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+import QtQuick 2.0
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
+
+Rectangle {
+    id: root
+    color: "#00000000"
+    height: units.gridUnit * 2
+    anchors {
+        bottomMargin: units.smallSpacing
+        topMargin: units.smallSpacing
+    }
+
+    property var textGradient: Gradient {
+                GradientStop { position: 1.0; color: "#FF00000C" }
+                GradientStop { position: 0.0; color: "#00000C00" }
+            }
+    property color textGradientOverlay: "#9900000C"
+
+    PlasmaCore.IconItem {
+        id: icon
+        width: units.iconSizes.medium
+        height: width
+        x: units.largeSpacing
+        y: 0
+        source: "im-user"
+    }
+
+    Item {
+        id: rounded
+        clip: true
+        height: parent.height
+        width: height / 2
+        anchors {
+            left: icon.right
+            leftMargin: units.largeSpacing
+        }
+
+        Rectangle {
+            height: parent.height
+            width: parent.width * 2
+            radius: height
+            anchors {
+                left: parent.left
+                top: parent.top
+            }
+
+            gradient: root.textGradient
+
+            Rectangle {
+                anchors.fill: parent
+                radius: height / 2
+                color: textGradientOverlay
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        id: summary
+        width: parent.width - icon.width - rounded.width - (units.largeSpacing * 2)
+        height: parent.height
+
+        anchors {
+            left: rounded.right
+            top: parent.top
+        }
+
+        gradient: root.textGradient
+        Rectangle {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            color: textGradientOverlay
+        }
+
+        Text {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            horizontalAlignment: Qt.AlignLeft
+            verticalAlignment: Qt.AlignVCenter
+            color: "white"
+            text: "Hoo ha!"
+        }
+    }
+}
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