diff -p -up plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.cpp.topimage plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.cpp
--- a/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.cpp.topimage	2009-01-13 10:59:28.000000000 -0200
+++ b/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.cpp	2009-01-13 10:59:15.000000000 -0200
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <boiko@mandriva.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "toptile.h"
+
+#include <QPainter>
+
+TopTile::TopTile(const QPixmap &pix, QWidget *parent)
+: QWidget(parent)
+{
+	int middle = pix.width() / 2;
+	int height = pix.height();
+
+	m_leftPix = pix.copy(0,0,middle,height);
+	m_tilePix = pix.copy(middle, 0, 1, height);
+	m_rightPix = pix.copy(middle, 0, pix.width() - middle, height);
+	setMinimumSize(pix.size());
+}
+
+TopTile::~TopTile()
+{
+}
+
+void TopTile::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)
+{
+	QRect r = rect();
+	QPainter p(this);
+
+	p.drawTiledPixmap(r, m_tilePix);
+	p.drawPixmap(r.topLeft(), m_leftPix);
+	QRect r2 = m_rightPix.rect();
+	r2.moveTopRight(r.topRight());
+	p.drawPixmap(r2.topLeft(), m_rightPix);
+}
diff -p -up plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.h.topimage plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.h
--- a/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.h.topimage	2009-01-13 11:03:27.000000000 -0200
+++ b/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/toptile.h	2009-01-13 11:03:16.000000000 -0200
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008 Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <boiko@mandriva.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef TOPTILE_H
+#define TOPTILE_H
+
+#include <QWidget>
+
+class TopTile : public QWidget
+{
+	Q_OBJECT
+public:
+	TopTile(const QPixmap &pix, QWidget *parent = 0);
+	~TopTile();
+
+protected:
+	void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e);
+
+private:
+	QPixmap m_leftPix;
+	QPixmap m_rightPix;
+	QPixmap m_tilePix;
+};
+
+#endif

Index: plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- a/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/CMakeLists.txt	2011-07-06 19:06:04.638756464 -0300
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     ui/contextmenufactory.cpp
     simpleapplet/menuview.cpp
     simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp
+    simpleapplet/toptile.cpp
 )
 kde4_add_plugin(plasma_applet_simplelauncher ${SimpleApplet_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(plasma_applet_simplelauncher ${KDE4_KCMUTILS_LIBS} ${KDE4_PLASMA_LIBS} ${Kickoff_LIBS} kickoff)
Index: plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp
===================================================================
--- a/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp
+++ b/plasma/desktop/applets/kickoff/simpleapplet/simpleapplet.cpp	2011-07-06 19:14:33.823940616 -0300
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // Own
 #include "simpleapplet/simpleapplet.h"
 #include "simpleapplet/menuview.h"
+#include "simpleapplet/toptile.h"
 
 // Qt
 #include <QtGui/QLabel>
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@
 #include <QtGui/QSpacerItem>
 #include <QtGui/QListWidget>
 #include <QtGui/QListWidgetItem>
+#include <QPixmapCache>
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QSvgRenderer>
 
 // KDE Libs
 #include <KActionCollection>
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@
 #include <KServiceTypeTrader>
 #include <KToolInvocation>
 #include <Solid/PowerManagement>
+#include <kstandarddirs.h>
 
 // KDE Base
 #include <kworkspace/kworkspace.h>
@@ -98,6 +103,9 @@
 class MenuLauncherApplet::Private
 {
 public:
+    class EventSniffer;
+    EventSniffer *eventSniffer;
+	
     MenuLauncherApplet *q;
 
     QWeakPointer<Kickoff::MenuView> menuview;
@@ -127,19 +135,7 @@
 
     bool delayedConfigLoad;
 
-    explicit Private(MenuLauncherApplet *q)
-            : q(q),
-              icon(0),
-              bookmarkcollection(0),
-              bookmarkowner(0),
-              bookmarkmenu(0),
-              view(0),
-              iconButton(0),
-              formatComboBox(0),
-              showMenuTitlesCheckBox(0),
-              switcher(0),
-              contextMenuFactory(0)
-    {}
+    explicit Private(MenuLauncherApplet *q);
 
     ~Private()
     {
@@ -268,6 +264,48 @@
         Plasma::ToolTipManager::self()->setContent(q, data);
     }
 };
+class MenuLauncherApplet::Private::EventSniffer
+: public QObject
+{
+   public:
+       EventSniffer(QObject *parent = 0)
+           : QObject(parent) { }
+
+       ~EventSniffer() { }
+
+       bool eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
+       {
+          Q_UNUSED(object);
+
+          if (event->type() == QEvent::Paint ||
+               event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress ||
+               event->type() == QEvent::KeyRelease) 
+           {
+               return false;
+            }
+
+           event->accept();
+           return true;
+       }
+};
+
+MenuLauncherApplet::Private::Private(MenuLauncherApplet *q)
+   : eventSniffer(new EventSniffer),
+   q(q),
+   icon(0),
+   bookmarkcollection(0),
+   bookmarkowner(0),
+   bookmarkmenu(0),
+   view(0),
+   iconButton(0),
+   formatComboBox(0),
+   showMenuTitlesCheckBox(0),
+   switcher(0),
+   contextMenuFactory(0)
+{
+}
+
+
 
 MenuLauncherApplet::MenuLauncherApplet(QObject *parent, const QVariantList &args)
         : Plasma::Applet(parent, args),
@@ -600,7 +638,44 @@
         connect(menuview, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QMenu*, const QPoint&)),
                 this, SLOT(customContextMenuRequested(QMenu*, const QPoint&)));
         //connect(menuview, SIGNAL(afterBeingHidden()), menuview, SLOT(deleteLater()));
+        KConfig *cfg = new KConfig("mageiarc");
+        KConfigGroup grp = cfg->group("menu");
+
+        QString fileName = grp.exists() ?
+            grp.readEntry("topimage",
+                    KStandardDirs::locate("data", "mageia/pics/top.svg"))
+            :
+            KStandardDirs::locate("data", "mageia/pics/top.svg");
+
+        if (QFile::exists(fileName)) {
+            QFileInfo info(fileName);
+            QString key = fileName + info.lastModified().toString();
+
+            QPixmap topPixmap;
+
+            if (!QPixmapCache::find(key, topPixmap)) {
+                QSvgRenderer *renderer = new QSvgRenderer(fileName);
+                if (renderer->isValid()) {
+                    topPixmap = QPixmap(renderer->defaultSize());
+                    topPixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
+                    
+                    QPainter p(&topPixmap);
+                    renderer->render(&p);
+                    p.end();
+                    
+                    QPixmapCache::insert(key, topPixmap);
+                }
+            }
+            
+            QWidgetAction *topAction = new QWidgetAction(menuview);
+            TopTile *top = new TopTile(topPixmap);
+            top->installEventFilter(d->eventSniffer);
+
+            topAction->setDefaultWidget(top);
+            menuview->addAction(topAction);
+           }
 
+						
         //Kickoff::MenuView::ModelOptions options = d->viewtypes.count() < 2 ? Kickoff::MenuView::MergeFirstLevel : Kickoff::MenuView::None;
         foreach(const QString &vtname, d->viewtypes) {
             if(vtname == "Applications") {