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+<chapter id="gospanel-1"> 
+  <title>Working With Panels</title>
+  <highlights>
+	 <para>The information in this chapter describes how to use panels. </para>
+  </highlights>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-2">
+	 <title>Introducing Panels</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>introduction</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>A panel is an area on your desktop from which you can run
+		applications and applets, and perform other tasks. When you start a session for
+		the first time, the desktop contains the following panels: </para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>GNOME Panel</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Menu Panel</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>The following sections describe these panels.</para>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-3">
+		<title>GNOME Panel</title>
+		<indexterm>
+		  <primary>panels</primary>
+		  <secondary>GNOME Panel</secondary>
+		</indexterm>
+		<para>The GNOME Panel is the default panel for working in a session. The
+		  GNOME Panel stretches the full length of the bottom edge of the desktop.
+		  </para>
+		<para><xref linkend="gospanel-FIG-58"/> shows a typical GNOME Panel. Your
+		  system administrator might have set your default GNOME Panel according to your
+		  local requirements, so you might see a slightly different GNOME Panel. </para>
+		<figure id="gospanel-FIG-58">
+		  <title>Typical GNOME Panel</title>
+		  <screenshot> 
+			 <mediaobject> 
+				<imageobject>
+				  <imagedata fileref="figures/gnome_panel.png" format="PNG"/> 
+				</imageobject> 
+				<textobject> 
+				  <phrase>Screenshot of a typical GNOME Panel</phrase> 
+				</textobject> 
+			 </mediaobject> 
+		  </screenshot>
+		</figure>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-27">
+		  <title>Contents of the GNOME Panel</title>
+		  <para><xref linkend="gospanel-TBL-45"/> describes the objects on the
+			 default GNOME Panel. </para>
+		  <table frame="topbot" id="gospanel-TBL-45">
+		  <title>Default GNOME Panel Objects</title>
+		  <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+			 colwidth="36.50*"/>
+			 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="20.83*"/><colspec
+			 colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="41.67*"/>
+			 <thead>
+				<row rowsep="1">
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Object</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Name</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Description</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </thead>
+			 <tbody>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/footprint_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Global Menu icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> button</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Click on this button to open the 
+						<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. From the 
+						<guimenu>Global Menu </guimenu>, you can start applications
+						and applets, open more menus, and perform other tasks. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/logout_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Log Out icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guibutton>Log Out</guibutton> button</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Click on this button to log out of your GNOME
+						session.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/lockscreen_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Lock Screen icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button </para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Click on this button to lock your screen. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/help_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of GNOME Help Browser icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot>
+				  </entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para><application>GNOME Help Browser</application> launcher
+						</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Click on this button to start the <application> GNOME
+						Help Browser</application>. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/gnometerminal_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of GNOME Terminal icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para><application>GNOME Terminal</application> launcher
+						</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Click on this button to start a <application> GNOME
+						Terminal</application>. <application>GNOME Terminal</application> provides
+						access to a UNIX command line.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/controlcenter_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Control Center icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para><application>Control Center</application> launcher
+						</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> Click to configure various parts of your system.
+						</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/netscape_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Netscape icon</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para><application>Netscape</application> launcher
+						</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> Click on this button to start <application>Netscape
+						</application>. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/tasklist_applet.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of Tasklist applet</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para><application>Tasklist</application> applet
+						</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Displays a button for each window that is open. You can
+						use the tasklist buttons to minimize and restore windows.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+					 <screenshot> 
+						<mediaobject> 
+						  <imageobject>
+							 <imagedata fileref="figures/statusdock2_button.png" format="PNG"/> 
+						  </imageobject> 
+						  <textobject> 
+							 <phrase>Screenshot of status dock</phrase> 
+						  </textobject> 
+						</mediaobject> 
+					 </screenshot></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+					 <para>Status dock</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+					 <para>Displays status information for some applications and
+						applets.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </tbody>
+		  </tgroup>
+		  </table>
+		  <para>You can change the behavior and appearance of your GNOME Panel to
+			 suit your requirements. You can also add or remove objects from the GNOME
+			 Panel. </para>
+		  <para>You can create multiple panels, and choose different properties,
+			 objects, and backgrounds for each panel. You can also hide panels.</para>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-6">
+		<title>Menu Panel</title>
+		<para>The desktop also includes a Menu Panel, which is different in
+		  appearance from the GNOME Panel, but provides similar functions. The Menu Panel
+		  stretches the full length of the top edge of your screen. The Menu Panel
+		  includes textual rather than graphical menus.</para>
+		<para><xref linkend="gospanel-FIG-60"/> shows the Menu Panel. Your system
+		  administrator might have set your default Menu Panel according to your local
+		  requirements, so you might see a slightly different Menu Panel.</para>
+		<figure id="gospanel-FIG-60">
+		  <title>Typical Menu Panel</title>
+		  <screenshot> 
+			 <mediaobject> 
+				<imageobject>
+				  <imagedata fileref="figures/menu_panel.png" format="PNG"/> 
+				</imageobject> 
+				<textobject> 
+				  <phrase>Screenshot of typical Menu Panel</phrase> 
+				</textobject> 
+			 </mediaobject> 
+		  </screenshot>
+		</figure>
+		<para>The Menu Panel contains the following objects: </para>
+		<informaltable frame="topbot">
+		  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC3"
+			 colwidth="30.95*"/>
+			 <colspec colname="COLSPEC4" colwidth="69.05*"/>
+			 <thead>
+				<row rowsep="1">
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Object</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Description </para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </thead>
+			 <tbody>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> The 
+						<guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu contains the standard GNOME
+						applications. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu </para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> You can customize the 
+						<guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu to help you work more
+						efficiently. You can add items that you use frequently to the 
+						<guimenu>Favorites </guimenu> menu, and organize the items
+						into submenus.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu </para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> The 
+						<guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu contains menu items to
+						configure and customize your desktop. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>
+						<guimenu>Desktop</guimenu> menu</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> The 
+						<guimenu>Desktop</guimenu> menu provides menu items that
+						relate to the current status of your desktop. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para><application>Desk Guide</application>
+						applet</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC4">
+					 <para>The <application>Desk Guide</application> applet enables
+						you to navigate between your workspaces and viewports.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para><application>Mailcheck</application>
+						applet</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC4">
+					 <para>The <application>Mailcheck </application> applet shows
+						whether you have new email messages.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Calendar icon</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>The calendar icon normally shows the current time. Click
+						on the time readout to display a menu of calendar commands. You can also use
+						this menu to change the format of the time readout. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para>Window list icon</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC4">
+					 <para>The window list is a list of all open windows on the
+						desktop. To give focus to a window click on the icon at the extreme right of
+						the Menu Panel then choose the window.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </tbody>
+		  </tgroup>
+		</informaltable>
+		<para>Unlike other types of panel, you can only have one Menu Panel at a
+		  time on your desktop.</para>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-5">
+	 <title>Managing Your Panels</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>managing</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>The following sections describe how to manage your panels.</para>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-10">
+		<title>To Create a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can create different types of panels to customize your desktop.
+		  <xref linkend="gospanel-TBL-47"/> lists the types of panel that you can create,
+		  and their characteristics. </para>
+		<table frame="topbot" id="gospanel-TBL-47">
+		<title>Types of Panel</title>
+		<tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+		  colwidth="32.86*"/>
+		  <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="32.96*"/><colspec
+		  colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="33.17*"/>
+		  <thead>
+			 <row rowsep="1">
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Panel Type</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Snap Behavior </para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Size</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+		  </thead>
+		  <tbody>
+			 <row>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+				  <para>Aligned panel</para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+				  <para> Snaps to one of the edges of the screen, but can only snap
+					 to the center or the corner of the edge. </para></entry>
+				<entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+				  <para>Stretches as much as required to display the objects on the
+					 panel.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Edge panel</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Snaps to one of the edges of the screen. The GNOME Panel is
+					 an example of an edge panel. </para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Stretches the full length of the edge that the panel snaps
+					 to. </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Floating panel</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Does not snap to anything. You can place a floating panel
+					 anywhere on your desktop.</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Stretches as much as required to display the objects on the
+					 panel. </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Menu Panel</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Snaps to the top edge of the screen. You can not move the
+					 Menu Panel.</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para> Stretches the full length of the top edge of the screen.
+					 You can only have one Menu Panel on your desktop.</para></entry>
+			 </row>
+			 <row>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Sliding panel</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Snaps to one of the edges of the screen, can snap to any
+					 point on the edge.</para></entry>
+				<entry>
+				  <para>Stretches as much as required to display the objects on the
+					 panel. </para></entry>
+			 </row>
+		  </tbody>
+		</tgroup>
+		</table>
+		<para>To create a panel perform the following steps:</para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on any part of a panel to open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guimenuitem> