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<article id="index">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>The GNOME Panel Manual</title>
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<copyright>
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<year>2000</year>
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<holder>Red Hat, Inc.</holder>
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<holder>Dan Mueth</holder>
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<holder>Alexander Kirillov</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice id="legalnotice">
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<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:fdl"><citetitle>GNU Free Documentation
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License</citetitle></ulink>, Version 1.1 or any later version
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published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant
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Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of
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the license can be found <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:fdl">here</ulink>.</para>
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<para>Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their
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products and services are claimed as trademarks. Where those names
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appear in any GNOME documentation, and those trademarks are made
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aware to the members of the GNOME Documentation Project, the names
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have been printed in caps or initial caps.
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</para>
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</legalnotice>
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<releaseinfo>
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This is version 1.0 of The GNOME Panel manual.
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</releaseinfo>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>
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<indexterm id="idx-a2">
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<primary>Panel</primary>
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</indexterm>
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The GNOME <interface>Panel</interface> is the heart of the GNOME
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user interface and acts as a repository for the <link
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linkend="mainmenu">Main Menu</link>, user <link
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linkend="menus">menus</link>, application <link
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linkend="launchers">launchers</link>, <link
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linkend="applets">applets</link> (applications which run entirely
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within the panel), <link linkend="drawers">drawers</link>, and
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several <link linkend="specialobjects">special objects</link>.
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The <interface>Panel</interface> was designed to be highly
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configurable. You can easily <link
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linkend="panelproperties">customize its behavior and
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appearance</link> and <link linkend="appletadd">add or remove
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objects</link> to suite your personal needs and preferences. You
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can even have <link linkend="paneladd">multiple panels</link>,
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each with its own appearance, properties, and contents. This
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flexibility allows you to easily create a comfortable and
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efficient personalized desktop environment.
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</para>
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<para> This manual describes version 1.2 of the GNOME
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<interface>Panel</interface>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<!-- ########### Panel Basics ############## -->
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<sect1 id="panelbasics">
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<title>Panel Basics</title>
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<para>
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Using the GNOME <interface>Panel</interface> is very simple and
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will come easily to anyone who has used a graphical desktop
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environment. This section will give you a basic introduction to
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help you get started, and the following sections will discuss the
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various Panel objects and features in more detail.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="intropanel">
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<title>Introduction to Panel Objects</title>
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<para>
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A <interface>Panel</interface> can hold several types of objects.
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The example <interface>Panel</interface> in <xref
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linkend="examplepanelfig" /> shows each type of Panel object.
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</para>
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<figure id="examplepanelfig">
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<title>An Example Panel</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>An Example Panel.</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/example_panel" format="PNG"
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srccredit="muet" />
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>
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This example <interface>Panel</interface> contains the following
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objects: <itemizedlist> <listitem>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Menus</title>
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<para>
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Menus are lists of items, each of which either starts an
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application, executes a command, or is a submenu. In the
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example <interface>Panel</interface> in <xref
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linkend="examplepanelfig" /> , the left-most icon after the
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arrow is a stylized footprint icon (the GNOME logo). This is
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the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, one of the most important
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objects in the <interface>Panel</interface>. This menu
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provides access to almost all the applications, commands, and
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configuration options available in GNOME. The <guimenu>Main
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Menu</guimenu> is described in detail in <xref
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linkend="mainmenu" />. The second icon shown is a folder, the
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default icon used for user menus. GNOME allows users to
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create their own menus with personalized contents to use in
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addition to the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. To open a
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menu, just click on the icon with the left mouse button. For
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more information on menus, see <xref linkend="menus" />.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Launchers</title>
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<para>
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Launchers are buttons which either start an application or
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execute a command when you press them (click with the left
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mouse button). The third icon in the example
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<interface>Panel</interface> is a launcher which starts the
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<application>Gnumeric</application> spreadsheet. For more
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information on launchers, see <xref linkend="launchers" />.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Applets</title> <para> Applets are applications which
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run inside a small part of the
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<interface>Panel</interface>. The fourth through eighth icons
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in the example <interface>Panel</interface> are applets. The
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first applet shown is the <application>GNOME
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Weather</application> applet, which periodically downloads the
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current weather conditions off the Web and displays the
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information. The second applet shown is the <application>Drive
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Mount</application> applet, which shows whether a disk (in
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this case, the floppy drive) is mounted and allows you to
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mount and unmount the drive with a single click of the mouse.
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The third applet shown is the <application>Quick
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Launch</application> applet, which acts as a container for
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launchers, but saves more space than placing your launchers
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directly on the <interface>Panel</interface>. In the example
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shown the <application>Quick Launch</application> applet
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contains six application launchers. Next is the
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<application>GNOME Desk Guide</application>, which allows you
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to control multiple virtual desktops, each of which can have
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multiple screens. You can move between desktops and screens
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by clicking with your left mouse button. The final applet
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shown is the <application>Tasklist</application>, which allows
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you to control your application windows in various ways,
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including changing the focus, iconifying windows, closing
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windows, and killing applications. The
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<application>Tasklist</application> shown is for a screen with
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only two windows, both of which are <application>Electric
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Eyes</application>. For more information on applets, see
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<xref linkend="applets" />.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Drawers</title> <para> Drawers are essentially
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extensions of a <interface>Panel</interface> which can be
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opened or closed. They can hold anything the
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<interface>Panel</interface> can. The brown icon of a drawer
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in the example <interface>Panel</interface> is the default
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icon for drawers, although any icon can be used. Click on the
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<guiicon>Drawer</guiicon> icon with the left mouse button to
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open or close it. For more information on drawers, see <xref
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linkend="drawers" />.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Special Objects</title>
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<para>
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Special objects are items you can add to a
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<interface>Panel</interface> which perform functions which
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are generally not available through the other
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<interface>Panel</interface> objects. The last item in the
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example <interface>Panel</interface> is a special object
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called the <guibutton>Logout Button</guibutton>. Pressing
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this with the left mouse button begins the logout sequence
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to end your GNOME session. For more information on special
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objects, see <xref linkend="specialobjects" />.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>
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Each of these object types is described in detail in the
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following sections. You can easily add, move, or remove Panel
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objects (see <xref linkend="appletadd" />).
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="rightclick">
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<title>Right-Click Menu</title>
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<para>
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Clicking on any Panel object with the right mouse button brings
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up the Panel object's <guimenu>right-click</guimenu> menu. This
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menu contains <guimenuitem>Remove from panel</guimenuitem> for
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removing the object from the <interface>Panel</interface>,
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<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem> for moving objects within the
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<interface>Panel</interface> or between two
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<interface>Panels</interface>, the
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<guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> submenu described below, and
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typically one or more object-specific menu items. For drawers,
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menus, and launchers the only object-specific item is
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<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> which allows you to
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customize the properties and settings of the object. For applets,
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the <guimenu>right-click</guimenu> menu will often contain
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<guimenuitem>About...</guimenuitem> for viewing information about
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the applet such as the author's name and the applet version,
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<guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> for viewing the applet's
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documentation, and <guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> for
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configuring preferences and settings for the applet. Applets
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often have other applet-specific controls in their
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<guimenu>right-click</guimenu> menus.
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</para>
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<para>
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The <guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> submenu allows you to <link
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linkend="panelmove">create and remove
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<interface>Panels</interface></link> and <link
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linkend="appletadd">add objects</link> to the
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<interface>Panel</interface>. It also allows you to modify the
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properties of the particular <interface>Panel</interface> of
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interest using the <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> menu
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item (see <xref linkend="panelproperties" />) or the properties of
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all <interface>Panels</interface> using the <guimenuitem>Global
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Preferences...</guimenuitem> menu item (see <xref
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linkend="globalpanelprefs" />).
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</para>
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<para>
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You can also right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface>
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itself. This will bring up the <link
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linkend="mainmenu"><guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu></link>. In
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particular, this menu also contains the
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<guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> submenu described above.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="panelhide">
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<title>Hiding the Panel</title>
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<para>
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<indexterm id="idx-a4">
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<primary>Panel</primary> <secondary>Hide Buttons</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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<indexterm id="idx-a5">
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<primary>Panel</primary> <secondary>Hiding</secondary>
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</indexterm>
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The left and right arrow icons seen at either end of the example
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<interface>Panel</interface> and in <xref linkend="fig2" /> are
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used to hide the <interface>Panel</interface>.
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<figure id="fig2">
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<title>The Hide Button</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Hide Button</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/hide-button" format="PNG"
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srccredit="dcm" />
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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</para>
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<para>
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Pressing one of these arrows will hide the
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<interface>Panel</interface> by sliding it in the direction of
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the arrow pressed, so that the only part of the
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<interface>Panel</interface> which remains visible is the
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<guibutton>Hide</guibutton> button itself. Pressing it a second
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time will expand the <interface>Panel</interface>.
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</para>
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<para>
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<interface>Panels</interface> can be configured to automatically
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hide when you are not using it and reappear when you move the
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mouse to the part of the screen where the
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<interface>Panel</interface> resides. This can be useful if you
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are unable to run your system in a high resolution. To learn how
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to have a <interface>Panel</interface> auto-hide, see <xref
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linkend="panelproperties" />.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="loggingout">
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<title>Logging Out</title>
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<para>
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To log out of GNOME, right click on the
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<interface>Panel</interface> and select <guimenuitem>Log
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out</guimenuitem>. This will bring up the
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<interface>Logout</interface> dialog, shown in <xref
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linkend="logoutdialog-fig" />.
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</para>
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<figure id="logoutdialog-fig">
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<title>The Logout Dialog</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Logout</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/logout-screen" format="PNG"
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srccredit="dcm" />
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para>
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If you would like to save your current setup, select the
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<guilabel>Save current setup</guilabel> checkbox. This will save
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any GNOME applications you have open and configuration changes
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you may have made in the <application>Control
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Center</application>.
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</para>
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<para>
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The default way to log out is by using the
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<guilabel>Logout</guilabel> option, which ends your GNOME session
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but does not shut down the computer. Depending on your system
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configuration, you may also have the <guilabel>Halt</guilabel>
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option, which shuts down the computer, and the
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<guilabel>Reboot</guilabel> option, which will reboot the
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computer.
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</para>
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<note>
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<title>Note for advanced users</title>
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<para>The
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<guilabel>Halt</guilabel> and <guilabel>Reboot</guilabel> choices
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will only be shown if you have permission to execute the command
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<command>/usr/bin/shutdown</command>.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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If you do not want to log out, press the
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<guibutton>No</guibutton> button and you will be returned to your
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GNOME session. Otherwise press the <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>
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button to log out.
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</para>
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<note>
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<title>Logging Out and Window Managers</title>
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<para>
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If you are running a window manager that is GNOME compliant, the
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logout feature will quit the window manager as well as GNOME. If
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you are running a non-compliant window manager you will have to
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quit the window manager yourself.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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You can disable the <interface>Logout</interface> dialog so that
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selecting the <guimenuitem>Log out</guimenuitem> menu item will
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end your GNOME session without asking any questions. To do so,
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start the GNOME <application>Control Center</application> by
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selecting <menuchoice> <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Startup
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programs</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> and uncheck the
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<guilabel>Prompt on logout</guilabel> button. <!-- Commented out
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- as suggested by Drake You may also control whether changes to
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your session are automatically saved using the
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<guilabel>Automatically save changes to session</guilabel>
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button. -->
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="lockscreen">
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<title>Locking the Screen</title>
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<para>
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Sometimes you may want to leave your computer with GNOME running
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and not allow others to use or view your GNOME session. GNOME
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allows you to do this by locking the screen, requiring a password
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to unlock it. To lock your GNOME session, right click on either
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end of a <interface>Panel</interface> and select
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<guimenuitem>Lock screen</guimenuitem>. Alternately, if you have
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the <guibutton>Lock Button</guibutton>(see <xref
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linkend="lockbutton" />) on a <interface>Panel</interface>, you may
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just press this button to lock the screen. To unlock the screen,
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just type your login password.
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</para>
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<note>
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<title>Screensavers and the Lock Button</title>
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<para>
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The <guibutton>Lock screen</guibutton> button uses a feature of
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the <application>xscreensaver</application> program. This is the
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same program that the <application>Control Center</application>
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uses to set your screensaver. In order for the <guibutton>Lock
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screen</guibutton> button to work properly, you must have a
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screensaver enabled in the <application>Control
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Center</application>.
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</para>
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</note>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<!-- ########### Main Menu ############## -->
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<sect1 id="mainmenu">
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<title>The Main Menu</title>
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<para>
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<indexterm id="idx-a3"> <primary>Main Menu</primary>
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</indexterm>
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The footprint icon seen towards the left end of the example
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<interface>Panel</interface> (see <xref
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linkend="examplepanelfig" />) and in <xref
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linkend="main-menu-button-fig" /> is the <guibutton>Main
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Menu</guibutton> (yes, you guessed right, it is the footprint of
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the gnome). This menu provides access to almost all GNOME
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features — all the applications, configuration tools,
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command line prompt, <guimenuitem>Logout</guimenuitem> and
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<guimenuitem>Lock Screen</guimenuitem> commands, and much more.
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To access any of these items, click on the <guibutton>Main
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Menu</guibutton> button. You should release the mouse after
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pressing the <guibutton>Main Menu</guibutton> button so that you
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can take advantage of other mouse-activated features in the
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<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> such as right-click pop-up menus and
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drag-and-drop from the menu to the desktop or
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<interface>Panel</interface>.
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</para>
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<figure id="main-menu-button-fig">
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<title>The Main Menu Button</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>The Main Menu Button</screeninfo>
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<graphic fileref="./figures/mm-button" format="PNG"
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srccredit="dcm" />
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</screenshot>
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</figure>
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<para> You can have several <guibutton>Main
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Menu</guibutton> buttons on different
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<interface>Panels</interface>; all of them can be configured
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independently.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="globalmenu">
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<title>Global menu</title>
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<para>
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In addition to the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> which you get by
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clicking on the foot icon, GNOME also provides a <guimenu>Global
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Menu</guimenu>, which contains the same commands but is not
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linked to any button. To access the <guimenu>Global
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Menu</guimenu>, right-click on any empty place on the
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<interface>Panel</interface>. You can also access the
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<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> by pressing
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<keycombo action="simul">
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<keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>F1</keycap> </keycombo>. (You can
|
|
change the default key for activating the <guimenu>Global
|
|
Menu</guimenu> in the <link
|
|
linkend="misctab"><guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel></link> tab
|
|
of the <link linkend="globalpanelprefs"><interface>Global Panel
|
|
Preferences dialog</interface></link>.)
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Note that the <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> is configured
|
|
independently from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, by using the
|
|
<guilabel>Menu</guilabel> tab in the <link
|
|
linkend="globalpanelprefs"><interface>Global Panel
|
|
Preferences</interface></link> dialog.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="submenus">
|
|
<title> Components of the Main Menu</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The primary component of the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> is the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu> submenu, which contains a list
|
|
of preconfigured submenus and menu items. Here you will find all
|
|
the GNOME applications, from the
|
|
<application>Gnumeric</application> spreadsheet to the
|
|
<application>Free Cell</application> game, as well as quite a
|
|
few non-GNOME ones, such as the
|
|
<application>Netscape</application> web browser and the
|
|
<application>emacs</application> text editor. In addition, the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu> submenu also contains the
|
|
following commands:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>File Manager</guimenuitem> — launches the
|
|
GNOME graphical file manager.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Help system</guimenuitem> — launches the
|
|
<application>GNOME Help Browser</application>. The
|
|
<application>GNOME Help Browser</application> gives you access
|
|
to most of the documentation installed on your system —
|
|
not only GNOME documentation (the GNOME User's Guide,
|
|
application manuals, …), but also other types of
|
|
documentation (man pages, info pages, …).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para> In addition to the <guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu>
|
|
submenu, the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> also contains a
|
|
number of other submenus and useful commands. Depending on your
|
|
configuration, you may not see all of these. Also, some of them
|
|
may be shown as submenus, and others included as part of the
|
|
<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, separated by horizontal lines from
|
|
the other parts. These additional submenus and commands are:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Favorites</guisubmenu>. This submenu, which is
|
|
originally empty, is a place where you can put your favorite
|
|
applications for quick access. You can edit this menu using
|
|
the <application>Menu Editor</application>, which can be
|
|
accessed from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> by choosing
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Menu editor</guimenuitem> </menuchoice>. You can
|
|
also add any item from any other menu (in particular, from the
|
|
<guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu) to the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Favorites</guisubmenu> menu by clicking on the
|
|
item with the right mouse button and selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Add this to Favorites menu</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Applets</guisubmenu>. This submenu contains all
|
|
the applets installed on your system. Selecting an applet will
|
|
add it to your <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guisubmenu>KDE menus</guisubmenu>. This shows the menus of
|
|
the K Desktop Environment (KDE) if you have it installed on
|
|
your system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guisubmenu>AnotherLevel menus</guisubmenu> and
|
|
<guisubmenu>Debian menus</guisubmenu>. These submenus show the
|
|
default application menus for Red Hat Linux and Debian
|
|
GNU/Linux, respectively. These will only appear for users of
|
|
the particular distributions.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Panel</guimenuitem>. This submenu can be used to
|
|
change <interface>Panel</interface> properties (both for <link
|
|
linkend="panelproperties"> <interface>individual
|
|
Panels</interface></link> and <link
|
|
linkend="globalpanelprefs">global</link>, i.e. for all
|
|
<interface>Panels</interface>), <link linkend="add">add an
|
|
object</link> to the <interface>Panel</interface>, <link
|
|
linkend="panelremoving">remove the whole
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface></link>, <link
|
|
linkend="paneladd">create a new
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface></link>, or view the
|
|
<citetitle>Panel Manual</citetitle>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Desktop</guimenuitem>— This submenu
|
|
contains <guimenuitem>Log out</guimenuitem>, which ends your
|
|
GNOME session (see <xref linkend="loggingout" />), and
|
|
<guimenuitem>Lock screen</guimenuitem> (see <xref
|
|
linkend="lockscreen" />).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem id="runcommand">
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Run …</guimenuitem> — This menu item
|
|
opens the <interface>Run Program</interface> dialog for
|
|
executing shell commands (see <xref linkend="runbutton" />).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="mainmenuconfig">
|
|
<title>Configuring the Main Menu</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To change the configuration of the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>,
|
|
right-click on the <guibutton>Main Menu</guibutton> button
|
|
(shown in <xref linkend="main-menu-button-fig" />) and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties …</guimenuitem> from the pop-up
|
|
menu. This will show the <interface>Menu Properties</interface>
|
|
dialog. In this dialog, for each of the submenus of the
|
|
<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> listed above
|
|
(<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu>,
|
|
<guisubmenu>Favorites</guisubmenu>, …) you can choose
|
|
whether you want it to be shown as part of the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu>, as a submenu, or not at all.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>Menu Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Menu Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/mainmenu_properties" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also edit the contents of the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Favorites</guisubmenu> submenu (or, if you are the
|
|
system administrator, also of the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu> submenu) using the
|
|
<application>GNOME Menu Editor</application>. To start it,
|
|
right-click on the <guibutton>Main Menu</guibutton> button and
|
|
select <guimenuitem>Edit Menus
|
|
…</guimenuitem>. Alternatively, you can start
|
|
<application>GNOME Menu Editor</application> by selecting
|
|
<menuchoice> <guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Menu
|
|
editor</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> from the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> itself.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<!-- Do we need it now that we have information about Global menu?
