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authorJoachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org>2006-03-12 18:26:18 +0000
committerJoachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org>2006-03-12 18:26:18 +0000
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index bc67afe..f5e3841 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ If you have only one panel in the GNOME Desktop, you cannot delete that panel.</
</note>
</section>
</section>
+
+ <!-- =============================================== managing panel objects -->
<section id="gospanel-8">
<title>Panel Objects</title>
<!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Manipulate Panel Objects -->
@@ -457,8 +459,36 @@ popup menu.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
- <para>You interact with applet panel objects in a different
-way. For more information, see <xref linkend="gospanel-39"/>.</para>
+
+ <section id="gospanel-39">
+ <title>To Select an Applet</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>applets</primary>
+ <secondary>selecting</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <para>Some restrictions apply on where you can click on an applet in order
+ to display the panel object popup menu, or to move the applet, as follows: </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some applets have popup menus of applet-specific commands
+ that open when you right-click on particular parts of the applet. For example,
+ the <application>Window List</application> applet has a vertical handle on
+ the left side, and buttons that represent your windows on the right side.
+ To open the panel object popup menu for the <application>Window List</application>
+ applet, you must right-click on the handle. If you right-click on a button
+ on the right side, a popup menu for the button opens.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Some applets have areas that you cannot use to select the
+ applet. For example, the <application>Command Line</application> applet has
+ a field in which you enter commands. You cannot middle-click or right-click
+ on this field to select the applet. Instead, middle-click or right-click on
+ another part of the applet. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+
+
</section>
<section id="panels-addobject">
<title>Adding an Object to a Panel</title>
@@ -468,6 +498,7 @@ way. For more information, see <xref linkend="gospanel-39"/>.</para>
<!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Add Objects to Panels -->
<anchor id="gosoverview-4"/>
+ <anchor id="gospanel-40"/><!-- To Add an Applet to a Panel -->
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>adding</secondary>
@@ -499,7 +530,9 @@ launcher to the panel. </para>
</section>
<section id="gospanel-9">
- <title>To Modify the Properties of an Object</title>
+ <title>Modifying the Properties of an Object</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gospanel-41"/><!-- To Modify Preferences for an Applet -->
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
@@ -541,7 +574,7 @@ close the <guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
</orderedlist>
</section>
<section id="gospanel-32">
- <title>To Move a Panel Object</title>
+ <title>Moving a Panel Object</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>moving</secondary>
@@ -627,7 +660,7 @@ further along the panel. </para>
</informaltable>
</section>
<section id="gospanel-566">
- <title>To Lock a Panel Object</title>
+ <title>Locking a Panel Object</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>locking</secondary>
@@ -643,7 +676,7 @@ right-click on the object to open the panel object popup menu, then choose <guim
choose <guimenuitem>Unlock</guimenuitem>. </para>
</section>
<section id="gospanel-33">
- <title>To Remove a Panel Object</title>
+ <title>Removing a Panel Object</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>removing</secondary>
@@ -653,6 +686,12 @@ to open the panel object popup menu, then choose <guimenuitem>Remove From
Panel</guimenuitem>. </para>
</section>
</section>
+
+ <!-- ============================================== big bag o' panel objects -->
+ <!-- <remark>won't work because of yelp topic clumping</remark>
+ <para>This section describes the different objects you can add to your panels.</para>
+ <para>For a list of the objects that are on the top and bottom panels by default, see <xref linkend="top-panel"/> and <xref linkend="bottom-panel"/>.</para>
+ -->
<section id="gospanel-17">
<title>Applets</title>
<indexterm>
@@ -692,95 +731,8 @@ control the volume of the speaker on your system.</para>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <section id="gospanel-40">
- <title>To Add an Applet to a Panel</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>applets</primary>
- <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>You can add an applet to a panel from the panel popup menu.
-Right-click on any vacant space on the panel to open the panel popup menu.
-Choose <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>, then choose the applet that you want
-to add from one of the following submenus:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guimenu>Accessories</guimenu>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guimenu>Amusements</guimenu>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guimenu>Internet</guimenu>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guimenu>Multimedia</guimenu>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <guimenu>Utility</guimenu>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- <para>Alternatively, drag the applet from the submenu on to the panel. </para>
- </section>
- <section id="gospanel-39">
- <title>To Select an Applet</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>applets</primary>
- <secondary>selecting</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To modify the properties of an applet, you must first right-click on
-the applet to display the panel object popup menu. To move an applet, you
-must middle-click on the applet. </para>
- <para>Some restrictions apply on where you can click on an applet in order
-to display the panel object popup menu, or to move the applet, as follows: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Some applets have popup menus of applet-specific commands
-that open when you right-click on particular parts of the applet. For example,
-the <application>Window List</application> applet has a vertical handle on
-the left side, and buttons that represent your windows on the right side.
