<big>K</big>ickshaw yana karɓar wadannan anasirin XML da sunaye na siffa, kimar siffa, da abubuwan da suke ciki da suka danganci wadannan anasiri:

<tt><b>Anasiri:</b>			<b>Sunaye na siffa:</b>
menu           		id, label, icon, execute
separator      		label
item           		label, icon
↳action        		name
 ↳prompt       		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
 ↳command      		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
 ↳startupnotify		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
  ↳enabled     		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
  ↳icon        		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
  ↳name        		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>
  ↳wmclass     		<i>abun da bai sayuwa</i>

					<b>Kimar siffa:</b>
action         		Execute, Exit, Reconfigure,
               		Restart, SessionLogout

					<b>Abubuwa a ciki:</b>
enabled        		yes, no</tt>

Lambobin mazaɓa da suke ƙunsar zare marar komai sun inganta, amma kamar kowane lambar mazaɓa na iya bayyana sau ɗaya a cikin mazaɓa.

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Mazaɓoɓin nan suna daidai kuma duka biyu an karɓar su ta Openbox da Kickshaw.

<tt><b>(1)</b> &lt;openbox_menu&gt;

      &lt;menu id="menu1" label="Menu1"&gt;
        &lt;item label="item"/&gt;
      &lt;/menu&gt;

      &lt;menu id="root-menu"&gt;
        &lt;menu id="menu1"/&gt;
      &lt;/menu&gt;

    &lt;/openbox_menu&gt;</tt>

<tt><b>(2)</b> &lt;openbox_menu&gt;

      &lt;menu id="root-menu"&gt;
        &lt;menu id="menu1" label="Menu1"&gt;
          &lt;item label="item"/&gt;
        &lt;/menu&gt;
      &lt;/menu&gt;

    &lt;/openbox_menu&gt;</tt>

A koyaushe ana nuna mazaɓa a cikin Kickshaw yadda zai bayyana a cikin Openbox, don haka na biyu daga misalai biyu ya fi kusa da hanyar WYSIWYG. Rashin amfani shine cewa don manyan mazaɓoɓi, wannan zai iya sa fayil ɗin mazaɓa ya yi ruɗani. Saboda wannan dalili, a tanadadde Kickshaw koyaushe yana adana mazaɓa a cikin tsarin na farko (wannan ana iya canja shi a cikin zaɓuɓɓuka). Lokacin adana fayil, shirin yana amfani da taba don gocewar layin rubutu a tanadadde, amma don karanta fayil, ko da gocewar layin rubutu an yi su da sarari ko taba ba ya da wani muhimmanci, kamar yadda yake ga duk sararin banza.

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Mazaɓa na iya ƙunsar siffofin mazaɓa da suka sa daidai ba, kamar a cikin wannan misali:

<tt>&lt;openbox_menu&gt;

  &lt;menu id="menu1" label="outside" icon="out.jpg" execute="out" /&gt;

  &lt;menu id="root-menu"&gt;
    &lt;menu id="menu1" label="inside" icon="in.jpg" execute="in" /&gt;
  &lt;/menu&gt;

&lt;/openbox_menu&gt;</tt>

A wannan yanayi, Kickshaw yana bin misalin Openbox da nuna kimar siffar icon daga cikin mazaɓar tushe, yayin da yake nuna kimar siffofin label da execute daga waje na mazaɓar tushe.