|
|
<sect2 id="kbdnav">
|
|
<title>Keyboard Navigation in the Main Menu</title>
|
|
|
|
<para> If you prefer, you can use the keyboard instead of the
|
|
mouse to navigate the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. To activate
|
|
the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, press the
|
|
<keycap>Menu</keycap> key on your keyboard (if you are using a
|
|
standard PC keyboard, this key usually is located to the left of
|
|
the space bar and labelled with a picture of a menu); you can
|
|
change the default key for activating the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> in the <link
|
|
linkend="misctab"><guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel></link> tab
|
|
of the <interface><link linkend="globalpanelprefs">Global Panel
|
|
Preferences</link> dialog</interface>. Use the
|
|
<keycap>Up</keycap> and <keycap>Down</keycap> arrow keys to
|
|
move inside the menu, <keycap>Right</keycap> arrow to go to a
|
|
submenu, and <keycap>Enter</keycap> to select an item. To exit
|
|
the menu, just press the <keycap>Esc</keycap> key.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2> -->
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Menus ############## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="menus">
|
|
<title>Menus</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In addition to the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, discussed in <xref
|
|
linkend="mainmenu" />, you can also add "normal menus" to a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. An example menu, in this case a
|
|
<guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu containing three application
|
|
launchers and one submenu titled <guisubmenu>Games</guisubmenu>, is
|
|
shown in <xref linkend = "example-menu-fig" />. Unlike the
|
|
<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, normal menus only contain whatever
|
|
launchers and submenus you place in them - no default submenus,
|
|
<guimenuitem>Run...</guimenuitem> command, etc. as the
|
|
<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> has. You can also add any submenu of
|
|
your <guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu or the
|
|
<guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu as a separate menu to a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>; to do so, bring up this submenu from
|
|
the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, right click on the submenu
|
|
title, and select <guimenuitem>Add this as menu to
|
|
panel</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="example-menu-fig">
|
|
<title>An Example Menu</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>An Example Menu</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/example_menu" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="addingmenus">
|
|
<title>Adding a Menu to a Panel</title> <para> To learn how
|
|
to add a menu to a <interface>Panel</interface>, see <xref
|
|
linkend="add" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="tearoff">
|
|
<title>Tearing Off a Menu</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
All menus in GNOME have the tear-off feature: if you left-click on
|
|
the "perforation" (thin dashed line at the top of the menu, right
|
|
above the menu title), the menu will be turned into a separate
|
|
window on your desktop, which will stay there even after you move
|
|
the mouse cursor elsewhere. This is very convenient if you will be
|
|
using the same command from some deeply nested submenu
|
|
frequently. To remove a "torn-off" menu from your desktop, click
|
|
on the <guibutton>Close</guibutton> button in the window title
|
|
(its appearance and location depends on the window manager you are
|
|
using, but usually it is the rightmost button, labelled by an "x").
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="menusconf">
|
|
<title>Configuring a Menu</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can easily change a menu name and icon (for user menus only,
|
|
not for submenus taken from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>). To
|
|
do so, click on the menu, right-click on the menu title (at the
|
|
very top of the list, above all other items), and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem> from the pop-up
|
|
menu. This will bring up the <interface>Desktop Entry
|
|
Properties</interface> dialog, quite similar to the <link
|
|
linkend="launchers"><interface>Launcher Properties</interface>
|
|
dialog</link>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para> To add a new item to the menu, click on the menu button,
|
|
right-click on the Menu name, and select <guimenuitem>Add new
|
|
item to this menu</guimenuitem>. This will bring up
|
|
<interface>Create Menu Item</interface> dialog, in which you can
|
|
enter the menu item name, comment, command, and type (see <xref
|
|
linkend="launchers" /> for more information). To remove an item
|
|
from the menu, right-click on the item and choose
|
|
<guimenuitem>Remove this item</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Finally, a frequently asked question is "How I can change the
|
|
font and the background used by the menus?" The answer is that it
|
|
is determined by the current GTK Theme, which can be changed
|
|
using the <application>GNOME Control Center</application> by
|
|
selecting <menuchoice> <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Settings</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Desktop</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Theme Selector</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Launchers ############## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="launchers">
|
|
<title>Launchers</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Launchers are buttons which reside in your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> and start an application or execute a
|
|
command when clicked. A launcher can use any icon and has a
|
|
customized tooltip to display a message when the cursor is passed
|
|
over the launcher.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can change a launcher's properties, such as the icon it uses
|
|
and its name, by right-clicking on the launcher and selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> from the pop-up menu. This
|
|
brings up the <interface>Launcher properties</interface> dialog,
|
|
shown in <xref linkend="launcherpropsfig" />. A similar dialog is
|
|
used when you create a new launcher (see <xref
|
|
linkend="add" />). Note that internally GNOME makes no distinction
|
|
between menu items and launchers: these are just different
|
|
representations of the same thing. You can place any menu item on a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, and it will appear as a
|
|
launcher. Therefore, all the information below applies equally to
|
|
launchers and menu items.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="launcherpropsfig">
|
|
<title>Create Launcher/Launcher Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Create Launcher/Launcher Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/launcher_properties_basic" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>Laucher Properties</interface> dialog has two tabs:
|
|
<guilabel>Basic</guilabel> and <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel>. In
|
|
the <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tab, you can set:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Name</guilabel> — this is the application
|
|
name, for example, <userinput>GNOME
|
|
terminal</userinput>. This name will be used if you later
|
|
put this launcher in a menu.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Comment</guilabel> — this is a brief
|
|
explanation of what this application does, for example,
|
|
<userinput>Terminal emulation program</userinput>. This will
|
|
be used for tooltips.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Command</guilabel> — the actual command that
|
|
runs the application, for example,
|
|
<userinput>gnome-terminal</userinput>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Type</guilabel> — should be
|
|
<guilabel>Application</guilabel>; do not change it unless
|
|
you want to create something other than an application
|
|
launcher.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Icon</guilabel> — this is the icon which
|
|
will be used to represent the launcher in the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. If no icon is specified, a
|
|
default icon will be used. To change the icon, just click on
|
|
it to launch the icon browser.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Run in Terminal</guilabel> — this specifies
|
|
whether the application should be run inside a terminal. If
|
|
the application doesn't create any windows on its own, check
|
|
this button. If you are unsure, leave it unchecked.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> properties tab is shown
|
|
below. It is intended for advanced users; most of the time, you
|
|
will not need to change any of these settings.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="launcheradvpropsfig">
|
|
<title>Launcher Advanced Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Launcher Advanced Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/launcher_properties_advanced" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In the <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab, you can set:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Try this before using</guilabel> — you can
|
|
enter a command here, and GNOME will check if this command
|
|
can be executed. If the command cannot be successfully
|
|
executed, the launcher (or menu item) will not be shown even
|
|
if you added it to a <interface>Panel</interface> or
|
|
menu. It is mostly used by people preparing GNOME
|
|
distributions. For example, the default GNOME <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> contains an item for the
|
|
<application>TkRat</application> e-mail program, but you
|
|
will only see this item if you have
|
|
<application>TkRat</application> installed on your system.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Documentation</guilabel> — currently not
|
|
used.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Name/Comment translations</guilabel> — here
|
|
you can set translations of the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
|
|
and <guilabel>Comment</guilabel> to other languages. For
|
|
example, for <application>GNOME Terminal</application>, the
|
|
translations to Spanish (es) are name: <userinput>Terminal
|
|
UNIX de GNOME</userinput> and comment: <userinput>Emulador
|
|
de terminal GNOME</userinput>. This means that if a user
|
|
sets his language to Spanish during login (this can be done
|
|
by selecting the desired language from
|
|
<guimenu>Languages</guimenu> menu of the <application>GNOME
|
|
Display Manager</application> when logging in) he will see
|
|
<guimenuitem>Terminal UNIX de GNOME</guimenuitem> in the
|
|
menu and <guilabel>Emulador de terminal GNOME</guilabel> as
|
|
the tooltip. The actual command that runs the terminal is
|
|
unchanged.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add a new translation, enter the language 2-letter code
|
|
and translations of <guilabel>Name</guilabel> and
|
|
<guilabel>Comment</guilabel> fields in the empty fields
|
|
under the list of current translations, and press the
|
|
<guibutton>Add/Set</guibutton> button. To change one of
|
|
existing translations, select the row from the list, edit
|
|
the fields you want to change, and press the
|
|
<guibutton>Add/Set</guibutton> button. To remove one of
|
|
existing translations, select it in the list and press the
|
|
<guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can find the list of all languages supported by GNOME
|
|
along with their 2-letter codes in <ulink type="http"
|
|
url="http://www.gnome.org/gnomefaq/html/x867.html">GNOME
|
|
Frequently Asked Questions</ulink>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
All of the changes you make in the <interface>Launcher
|
|
Properties</interface> dialog will take effect when you press
|
|
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> or
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton>. Pressing <guibutton>OK</guibutton>
|
|
closes the dialog; pressing <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> will
|
|
allow you to continue editing.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Applets ############## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="applets">
|
|
<title>Applets</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Applets are GNOME applications which reside in a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. An applet's appearance typically
|
|
reveals the state of the applet or other information. Applets often
|
|
have buttons, sliders, entries, or other methods to allow you to
|
|
control their behavior.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="example-applets-fig">
|
|
<title>Example Applets</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Example Applets</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_applets" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Some example applets are shown above(see <xref
|
|
linkend="example-applets-fig" />). At the very left is the
|
|
<application>Mixer Applet</application> which allows you to change
|
|
the volume level and mute the sound. Next is the<application>Sound
|
|
Monitor Applet</application>, which displays the current volume of
|
|
sound being played and allows you to control various sound
|
|
features. The third applet is the <application>GTCD
|
|
Applet</application>, a CD player which has all its controls
|
|
available in the applet and displays the track and time.The next
|
|
applet is the <application>Drive Mount Applet</application>, used
|
|
to mount and unmount drives with a single click of the mouse. This
|
|
is followed by the <application>Desk-Guide Applet</application>
|
|
which shows you your desktops and the applications which are
|
|
running on them. The last applet shown is the <application>Tasklist
|
|
Applet</application> which allows you to control certain aspects of
|
|
each application or window which is open.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
GNOME has many useful applets. Just right click on a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> and add some applets to your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> to find out which applets are
|
|
available and which ones are best for you. Right click on each
|
|
applet to see a menu listing various commands and operations the
|
|
applet can do and to access the documentation for the applet.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Drawers ############## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="drawers">
|
|
<title>Drawers</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The simplest way to think about a drawer is that it is a container
|
|
to store things. Typically one may use a drawer to hold multiple
|
|
launchers which are related to each other in some way, such as the
|
|
various applications in GNOME Office. The drawers in the GNOME
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> take this one step further by making a
|
|
drawer an actual extension of the <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
itself. Thus, a drawer is a collapsible branch of an existing
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. It can contain anything that a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> can, including launchers, applets, and
|
|
other drawers.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>An open Drawer</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>An open Drawer</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/drawer_open" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="dcm" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Once you have placed a drawer on a <interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
you may click on it to "open" the drawer, revealing its contents.
|
|
You may then add items to the drawer in the same way you would add
|
|
items to a <interface>Panel</interface>, right clicking on the end
|
|
of the drawer with the arrow to open the <link
|
|
linkend="globalmenu"><interface>Global Menu</interface></link>.
|
|
You can close the drawer by clicking on its icon again or by
|
|
clicking on the arrow at its end.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can configure a drawer's properties by right clicking on the
|
|
drawer's icon and selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem>. This brings up the
|
|
<interface>Drawer Properties</interface> dialog. Here you can
|
|
select the icon used for the drawer by clicking on the icon. A
|
|
tooltip may be entered by typing in the
|
|
<guilabel>Tooltip/Name</guilabel> entry. This tooltip will be
|
|
displayed whenever the mouse is moved over the drawer to remind you
|
|
what is inside. One may also select whether the <guibutton>hide
|
|
button</guibutton> and arrow are displayed at the end of the drawer.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>Drawer Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Drawer Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/drawer_properties" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="dcm" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You may also control the background color or image of the
|
|
drawer. Just right click on the drawer and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> to open the
|
|
<interface>Drawer Properties</interface> dialog. Then select the
|
|
<guilabel>Background</guilabel> tab to bring up the
|
|
<interface>Panel Background Dialog</interface> (see <xref
|
|
linkend="panelbacktab" />).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Special Panel Objects ############## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="specialobjects">
|
|
<title>Special Panel Objects</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
There are several special Panel objects which are not considered
|
|
menus, applets, or launchers. These special objects are described
|
|
below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<sect2 id="lockbutton">
|
|
<title>The Lock Button</title>
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>The Lock Button</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The Lock Button</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_lockbut" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guibutton>Lock Button</guibutton> is a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> button which starts a screensaver
|
|
which locks the screen. In order to remove the screensaver and
|
|
access the GNOME session again, you must supply your password.
|
|
For more information on locking the screen, see <xref
|
|
linkend="lockscreen" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="logoutbutton">
|
|
<title>The Logout Button</title>
|
|
<figure id="logoutbuttonfig">
|
|
<title>The Logout Button</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The Logout Button</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_logoutbut"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guibutton>Logout</guibutton> button is used to exit the GNOME
|
|
desktop environment. It initiates the logout sequence, bringing
|
|
up the <interface>Logout Dialog</interface>, as described in <xref
|
|
linkend="loggingout" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="runbutton">
|
|
<title>The Run Button</title>
|
|
<figure id="runbuttonfig">
|
|
<title>The Run Button</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The Run Button</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_runbutton"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button opens the <interface>Run
|
|
Program</interface> dialog, shown in <xref
|
|
linkend="runprogramdialog-fig" />. This gives you access to the
|
|
command line prompt. It is not a full-blown shell, so it is not a
|
|
replacement for <application>GNOME terminal</application>, but it
|
|
is very convenient when you need to enter just one command
|
|
quickly. You can also open the <interface>Run Program</interface>
|
|
dialog by using a keyboard shortcut. The default keyboard
|
|
shortcut is
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">
|
|
<keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>F2</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo>
|
|
but you can change this in the <link
|
|
linkend="misctab"><guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel></link> tab of
|
|
the <link linkend="globalpanelprefs"><interface>Global Panel
|
|
Preferences dialog</interface></link>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="runprogramdialog-fig">
|
|
<title>The Run Program Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The Run Program Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_runprogram"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The command entry has a history buffer which allows you to execute
|
|
a previously entered command by pressing the <guiicon>down
|
|
arrow</guiicon> icon located to the right of the text field and
|
|
selecting the command. It also has a
|
|
<guibutton>Browse…</guibutton> button, which allows you to
|
|
choose a file — this filename will be appended to the end of
|
|
your command. For example, you can enter
|
|
<userinput>emacs</userinput> (an extremely powerful text editor)
|
|
on the command line and then use the
|
|
<guibutton>Browse…</guibutton> button to select the file to
|
|
be edited.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="swallowedapps">
|
|
<title>Swallowed Applications</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can run many applications which are not applets inside the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> as if they were applets.
|
|
Applications which you pull into the <interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
even though they are not GNOME applets, are called "swallowed
|
|
applications". Applications do not have to be GNOME-compliant to
|
|
be swallowed. In general, the only constraints for swallowing an
|
|
application are that the application must be small enough to fit
|
|
in your <interface>Panel</interface> and you must know the title
|
|
of the window you would like to swallow. In many cases, the
|
|
application can be automatically shrank to fit in the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, as specified in the
|
|
<interface>Create Swallowed Application Dialog</interface>. If
|
|
the application is not small enough to fit in the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, the <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
will generally grow to allow the application to fit.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="swallappfig">
|
|
<title>Create Swallowed Application Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Create Swallowed Application Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_swallow" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Title of application to swallow</guilabel> is the
|
|
window title, typically displayed on the top left edge of the
|
|
window. (Note that the window title is case sensitive.) The
|
|
<guilabel>Width</guilabel> and <guilabel>Height</guilabel>
|
|
determine the size of the swallowed application in the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> in pixels.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If you leave the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> field empty, this
|
|
dialog will create an empty window of given size on the panel
|
|
which will sit there waiting for a window with the given title to
|
|
appear on your desktop. As soon such a window appears (for
|
|
example, when you choose appropriate item in the menu), it will be
|
|
swallowed.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also enter any command in the <guilabel>Command</guilabel>
|
|
field; this command will be executed before trying to swallowing
|
|
the window to the <interface>Panel</interface> (and each time the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> is restarted afterwards). This is
|
|
normally used to start an application which you want the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> to swallow.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="statusdock">
|
|
<title>Status Dock</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>status dock</interface> is a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> object which can hold status docklets
|
|
— small windows which applications place in the
|
|
<interface>status dock</interface> to provide status information.
|
|
Status docklets can also be used to control the
|
|
application. Essentially, docklets are small (both in size and in
|
|
complexity) applets. GNOME currently does not have many
|
|
applications which place status docklets in the <interface>status
|
|
dock</interface>. However, GNOME's <interface>status
|
|
dock</interface> is compatible with that of the K Desktop
|
|
Environment (KDE), so KDE applications, such as
|
|
<application>kscd</application>, may place status docklets in
|
|
GNOME's <interface>status dock</interface>. Future versions of
|
|
GNOME applications will make use of this recently added
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> object.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure id="statusdockfig">
|
|
<title>Example Status Dock With Docklet</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Example Status Dock With Docklet</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/status_dock" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="lebl" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The above example shows the <interface>status dock</interface>
|
|
with a status docklet from the <application>kscd</application> CD
|
|
player program. This particular docklet is used to open and close
|
|
the main <application>kscd</application> window without ending the
|
|
program.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ####### Adding, Moving, and Removing Panel Objects ########## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="appletadd">
|
|
<title>Adding, Moving, and Removing Panel Objects</title>
|
|
<sect2 id="moving">
|
|
<title>Moving objects</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To move any object in a <interface>Panel</interface> to a
|
|
different location, just hold down the middle mouse button and
|
|
drag it to the new location. Or, you can right-click on it and
|
|
choose <guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem>, then move the mouse to
|
|
the new location and press any mouse button to anchor it in its
|
|
new position. You can move it to a different location on the same
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, or to a different
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. If in the course of this
|
|
movement it hits other objects, the behavior depends on the
|
|
global preferences (see <xref linkend="appletstab" />): the
|
|
object you are moving can switch places with other objects,
|
|
"push" all objects it meets, or "jump" over all other objects
|
|
without disturbing them. You can also override the default
|
|
behavior by holding the <keycap>Shift</keycap> button (for
|
|
"push" mode), the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> button (for "switched"
|
|
mode), or the <keycap>Alt</keycap> button (for "free" mode,
|
|
i.e. jumping other objects without disturbing them) while
|
|
moving the object.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="remove">
|
|
<title>Removing objects from the Panel</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To remove an object from a <interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
right-click on it and choose <guimenuitem>Remove from
|
|
panel</guimenuitem> from the pop-up menu.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="add">
|
|
<title>Adding objects to the panel</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
By default, the GNOME <interface>Panel</interface> contains
|
|
only a few basic objects, such as the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu>. However, there are many
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> objects you can
|
|
add to it. For example, every menu item in the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> or its submenus can be added to a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> as an
|
|
application launcher. GNOME also has many applets
|
|
that can be added to a <interface>Panel</interface>, ranging from
|
|
<application>Printer Applet</application>, which prints files
|
|
which you drag and drop onto the applet, to
|
|
<application>Wanda the Fish</application>. There are many
|
|
additional GNOME applets and applications available on the
|
|
Internet.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term> <emphasis>Applets</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add an applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Add
|
|
to panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. This
|
|
will show you a
|
|
menu of all the applets on your system, divided into
|
|
categories; choosing any applet from this menu will
|
|
add it to the <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term> <emphasis>Application launchers</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To create a new application launcher, right-click on
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface> and select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Add
|
|
to panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Launcher</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
|
|
This will open the <interface>Create Launcher
|
|
dialog</interface>, shown below. In this dialog you
|
|
should enter a name for your launcher, a comment, and
|
|
the command line to launch the application. This
|
|
dialog is virtually identical to <interface>Launcher
|
|
Properties</interface> dialog. See <xref
|
|
linkend="launchers" /> for a more detailed description.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>The Create launcher dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Create launcher dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/create_launcher" format="PNG"
|
|
srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also add any application in the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> or application launcher on your
|
|
desktop to a <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
To do so, use the first mouse button to drag the object
|
|
onto the <interface>Panel</interface>. Be
|
|
careful to drop it in an empty space on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> and
|
|
not on any existing object: for example, if you drop
|
|
it on the <interface>Printer Applet</interface>, it
|
|
will be printed. You can also right-click on an item
|
|
in the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>
|
|
and select <guimenuitem>Add this launcher to
|
|
panel</guimenuitem>. After this, you can change any
|
|
options for that launcher by clicking on it with the
|
|
right mouse button and selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term> <emphasis>Menus</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add a menu, right-click on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> and select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Add
|
|
to panel</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Menu</guisubmenu>
|
|
</menuchoice>. This gives you a choice of the <guimenu>Main
|
|
menu</guimenu>, <guimenu>Programs menu</guimenu>, and
|
|
<guimenu>Favorites menu</guimenu>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also add the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> or
|
|
any its submenu as a new menu to the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> by
|
|
right-clicking on the menu title (the top line of the
|
|
menu, separated from menu items by a thin line) and
|
|
selecting <guimenuitem>Add this as a menu to the
|
|
panel</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<note>
|
|
<title>Creating Menus By Hand</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Advanced users can also create new menus
|
|
manually. To do so, you need to know that internally,
|
|
GNOME represents a menu by a directory, with menu items
|
|
presented by files of special type
|
|
(<filename>.desktop</filename> files — these files
|
|
also represent the application launchers), and submenus
|
|
presented by subdirectories. For example, the
|
|
<guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu corresponds to the
|
|
directory <filename>~/.gnome/apps</filename> (where
|
|
<filename>~</filename> denotes your home directory), and
|
|
the <guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu corresponds to the
|
|
directory
|
|
<filename>/usr/share/gnome/apps</filename>. Thus, you
|
|
can create a new directory, using the GNOME File
|
|
Manager, drag and drop there any
|
|
<filename>.desktop</filename> files from any other
|
|
directories you might have (for example, from
|
|
<filename>/usr/share/gnome/apps</filename>) or from the
|
|
desktop, and then drag and drop this directory from the
|
|
File Manager window to the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. This will add this
|
|
directory as a menu to the <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
<para>
|
|
After you have added a menu to your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> using any of the methods
|
|
described above, you can modify its properties (for
|
|
example, add new items to this menu or change the icon
|
|
used by the menu), as described in <xref
|
|
linkend="menus" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term> <emphasis>Drawers</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add a new empty drawer, select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Drawer</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. Then
|
|
right-click on the drawer and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> to change its
|
|
properties (for example, the icon it uses). You can
|
|
add new items to this drawer in the same way as you
|
|
add items to a <interface>Panel</interface>: all the
|
|
methods for adding new objects to the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> described in this section
|
|
will also work for adding new items to a drawer.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also add the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> or any
|
|
of its submenus to the <interface>Panel</interface> as a
|
|
drawer by right-clicking on the menu title and selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Add this as drawer to
|
|
panel</guimenuitem>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term> <emphasis>Swallowed application</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>To add a swallowed application to your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Swallowed
|
|
app</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. This will
|
|
open the <interface>Create Swallowed
|
|
Application</interface> dialog. For detailed information
|
|
on using this dialog, see <xref
|
|
linkend="swallowedapps" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ########### Creating, Moving, and Removing Panels ########### -->
|
|
<sect1 id="panelmove">
|
|
<title>Creating, Moving, and Removing Panels</title>
|
|
<sect2 id="paneladd">
|
|
<title>Creating new panels</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To add a new <interface>Panel</interface> to your desktop,
|
|
select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Create
|
|
panel</guisubmenu></menuchoice> from the <guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu>. Choose from the following
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> types:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Menu Panel</guilabel> — The <interface>Menu
|
|
Panel</interface> is a special <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
which is always placed at the top of your screen and
|
|
contains several pull-down menus. These are
|
|
<guimenu>Programs</guimenu>, <guimenu>Favorites</guimenu>,
|
|
<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>, <guimenu>Desktop</guimenu>, and
|
|
a special menu which provides quick access to GNOME-related
|
|
Internet resources (look for the bullet hole icon). This
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> can also hold the other objects
|
|
which other <interface>Panel</interface>s can hold, but it
|
|
does not have the configuration properties which other
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>s have. Note that the
|
|
<interface>Menu Panel</interface> is more restrictive than
|
|
other <interface>Panel</interface>s, and some normal
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> operations, such as moving the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, cannot be performed on it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Edge Panel</guilabel> — An <interface>Edge
|
|
Panel</interface> is exactly like the main
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> that starts up with GNOME; it
|
|
stretches along the whole length of one of screen edges. By
|
|
selecting this type of <interface>Panel</interface>, you
|
|
may add a new <interface>Panel</interface> to another edge
|
|
of your screen to give yourself more functionality.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Aligned Panel</guilabel> — An
|
|
<interface>Aligned Panel</interface> is also positioned
|
|
along one of the screen edges. But unlike an <interface>Edge
|
|
Panel</interface>, an <interface>Aligned Panel</interface>
|
|
will not stretch across the entire edge of the screen it is
|
|
on; It will only stretch as much as necessary to display
|
|
the icons and applets it contains. It can be positioned
|
|
either at one of the corners (in this case, it will stretch
|
|
towards the opposite corner) or at the center of the edge
|
|
(in this case, it will stretch in both directions,
|
|
automatically recentering when you add new objects).
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
If an <interface>Aligned Panel</interface> is aligned with
|
|
one of the corners, the hide buttons will work slightly
|
|
differently than for an <interface>Edge Panel</interface>.
|
|
The hide button closest to the edge of your screen will hide
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface> as usual but the other hide
|
|
button will send the whole <interface>Panel</interface> to
|
|
the opposite corner. When the latter move is made it will
|
|
not hide the <interface>Panel</interface> since it is
|
|
changing the side of the screen it resides on. If you want
|
|
to hide it you will have to press the hide button once again.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Sliding Panel</guilabel> — A
|
|
<interface>Sliding Panel</interface> is very similar to an
|
|
<interface>Aligned Panel</interface>, but can be placed
|
|
anywhere along the screen edge, not necessarily in one of
|
|
the corners or in the center. As you add objects, it will
|
|
only grow in one direction — it won't automatically
|
|
recenter.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Floating Panel</guilabel> — A
|
|
<interface>Floating Panel</interface> can be placed anywhere
|
|
on your screen, not necessarily along one of the edges.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<tip>
|
|
<title>Changing Panel Type</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also change type of existing panel — for example,
|
|
convert edge panel to a floating panel, see <xref
|
|
linkend="panelproperties" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</tip>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="panelmoving">
|
|
<title>Moving Panels</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Any <interface>Panel</interface> you have on your desktop(except
|
|
a <interface>Menu Panel</interface>) can be
|
|
moved by pressing the middle mouse button, or by simultaneously
|
|
pressing the left and right mouse buttons, while dragging the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> to
|
|
the desired position on your screen. If you do not have a middle
|
|
mouse button and did not configure your mouse to emulate a
|
|
middle button you may also move a <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
by changing its location in the <interface>Panel
|
|
properties</interface> dialog. You can read more about this in
|
|
<xref linkend="panelproperties" /> of this documentation.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="panelremoving">
|
|
<title>Removing Panels</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To remove an existing <interface>Panel</interface>, right-click
|
|
on it and choose
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Remove
|
|
this panel</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. If the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> is not empty, you will be prompted
|
|
to confirm.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<note>
|
|
<title>Removing Your Only Panel</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You must have at least one <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
running at all times. GNOME will not allow you to remove your
|
|
only <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ############### Global Panel Preferences ################## -->
|
|
<sect1 id="globalpanelprefs">
|
|
<title>Global Panel Preferences</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
To start configure the behavior of all of your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>s, select
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Global
|
|
Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice> from the <link
|
|
linkend="mainmenu"><guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu></link>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This will open the <interface>Global Panel
|
|
Preferences</interface> dialog. (This dialog is a
|
|
component of the <application>GNOME Control
|
|
Center</application>). With this dialog you can control many
|
|
properties shared by all of your <interface>Panel</interface>s.
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>The Global Panel Configuration Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>The Global Panel Configuration Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/glob_pref_anim"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>Global Panel Configuration</interface> dialog
|
|
contains the following five tabs:
|
|
<guilabel>Animation</guilabel>, <guilabel>Buttons</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Panel Objects</guilabel>, <guilabel>Menu</guilabel>, and
|
|
<guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel>. Each of these tabs is
|
|
explained below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<sect2 id="animtab">
|
|
<title>Animation Tab</title>
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Enable animations</guilabel> — This allows
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>s and drawers to animate as the
|
|
hide and unhide.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Constant speed animations</guilabel> — By
|
|
default, the animations start slowly, but then accelerate. If
|
|
you enable this option, the animations will not use any
|
|
acceleration.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>[Animation speed] Auto hide</guilabel> — This
|
|
controls the speed of animation for any
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> which is set to hide automatically
|
|
when the mouse leaves the <interface>Panel</interface>. The
|
|
slowest setting is 1, and the fastest is 100.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>[Animation speed] Explicit hide</guilabel> — This
|
|
controls the hide speed when you press a <interface>Panel</interface>'s
|
|
<guibutton>Hide Button</guibutton>. The slowest setting is 1,
|
|
and the fastest is 100.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>[Animation speed] Drawer sliding</guilabel> —
|
|
This controls how fast a drawer menu will raise when you
|
|
press a drawer button on a <interface>Panel</interface>. The
|
|
slowest setting is 1, and the fastest is 100.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>[Auto hide] Delay (ms)</guilabel> — If you have
|
|
a <interface>Panel</interface> set to minimize automatically
|
|
after the mouse leaves the <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
this will allow you to control how much time passes before it
|
|
minimizes. The <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
will start the time count once the mouse is no longer over
|
|
it. It will appear again when the mouse is passed over the
|
|
portion of the <interface>Panel</interface> that remains
|
|
visible. This time is measured in milliseconds.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>[Auto hide] Size (pixels)</guilabel> —
|
|
This determines the number of pixels that show when a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> is minimized, for any
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> which is set to hide automatically.
|
|
To maximize the <interface>Panel</interface>, the pointer must
|
|
enter the <interface>Panel</interface> area.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="launchtab">
|
|
<title>Buttons Tab</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In this section, you can set the
|
|
appearance of the various types of buttons: launcher buttons, menu
|
|
buttons, drawer buttons, and special buttons(such as the <link
|
|
linkend="logoutbutton">Logout Button</link> and the <link
|
|
linkend="lockbutton">Lock Button</link>).
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Button Type</guilabel> — Select the type of
|
|
button you wish to configure.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Tiles enabled</guilabel> — This checkbox will
|
|
enable background tiles for buttons of the given type on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Normal tile</guilabel> — This shows the image
|
|
used for the tile in the up position (inactive, not
|
|
pressed). To choose another image file, just click on the
|
|
image, and it will launch the icon browser. Tiles must be
|
|
enabled to access this option.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Clicked tile</guilabel> — This shows the image
|
|
used for the tile in the down position (active, pressed). To
|
|
choose another image file, just press on the image, and it will
|
|
launch the icon browser. Tiles must be enabled to access this
|
|
option.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Border width (tile only)</guilabel> — This
|
|
determines the width of the border around an icon. For example,
|
|
if you set border width equal to 5, this will ensure that at
|
|
least 5 pixels of the tile will be shown on every side of the
|
|
icon; if necessary, the icon will be cropped. This is very
|
|
useful if you have an icon that would normally cover up a tile.
|
|
Tiles must be enabled to access this option.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Depth (displacement when pressed)</guilabel> —
|
|
This determines the depth an icon will displace when
|
|
pressed. Tiles must be enabled to access this option.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This tab also contains 3 options which affect all types
|
|
of buttons simultaneously:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Make buttons flush with panel edge</guilabel>
|
|
— This allows you to align the button with
|
|
the edge of the <interface>Panel</interface>. If this
|
|
option is not set then the border width setting is obeyed.
|
|
By default this option is off.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Show button tiles only when cursor is over
|
|
the button</guilabel> — If this option is enabled, the
|
|
tiles will only appear when mouse cursor is over the button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Prelight buttons on mouseover</guilabel>
|
|
— Choosing this option will make the buttons
|
|
brighten up when the mouse cursor is over them.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
<sect2 id="appletstab">
|
|
<title>Panel objects Tab</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This tab shows some options related to the placement and moving
|
|
of objects on the <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Default movement mode</guilabel> — Here
|
|
you can choose the default mode for moving objects on
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface>. Possible variants are
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis>Switched</emphasis> —
|
|
When the object you are moving hits another object,
|
|
they switch places.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis>Free</emphasis> — When
|
|
the object you are moving hits another object, it
|
|
"jumps" over it, so no other object is disturbed.
|
|
This is a convenient option if you like the
|
|
current arrangement of objects on your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> and want to leave the
|
|
other objects in place.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<emphasis>Push</emphasis> — The object you are
|
|
moving pushes all other objects in front of it, like
|
|
a snow plow.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can override the default movement mode by dragging
|
|
an object while holding <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> (for
|
|
switched movement), <keycap>Alt</keycap> (for free
|
|
movement), or <keycap>Shift</keycap> (for push movement)
|
|
button pressed.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Padding</guilabel> — This changes
|
|
the amount of space (padding) between objects on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. It is measured in pixels.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="menutab">
|
|
<title>Menu Tab</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
In this tab, you can set the options determining the
|
|
appearance of <interface>Panel</interface> menus.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Use large icons</guilabel> — This will use
|
|
large icons (rather than the default size) in menus. This is only
|
|
practical for those with high resolution screens (1280x1024 and
|
|
higher).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Show [...] buttons</guilabel> — This will add
|
|
small buttons labelled by three dots (...) to all the items of
|
|
the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. Clicking on such a button
|
|
with the left mouse button will bring the
|
|
<guimenu>pop-up</guimenu> menu for this item, i.e. the same
|
|
menu which you get by clicking on the menu item with the right
|
|
mouse button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Show popup menus outside of panels</guilabel> —
|
|
When this button is on, it allows pop-up menus to appear away
|
|
from the <interface>Panel</interface>. When toggled off, the
|
|
pop-ups will appear over the <interface>Panel</interface>. This
|
|
can be useful on smaller screens or cluttered desktops.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Keep menus in memory</guilabel> — This will
|
|
keep your menus in memory so that they do not rescan for added
|
|
items. This can increase the speed of GNOME, but may also
|
|
result in you missing new items added to your menu.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Global menu</guilabel> — This
|
|
allows you to configure the <link linkend="globalmenu">
|
|
<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu></link>
|
|
which you get by right-clicking on a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, or by using
|
|
the keyboard shortcut. For each of the possible submenus
|
|
(<guisubmenu>Programs</guisubmenu>,
|
|
<guisubmenu>Favorites</guisubmenu>, etc.), you can choose
|
|
whether it should be included as a part of the <guimenu>Global
|
|
Menu</guimenu>, as a submenu, or not included at all. A
|
|
description of these submenus is given in <xref
|
|
linkend="submenus" />.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="misctab">
|
|
<title>Miscellaneous Tab</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guilabel>Miscellaneous</guilabel> tab contains options for various
|
|
customizable behavior that didn't fit anywhere else.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Tooltips enabled</guilabel> — This option
|
|
defines whether GNOME should show a tooltip when the
|
|
pointer pauses on a <interface>Panel</interface> item.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Close drawer if a launcher inside it is
|
|
pressed</guilabel> — By default drawers will remain open
|
|
when you select an item within one. This can be annoying as the
|
|
drawer will remain open until you close it with a mouse
|
|
click. With this option selected drawers will close
|
|
automatically when you select any item within one.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Raise panels on mouse-over</guilabel> — If you
|
|
are using a window manager that is not GNOME compliant it will
|
|
not understand its relationship with the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. This can cause
|
|
your <interface>Panel</interface> to be covered by
|
|
applications. If you enable this feature you can have the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> automatically raise when your
|
|
mouse is over it.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Keep panel below windows</guilabel> — If you
|
|
are using a GNOME compliant window manager, the window manager
|
|
will understand its relationship with the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. If you choose
|
|
this feature the window manager and GNOME will allow
|
|
applications to appear over the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. This can be useful on
|
|
smaller screens.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Confirm removal of panels with a
|
|
dialog</guilabel> — If this option is enabled,
|
|
GNOME will ask for confirmation before removing a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>
|
|
This tab also allows you to configure some global key
|
|
bindings. You can define key bindings for the <link
|
|
linkend="globalmenu"><guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu></link>(ie.
|
|
<guimenu>Popup Menu</guimenu>) and
|
|
for the <link linkend="runbutton"><interface>Run
|
|
Program</interface></link> dialog. (The default key bindings for
|
|
these are
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">
|
|
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
|
|
<keycap>F1</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo>
|
|
and
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">
|
|
<keycap>Alt</keycap>
|
|
<keycap>F2</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo>
|
|
respectively.) To
|
|
change these key bindings, select a key from the drop-down list
|
|
or press the <guibutton>Grab key…</guibutton> button and then
|
|
press the desired key.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<note>
|
|
<title>Using the Menu and Window keys</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You should be able to use the special <keycap>Menu</keycap>
|
|
and <keycap>Windows</keycap> keys for keybindings. If you
|
|
have problems with using these keys, the most probable reason
|
|
is that your X server was incorrectly configured: the
|
|
keyboard type chosen during installation does not match
|
|
your actual keyboard. If you are using
|
|
<application>XFree86</application> server, you can fix it by
|
|
manually editing the configuration file. This file, named
|
|
<filename>XF86Config</filename>, is usually located in
|
|
the <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> or <filename
|
|
class="directory">/etc/X11</filename>
|
|
directory. Open this file with any text editor (not a
|
|
word-processor!) and find the line containing the word
|
|
<literal>XkbModel</literal>. Change it to read
|
|
<programlisting>
|
|
XkbModel "pc104"
|
|
</programlisting>
|
|
You must be root (system administrator) to do this. Now,
|
|
logout of GNOME and restart the X server by simultaneously
|
|
pressing <keycombo> <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>
|
|
<keycap>Alt</keycap> <keycap>Backspace</keycap> </keycombo>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
<warning>
|
|
<title>Use Caution When Editing XF86Config</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Making a mistake while editing the <filename>XF86Config</filename>
|
|
file can make your keyboard or screen unusable in X
|
|
Windows. Before editing this file, you should make a backup copy of
|
|
it and make sure you know how to restore it from the backup file
|
|
without using X Windows or GNOME, i.e., from a terminal. If
|
|
you don't know how to do this, then do not edit this file.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</warning>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<!-- ############### Individual Panel Properties ################ -->
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="panelproperties">
|
|
<title>Individual Panel Properties</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<indexterm id="idx-a62"> <primary>Panel</primary>
|
|
<secondary>Individual Panel Properties</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
<indexterm id="idx-a63">
|
|
<primary>Panel</primary> <secondary>Properties</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
In addition to global Panel properties, described in <xref
|
|
linkend="globalpanelprefs" />, some properties can be configured
|
|
individually for each <interface>Panel</interface>. This
|
|
includes <interface>Panel</interface> type (Edge,
|
|
Aligned, Sliding, Floating), size, location, background color,
|
|
and hiding preferences. To change these properties for a
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
click on it with the right mouse button and select
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. You may also
|
|
press the <guibutton>Main Menu</guibutton> button and select
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
From the <guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu> submenu, you can
|
|
choose <guimenuitem>All properties...</guimenuitem>, which will
|
|
launch the <interface>Panel properties</interface> dialog. If you
|
|
are already familiar with this dialog, you can more quickly
|
|
change some of the properties — say,
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> size or type
|
|
— by selecting the appropriate item in the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu> menu.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>Panel properties</interface> dialog contains two
|
|
tabs to help you set the active <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
properties: <guilabel>Edge
|
|
Panel</guilabel> (or <guilabel>Aligned</guilabel>, … -
|
|
depending on your <interface>Panel</interface> type) and
|
|
<guilabel>Background</guilabel>. Both of these tabs are explained
|
|
below.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="edgetab">
|
|
<title>Edge Panel Tab</title>
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>Panel Edge Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Panel Edge Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_props_edge"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Panel Position</guilabel> — This changes
|
|
the position of the <interface>Panel</interface> on the screen. For
|
|
<interface>Edge Panel</interface>, you must specify an
|
|
edge (<guilabel>Top</guilabel>,
|
|
<guilabel>Right</guilabel>, <guilabel>Left</guilabel> or
|
|
<guilabel>Bottom</guilabel>). For <interface>Aligned
|
|
Panel</interface>, you have to specify an edge and one of
|
|
the edge's ends or the center. For <interface>Sliding
|
|
Panel</interface>, you must specify the edge and offset
|
|
from one of the corners (in pixels). Finally, for
|
|
<interface>Floating Panel</interface> you must specify
|
|
orientation (horizontal or vertical) and position of
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>'s left top corner (relative
|
|
to the left top corner of the screen and measured in pixels).
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <interface>Panel</interface> will change position once
|
|
you have pressed the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> or
|
|
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<tip>
|
|
<title>Manually Moving a Panel</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
You can also change <interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
position by dragging it with the middle mouse button to
|
|
the new location.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</tip>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Panel size</guilabel> — Here you can
|
|
choose the <interface>Panel</interface> width. The default
|
|
size is 48 pixels, which is
|
|
also the default size of icons used by GNOME. Users with low
|
|
screen resolution might want to decrease the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> size to
|
|
free some screen space; conversely, users with high
|
|
resolution displays may try using larger
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> sizes.
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Changing <interface>Panel</interface> size automatically
|
|
resizes all the icons on this <interface>Panel</interface>,
|
|
which can lead to some quality loss. Also,
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface> will ask all the applets to resize
|
|
themselves. Most of the applets will comply; however, if
|
|
some applets do not obey this request, then the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> will resize itself so that it
|
|
can fit all the applets.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<indexterm id="idx-a64"> <primary>Panel</primary>
|
|
<secondary>Auto-hide</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
<guilabel>Hiding</guilabel> — In this section, you
|
|
can choose whether you want to <guilabel>Enable
|
|
Auto-hide</guilabel> — that is, have the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> automatically hide when
|
|
the mouse is not over the <interface>Panel</interface>. The
|
|
autohide parameters
|
|
can be configured in the <link linkend="animtab">Global
|
|
Preferences dialog</link>. If you choose to auto-hide, you
|
|
might want to disable the hide buttons here as well. You
|
|
may also disable the hide button arrows graphics on the
|
|
hide buttons.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="panelbacktab">
|
|
<title>Background Tab</title>
|
|
<indexterm id="idx-a65">
|
|
<primary>Panel</primary> <secondary>Background</secondary>
|
|
</indexterm>
|
|
|
|
<figure>
|
|
<title>Panel Background Properties Dialog</title>
|
|
<screenshot>
|
|
<screeninfo>Panel Background Properties Dialog</screeninfo>
|
|
<graphic fileref="./figures/panel_props_back"
|
|
format="PNG" srccredit="muet" />
|
|
</screenshot>
|
|
</figure>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
These options allow you to change the background of the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>
|
|
itself. You may choose, if you wish, to have the
|
|
<guilabel>Standard</guilabel>, <guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel>, or
|
|
<guilabel>Color</guilabel> background. The standard look for
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface> is determined by the GTK theme
|
|
you are running at the
|
|
time (you can configure the GTK theme using the
|
|
<application>GNOME Control Center</application>). The
|
|
<guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel> option allows you to choose an
|
|
image to tile or scale to the <interface>Panel</interface>. The
|
|
<guilabel>Color</guilabel> option allows you to specify a
|
|
particular color for the <interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Color to use</guilabel> — If you choose to have
|
|
your <interface>Panel</interface> one color, this button will
|
|
launch a dialog which allows you to specify which color to use.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Image</guilabel> — If you wish to have a
|
|
<guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel>
|
|
for the background of your <interface>Panel</interface>, this
|
|
section of the dialog allows you to choose which image to use.
|
|
If you press the <guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button, you can
|
|
search for the file you want to use. The current filename is
|
|
shown to the left of this button. The window above it shows you
|
|
the preview of this background.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<tip>
|
|
<title>Drag and Drop With Images</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
An easier way to change the background of your
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> is to
|
|
drag and drop an image file from the <application>GNOME
|
|
File Manager</application> onto the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. This will automatically
|
|
change the background of the <interface>Panel</interface> to
|
|
that image.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</tip>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Don't scale image to fit</guilabel> — If this
|
|
button is checked, the background image will be tiled to cover
|
|
the <interface>Panel</interface>, rather than scaled.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Scale image (keep proportions)</guilabel> — If
|
|
this button is checked, the background image will be scaled as
|
|
much as possible preserving image's proportions, and then the
|
|
scaled image will be used to tile the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Stretch image (change proportions)</guilabel> —
|
|
If this button is checked, the background image will be
|
|
stretched in both dimensions to the size of the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>
|
|
<guilabel>Rotate image for vertical panel</guilabel> — If
|
|
this button is checked, the image will be rotated when you
|
|
change <interface>Panel</interface> orientation
|
|
(horizontal/vertical).
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<!-- ############### Current Bugs and Limitations ############### -->
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="panelbugs">
|
|
|
|
<title>Current bugs and limitations</title>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Most of the things here are not really bugs; rather, they
|
|
describe situations when the <interface>Panel</interface>'s
|
|
behavior is not what you would expect.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
You cannot place an ordinary file or directory on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>. If you try to drag and drop a file
|
|
from the File Manager window to the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface>, it won't work. The only type of
|
|
file that can be placed on the <interface>Panel</interface> are
|
|
<filename>.desktop</filename>
|
|
files, which describe launchers (and
|
|
<filename>.kdelnk</filename> files, which describe launchers in
|
|
the format used by K Desktop Environment); any directory dropped on the
|
|
<interface>Panel</interface> will be interpreted as a menu
|
|
— that is, all the
|
|
files other than <filename>.desktop</filename> files will be
|
|
ignored.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Editing menus other than the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>
|
|
is rather confusing. <application>Menu Editor</application> at
|
|
the moment cannot be used for this, and the
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> item of the right-click
|
|
menu is not too helpful either - for example, it doesn't allow
|
|
one to change the menu's icon (see <xref linkend="menusconf" /> for
|
|
instructions for doing this). This will be improved in the next
|
|
release.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> (which you get by
|
|
pressing the
|
|
<keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F1</keycap></keycombo> key
|
|
on the keyboard or by
|
|
right-clicking on the <interface>Panel</interface>), and the
|
|
<guimenu>Main
|
|
Menu</guimenu> (which you get by clicking on the foot icon)
|
|
are configured separately. The reason is that you
|
|
can have several <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> buttons on
|
|
different <interface>Panel</interface>s.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The <guibutton>Screen Lock</guibutton> button does not lock the
|
|
screen if <guilabel>No Screensaver</guilabel> is set in the
|
|
<application>GNOME Control Center</application>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
The only way of changing a <interface>Panel</interface>'s type
|
|
(Edge, Aligned, etc.)
|
|
is by choosing <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu> <guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Type</guisubmenu> </menuchoice> from the
|
|
<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> or <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>:
|
|
you can not change <interface>Panel</interface> type in the
|
|
<interface>Panel Properties</interface> dialog. Conversely,
|
|
<menuchoice> <guisubmenu>Panel</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>Properties</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guisubmenu>Background type</guisubmenu></menuchoice> allows
|
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you to change the background type (Pixmap/Color/Standard), but
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not to choose the actual color or image to use.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<!-- ############### Authors ################## -->
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<sect1 id="authors">
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<title>Authors</title>
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<para>
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<application>GNOME Panel</application> was written by many GNOME
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developers; you can find a partial list in the
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<interface>About</interface> dialog. By
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the way: if you wonder what is the name of the animal shown in
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the <interface>About</interface> dialog, it is called
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"Gegl" and it has its own
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<ulink type="http" url="http://www.gegl.org/">Web page</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the
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<ulink url="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/" type="http">GNOME bug
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tracking database</ulink>. You can also use
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the <application>Bug Report Tool</application>
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(<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
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<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
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Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
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</para>
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<para>
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This manual was written by Dave Mason
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(<email>dcm@redhat.com</email>), Dan Mueth
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(<email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email>), and Alexander Kirillov
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(<email>kirillov@math.sunysb.edu</email>). Please send all
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comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME
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Documentation Project at <email>docs@gnome.org</email> or enter
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your comments online using the <ulink type="http"
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url="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gdp/doctable/">GNOME
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Documentation Status Table</ulink>.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="license">
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<title>License</title>
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<para>
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>GNU General Public
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License</citetitle></ulink> as published by the Free Software
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Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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</para>
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<para>
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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<ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>GNU General
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Public License</citetitle></ulink> for more details.
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</para>
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<para>
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A copy of the <ulink type="help"
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url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>GNU General Public
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License</citetitle></ulink> is included with the GNOME documentation.
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You may also obtain a
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copy of the <ulink type="help" url="gnome-help:gpl"><citetitle>GNU
|
|
General Public License</citetitle></ulink> from the Free Software
|
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Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
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url="http://www.fsf.org/">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
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<address>
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Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
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<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
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<country>USA</country>
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</address>
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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