-To open the panel object popup menu for the <application>Window List</application>
-applet, you must right-click on the handle. If you right-click on a button
-on the right side, a popup menu for the button opens.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Some applets have areas that you cannot use to select the
-applet. For example, the <application>Command Line</application> applet has
-a field in which you enter commands. You cannot middle-click or right-click
-on this field to select the applet. Instead, middle-click or right-click on
-another part of the applet. </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- <section id="gospanel-41">
- <title>To Modify Preferences for an Applet</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>applets</primary>
- <secondary>modifying preferences</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <para>To modify the preferences for an applet perform the following
-steps: </para>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. Use the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog to modify
-the preferences as required. The preferences for applets vary depending on
-the applet.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </section>
- </section>
+ </section>
+
<section id="launchers">
<title>Launchers</title>
<!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
@@ -1216,6 +1168,7 @@ the GNOME website in your default browser.</para>
</section>
</section>
+
</section>
<section id="gospanel-557">
<title>Buttons</title>
@@ -1474,7 +1427,7 @@ With Menus</citetitle>.</para>
on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Search</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To open the <application>Search Tool</application>, click on
the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> button. </para>
<para>For more information on the <application>Search Tool</application>,
-see the <citetitle>Search Tool Manual</citetitle>.</para>
+see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gnome-search-tool">Search Tool Manual</ulink>.</para>
</section>
<section id="gospanel-564">
<title>Show Desktop
@@ -1507,41 +1460,6 @@ button</primary>
space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Desktop</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To minimize all windows and show the desktop,
click on the <guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button. </para>
</section>
- <section id="panels-notification-area">
- <title>Notification Area Applet</title>
- <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
- <anchor id="gospanel-567"/>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>applets</primary>
- <secondary>Notification Area</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>panel objects</primary>
- <secondary>Notification
-Area applet</secondary>
- </indexterm>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>Notification Area applet</primary>
- </indexterm>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/notification_area_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Notification Area icon.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- <para>The <application>Notification Area</application> applet displays icons
-from various applications to indicate activity in the application. For example,
-when you use the <application>CD Player</application> application to play
-a CD, a CD icon is displayed in the <application>Notification Area</application>
-applet. The graphic above illustrates the CD icon in the <application>Notification
-Area</application> applet. </para>
- <para>To add a <application>Notification Area</application> applet to a panel,
-right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Notification Area</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- </section>
</section>
<section id="panel-menus">
<title>Menus</title>
@@ -1581,21 +1499,7 @@ and tools that you can use in the GNOME Desktop. The <guimenu>Applications</guim
a system menu to a panel, right-click on a launcher in the menu, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Entire menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add this as menu to panel</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- <para>Menus that you add to your panels are represented by an icon with an
-arrow. The arrow indicates that the icon represents a menu or drawer. <xref linkend="gospanel-FIG-68"/> shows how menus typically appear on panels. </para>
- <figure id="gospanel-FIG-68">
- <title>Typical Menu Objects on a Panel</title>
- <screenshot>
- <mediaobject>
- <imageobject>
- <imagedata fileref="figures/typical_menu.png" format="PNG"/>
- </imageobject>
- <textobject>
- <phrase>Typical menu objects on panel.</phrase>
- </textobject>
- </mediaobject>
- </screenshot>
- </figure>
+
</section>
<section id="gospanel-18">
<title>Drawers</title>
@@ -1680,12 +1584,7 @@ objects to panels. For more information, see <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/>.
<primary>drawers</primary>
<secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>To modify preferences for all panels and drawers, use the <application>Panel</application> preference tool. For example, you can select various options
-related to the appearance and behavior of objects on panels and drawers. You
-can also select options that relate to drawers only. For example, you can
-select an option to close your drawers when you click on a launcher in the
-drawer.</para>
- <para>You can also modify other properties for each individual drawer. You
+ <para>You can modify properties for each individual drawer. You
can change features for each drawer, such as the visual appearance of the
drawer and whether the drawer has hide buttons.</para>
<para>To modify properties for a drawer perform the following steps: </para>
@@ -1821,6 +1720,42 @@ applet. The following figure shows an example of the <application>Window Selecto
all workspaces. The windows in all workspaces other than the current workspace,
are listed under a separator line.</para>
</section>
+
+ <section id="panels-notification-area">
+ <title>Notification Area Applet</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gospanel-567"/>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>applets</primary>
+ <secondary>Notification Area</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>panel objects</primary>
+ <secondary>Notification
+Area applet</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>Notification Area applet</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="figures/notification_area_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Notification Area icon.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ <para>The <application>Notification Area</application> applet displays icons
+from various applications to indicate activity in the application. For example,
+when you use the <application>CD Player</application> application to play
+a CD, a CD icon is displayed in the <application>Notification Area</application>
+applet. The graphic above illustrates the CD icon in the <application>Notification
+Area</application> applet. </para>
+ <para>To add a <application>Notification Area</application> applet to a panel,
+right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Notification Area</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+ </section>
<section id="goseditmainmenu-7">
<title>Main Menu panel object</title>
@@ -1858,13 +1793,13 @@ are listed under a separator line.</para>
<imagedata fileref="figures/menu_bar_applet.png" format="PNG"/>
</imageobject>
<textobject>
- <phrase>Menu Bar applet. Menus: Applications, Actions.</phrase>
+ <phrase>Menu Bar applet. Menus: Applications, Places, Desktop.</phrase>
</textobject>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>The <application>Menu Bar</application> provides access to the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> and <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menus. You can access
almost all of the standard applications, commands, and configuration options
- from the <application>Menu Bar</application>. </para>
+ from the <application>Menu Bar</application>. For more on using the Menu Bar, see <xref linkend="menubar"/>.</para>
<section id="goseditmainmenu-66">
<title>To Add a Menu Bar to a Panel</title>
<indexterm>