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+<chapter id="gosdeskback-1">
+  <title>Using the Desktop Background</title>
+  <highlights>
+	 <para>By default, the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager
+		manages your desktop background. If you do not use <application>Nautilus
+		</application> to manage your desktop background, ignore this chapter. This
+		chapter describes how to use the <application>Nautilus</application> desktop
+		background.</para>
+  </highlights>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-21">
+	 <title>Introduction to the Desktop Background</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>introduction</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>The desktop background lies behind all of the other components on
+		your visible desktop. The desktop background is an active component of the user
+		interface. You can perform the following tasks from your desktop background:
+		</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Start your applications, and open your files and folders. </para>
+		  <para>You can add desktop background objects for convenient access to
+			 files, folders, and applications that you use frequently. For example, you can
+			 create a symbolic link to a file that you use often, then add this link to your
+			 desktop background. You can also store files and folders on the desktop
+			 background. </para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open the 
+			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
+		  <para>Right-click on the desktop background to open the 
+			 <guimenu>Desktop Background </guimenu> menu. You can use the 
+			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu to perform actions on the
+			 desktop background.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open the 
+			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu.</para>
+		  <para>Middle-click on the desktop background to open the 
+			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu. You can use the 
+			 <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu to navigate between windows and
+			 workspaces.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Work with 
+			 <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+		  <para>You can move objects to 
+			 <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and empty your 
+			 <guilabel> Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Customize your desktop background.</para>
+		  <para>You can customize the pattern or color of the desktop
+			 background.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>By default, your desktop background contains two objects.
+		<xref linkend="gosdeskback-FIG-12"/> shows the desktop background with the
+		default objects.</para>
+	 <figure id="gosdeskback-FIG-12">
+		<title>Desktop Background with Default Objects</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_desktop.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of desktop background with default
+				  objects</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+	 </figure>
+	 <para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-84"/> describes the functions of the
+		default objects on the desktop background.</para>
+	 <table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-84">
+	 <title>Functions of Default Desktop Background Objects</title>
+	 <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+		colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="35.94*"/>
+		<colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="35.94*"/><colspec
+		colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="64.06*"/>
+		<thead>
+		  <row rowsep="1">
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+				<para>Object</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para> Component</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>Function </para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		</thead>
+		<tbody>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_home_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus home location icon</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>
+				  <guilabel>Home</guilabel> location</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>Opens a <application>Nautilus</application> window and
+				  displays your home location in the view pane.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus Trash icon</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>
+				  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel></para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>Opens a <application>Nautilus</application> window and
+				  displays your 
+				  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the view pane.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		</tbody>
+	 </tgroup>
+	 </table>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-22">
+	 <title>Starting Your Desktop Background</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>starting</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>If <application>Nautilus</application> does not currently manage your
+		desktop background, the default objects do not appear on your desktop
+		background. In this case, you might need to restart the desktop background. If
+		the default objects do not appear on your desktop background, one of the
+		following might be true:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Your <application>Nautilus</application> preferences are set so
+			 that <application>Nautilus</application> does not manage your desktop
+			 background. To restart the desktop background, you must set your
+			 <application>Nautilus </application> preferences so that
+			 <application>Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>You have inadvertently killed a desktop background process. To
+			 restart the desktop background, you must set your <application>Nautilus
+			 </application> preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application> manages
+			 the desktop background.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>You have deleted the <filename>/.nautilus</filename> directory.
+			 To restart the desktop background, you must set up
+			 <application>Nautilus</application> so that <application>Nautilus</application>
+			 manages the desktop background. </para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>To set your preferences so that <application>Nautilus</application>
+		manages the desktop background perform the following steps:</para>
+	 <orderedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>, then choose 
+			 <menuchoice>
+				<guimenu>Programs</guimenu>
+				<guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu>
+				<guimenuitem>Nautilus</guimenuitem>
+			 </menuchoice>. A <application>Nautilus </application> window is
+			 displayed. </para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Choose 
+			 <menuchoice>
+				<guimenu>Preferences</guimenu>
+				<guimenuitem>Edit Preferences</guimenuitem>
+			 </menuchoice>. A 
+			 <guilabel>Preferences </guilabel> dialog is displayed. Choose 
+			 <guilabel>Windows &amp; Desktop</guilabel> from the 
+			 <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Select the 
+			 <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel> option.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Click 
+			 <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </orderedlist>
+	 <para>To set up <application>Nautilus</application> so that <application>
+		Nautilus</application> manages the desktop background perform the following
+		steps:</para>
+	 <orderedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>, then choose 
+			 <menuchoice>
+				<guimenu>Programs</guimenu>
+				<guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu>
+				<guimenuitem>Nautilus</guimenuitem>
+			 </menuchoice>. A 
+			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog is
+			 displayed.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>The 
+			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog enables you to
+			 customize your <application>Nautilus</application> environment. Follow the
+			 instructions on the 
+			 <guilabel>Nautilus First Time Setup</guilabel> dialog. On the 
+			 <guilabel>GMC to Nautilus Transition</guilabel> screen, select the 
+			 <guilabel>Use Nautilus to draw the desktop</guilabel> option.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>When you reach the 
+			 <guilabel>Finished</guilabel> screen, click on the 
+			 <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> button.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </orderedlist>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-2">
+	 <title>Desktop Background Objects</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>desktop background objects</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>A desktop background object is an icon on your desktop background
+		that you can use to open your files, folders, and applications. All objects on
+		your desktop background reside in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
+		</filename>. When you move objects to the desktop background, the objects are
+		moved to this directory.</para>
+	 <para>By default, your desktop background contains the 
+		<guilabel>Home</guilabel> location and 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> objects. You can also add objects to your
+		desktop background to provide convenient access to files, folders, and
+		applications that you use frequently. For example, you can add a symbolic link
+		to your desktop background to enable you to open a particular folder that you
+		use often. </para>
+	 <para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-86"/> describes the types of object
+		that you can add to your desktop.</para>
+	 <table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-86">
+	 <title>Types of Desktop Background Objects</title>
+	 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+		colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="30.23*"/>
+		<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="69.77*"/>
+		<thead>
+		  <row rowsep="1">
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				<para>Object Type</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>Description</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		</thead>
+		<tbody>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				<para>Symbolic link</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para> A symbolic link is an object that points to another file or
+				  folder. When you choose a symbolic link from the desktop background, the file
+				  or folder that the symbolic link points to is opened. You can move or copy a
+				  symbolic link to the desktop background.</para>
+				<para>You can identify symbolic links by the default arrow emblem
+				  that appears on all symbolic links.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				<para>Nautilus link</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para> A Nautilus link is a file that contains the following
+				  information:</para>
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>A command to run when the object is chosen.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>An icon that represents the object.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist>
+				<para>When you choose a Nautilus link from the desktop background,
+				  the command specified in the Nautilus link file is executed.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				<para>File</para></entry>
+			 <entry>
+				<para>You can add files to your desktop background. Files on your
+				  desktop background reside in the directory
+				  <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		  <row>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				<para>Folder </para></entry>
+			 <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				<para> You can move folders to your desktop background, and you can
+				  create folders on your desktop background. Folders on your desktop background
+				  reside in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>.</para></entry>
+		  </row>
+		</tbody>
+	 </tgroup>
+	 </table>
+	 <para>You can modify desktop background objects as follows:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>View the properties of the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Rename the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Change the permissions of the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Change the icon that represents the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Resize the icon that represents the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Add an emblem to the object.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>For more information on how to modify desktop background objects, see 
+		<xref linkend="gosnautilus-8"/>. The following sections describe how to work with objects on the
+		desktop background.</para>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-30">
+		<title>To Select Objects on the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>To select an object on the desktop background, click on the object.
+		  To select multiple objects, press 
+		  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and click on the objects that you want to
+		  select.</para>
+		<para>You can also select an area on the desktop background to select all
+		  objects within that area. Click-and-hold on the desktop background, then drag
+		  over the area that contains the objects that you want to select. When you
+		  click-and-hold on the desktop background and drag, a grey rectangle appears to
+		  mark the area that you select.</para>
+		<para>To select multiple areas, press 
+		  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and drag over the areas that you want to select.
+		  </para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-29">
+		<title>To Open an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>To open an object from the desktop background, double-click on the
+		  object. When you double-click on an object, the default action for the object
+		  executes. For example, if the object is a text file, the text file opens in a
+		  <application> Nautilus</application> window. The default actions for file types
+		  are specified in the <application>File Types and Programs</application>
+		  capplet.</para>
+		<para>To open an object in a new <application>Nautilus</application>
+		  window, right-click on the object, then choose 
+		  <guimenuitem>Open in New Window</guimenuitem>. </para>
+		<para>To execute an action other than the default action for an object,
+		  right-click on the object, then choose 
+		  <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem>. Choose an action from the 
+		  <guisubmenu>Open With</guisubmenu> submenu. </para>
+		<para>The items in the 
+		  <guimenuitem>Open With</guimenuitem> submenu correspond to the contents
+		  of the following parts of the <application>File Types and
+		  Programs</application> capplet:
+		  <itemizedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>
+				  <guilabel>Edit Applications List</guilabel> dialog</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>
+				  <guilabel>Edit Components List</guilabel> dialog</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </itemizedlist></para>
+		<para>You can set your preferences in a
+		  <application>Nautilus</application> window so that you click once on a file to
+		  execute the default action.</para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-20">
+		<title>To Add a Symbolic Link to the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>You can create symbolic links on your desktop background to perform
+		  the following actions:</para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Open a particular file in a particular application.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Open a particular folder in a
+				<application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Run a binary file or a script.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+		<para>To create a symbolic link on the desktop background, perform the
+		  following steps:</para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Display the file or folder for which you want to create a
+				symbolic link in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Create a symbolic link to the file or folder. To create a
+				symbolic link to a file or folder, select the file or folder to which you want
+				to create a link. Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Create Link</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. A link to the file or folder is added to the current
+				folder. You can identify symbolic links by the default arrow emblem that
+				appears on all symbolic links. The following figure shows a symbolic link to a
+				file:</para>
+			 <screenshot> 
+				<mediaobject> 
+				  <imageobject>
+					 <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_samplesymlink_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+				  </imageobject> 
+				  <textobject> 
+					 <phrase>Screenshot of a file icon with the symbolic link
+						emblem</phrase> 
+				  </textobject> 
+				</mediaobject> 
+			 </screenshot>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Drag the symbolic link to the desktop background. The icon for
+				the object is moved to the desktop background. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-3">
+		<title>To Add a Nautilus Link to the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>When you choose a Nautilus link on the desktop background, the
+		  command in the Nautilus link file is executed. To add a Nautilus link to your
+		  desktop background, you must first create an application launcher for the
+		  object in a menu.</para>
+		<para>To add a Nautilus link to your desktop background, perform the
+		  following steps:</para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Create an application launcher in a menu for the object that
+				you want to add to your desktop background. The command that you enter for the
+				launcher is the command that is executed when you use the desktop background
+				object. The following table shows some sample commands and the actions that the
+				commands perform.</para>
+			 <informaltable frame="topbot">
+				<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+				  colwidth="47.36*"/>
+				  <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
+				  <thead>
+					 <row rowsep="1">
+						<entry>
+						  <para>Sample Command</para></entry>
+						<entry>
+						  <para>Action </para></entry>
+					 </row>
+				  </thead>
+				  <tbody>
+					 <row>
+						<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+						  <para>
+							 <command>gedit</command></para></entry>
+						<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+						  <para>Starts the <application>gedit</application>
+							 application.</para></entry>
+					 </row>
+					 <row>
+						<entry>
+						  <para>
+							 <command>gedit
+								/user123/loremipsum.txt</command></para></entry>
+						<entry>
+						  <para>Opens the file
+							 <filename>/user123/loremipsum.txt</filename> in the
+							 <application>gedit</application> application.</para></entry>
+					 </row>
+					 <row>
+						<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+						  <para>
+							 <command>nautilus
+								/user123/Personal</command></para></entry>
+						<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+						  <para>Opens the folder <filename>/user123/Personal
+							 </filename> in a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para></entry>
+					 </row>
+				  </tbody>
+				</tgroup>
+			 </informaltable>
+			 <para>For more information on how to add launchers to menus, see
+				<xref linkend="goseditmainmenu-1"/>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Drag the launcher from the menu to the desktop background. An
+				icon for the object is added to the desktop background. </para>
+			 <para>If you want, you can remove the menu item that you created in
+				step 1. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-16">
+		<title>Adding a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>This section describes how you can add file objects and
+		  folder objects to the desktop background.</para>
+		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-18">
+		  <title>To Move a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+		  <para>You can move a file or folder from a
+			 <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To move a
+			 file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want to
+				  move.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Drag the file or folder to the desktop background. The icon
