

- Data that should be passed to the applet as 'externalData' event.

## See Also

More detailed user documentation is available from help:/plasma-desktop (either enter this URL into &konqueror;, or run ``khelpcenter` `help:/plasma-desktop``).

## Authors

`plasmoidviewer` was written by Aaron Seigo aseigo@kde.org.