+				  for the file or folder is moved to the desktop background. The file or folder
+				  is moved to the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename> directory.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-17">
+		  <title>To Copy a File or Folder to the Desktop Background</title>
+		  <para>You can copy a file or folder from a
+			 <application>Nautilus</application> window to the desktop background. To copy a
+			 file or folder to the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window. </para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>In the view pane, display the file or folder that you want to
+				  move.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Press 
+				  <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, then drag the file or folder to the
+				  desktop background. An icon for the file or folder is added to the desktop
+				  background. The file or folder is copied to the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
+				  </filename> directory.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gosdeskback-19">
+		  <title>To Create a Folder Object on the Desktop Background</title>
+		  <para>To create a folder object, right-click on the desktop background
+			 to open the 
+			 <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu. Choose 
+			 <guimenuitem> New Folder</guimenuitem>. An 
+			 <guilabel>untitled</guilabel> folder is added to the desktop
+			 background. Type the name of the new folder, then press 
+			 <keycap> Return</keycap>. The folder is displayed with the new name.
+			 The new folder resides in the <filename>/.nautilus/desktop</filename>
+			 directory.</para>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-25">
+		<title>To Remove an Object from the Desktop Background</title>
+		<para>To remove an object from the desktop background right-click on the
+		  object, then choose 
+		  <guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem>. Alternatively, drag the
+		  object to 
+		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-8">
+	 <title>Using Trash on the Desktop Background</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>using Trash</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <screenshot> 
+		<mediaobject> 
+		  <imageobject>
+			 <imagedata fileref="figures/naut_trash_launcher.png" format="PNG"/> 
+		  </imageobject> 
+		  <textobject> 
+			 <phrase>Screenshot of Nautilus Trash icon</phrase> 
+		  </textobject> 
+		</mediaobject> 
+	 </screenshot>
+
+	 <para>You can move the following items to 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Files</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Folders</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Desktop background objects</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>When you move an item to 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, the item is temporarily stored in your
+		<filename>/.Trash</filename> folder. If you need to retrieve a file from 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you can view 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> and move the file out of 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>.</para>
+	 <para>When you empty 
+		<guilabel>Trash</guilabel>, you delete the items in 
+		<guilabel> Trash</guilabel> permanently. </para>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-44">
+		<title>To Display Trash</title>
+		<para>You can display the contents of 
+		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following ways:</para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the desktop background</para>
+			 <para>Double-click on the 
+				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object on the desktop background. The
+				contents of 
+				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in a <application>
+				Nautilus</application> window.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Show Trash</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. The contents of 
+				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> are displayed in the window.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-10">
+		<title>To Empty Trash</title>
+		<para>You can empty the contents of 
+		  <guilabel>Trash</guilabel> in the following ways:</para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the desktop background</para>
+			 <para>Right-click on the 
+				<guilabel>Trash</guilabel> object, then choose 
+				<guimenuitem> Empty Trash</guimenuitem>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From a <application>Nautilus</application> window</para>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Empty Trash</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-9">
+	 <title>Using Menus From the Desktop Background </title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>using menus from</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>You can open the following menus from the desktop background:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para><guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para><guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-13">
+		<title>Desktop Background Menu</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/file_manager_menu.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of Desktop Background menu</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>To open the 
+		  <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu, right-click on a vacant
+		  space on the desktop background. You can use the 
+		  <guimenu>Desktop Background</guimenu> menu to perform actions on the
+		  desktop background.</para>
+		<para><xref linkend="gosdeskback-TBL-85"/> describes the items in the 
+		  <guimenu> Desktop Background</guimenu> menu.</para>
+		<table frame="topbot" id="gosdeskback-TBL-85">
+		<title>Items on the Desktop Background Menu</title>
+		<tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+		  colwidth="35.94*"/>
+		  <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="64.06*"/>
+		  <thead>
+			 <row rowsep="1">
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Menu Item</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Function </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+		  </thead>
+		  <tbody>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>New Window</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para> Opens a new <application>Nautilus</application> window
+					 that displays your home location.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>New Folder</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				  <para>Creates a new folder object on your desktop background. The
+					 folder is created in the directory <filename>/.nautilus/desktop
+					 </filename>.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>New Terminal</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				  <para>Starts a <application>GNOME Terminal</application>.
+					 </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>Clean Up By Name</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				  <para>Arranges the objects on the desktop background
+					 alphabetically by name.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>Disks</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				  <para>Enables you to mount diskettes and CD-ROMs. </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>Reset Desktop Background
+						</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Resets the desktop background to the last pattern that you
+					 chose from the 
+					 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. You can
+					 access the 
+					 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog from
+					 <application> Nautilus</application> windows.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>
+					 <guimenuitem>Change Desktop
+						Background</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Starts the <application>Background</application> capplet to
+					 enable you to change the desktop background.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+		  </tbody>
+		</tgroup>
+		</table>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gosdeskback-14">
+		<title>Root Menu</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/root_windows_submenu.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of Root menu</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>To open the 
+		  <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu, middle-click on the desktop background.
+		  You can use the 
+		  <guimenu>Root</guimenu> menu to navigate between windows and
+		  workspaces.</para>
+			 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gosdeskback-12">
+	 <title>Customizing the Desktop Background</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>desktop background</primary>
+		<secondary>customizing</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>You can change the pattern or color of the desktop background to suit
+		your preferences. <application>Nautilus</application> includes background
+		patterns and colors that you can use to change the look-and-feel of the desktop
+		background. </para>
+	 <para>You can change the pattern or color of the desktop background in any
+		of the following ways:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Drag a pattern or color from another window or dialog to the
+			 desktop background. </para>
+		  <para>If your desktop background is a color, you can create a gradient
+			 effect from a color into the desktop background color. A gradient effect is a
+			 visual effect where one color blends gradually into another color. To create a
+			 gradient effect on your desktop background, drag a color to one of the edges of
+			 the screen. The color blends from the edge to which you drag the color, to the
+			 opposite edge of the screen.</para>
+		  <para>Before you drag a color to a screen edge, check if there is an
+			 edge panel on the screen edge. If there is an edge panel on the screen edge,
+			 you must hide the panel before you drag the color.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Use the <application>Background</application> capplet. For more
+			 information, see <xref linkend="goscustuserinter-1"/>.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Use a <application>Nautilus</application> window to choose a
+			 background pattern or color from the 
+			 <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog. To change the
+			 pattern or color of the desktop background, perform the following steps:</para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Open a <application>Nautilus</application> window.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Choose 
+				  <menuchoice>
+					 <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+					 <guimenuitem> Backgrounds and Emblems</guimenuitem>
+				  </menuchoice>. The 
+				  <guilabel>Backgrounds and Emblems</guilabel> dialog is displayed.
+				  </para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To display a list of patterns that you can use, click on the 
+				  <guibutton> Patterns</guibutton> button. To display a list of the
+				  colors that you can use, click on the 
+				  <guibutton>Colors</guibutton> button.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To change the desktop background to a pattern, drag the
+				  pattern to the desktop background. To change the desktop background to a color,
+				  drag the color to the desktop background.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click 
+				  <guibutton>Done</guibutton> to close the dialog.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+  </sect1>
+</chapter> 
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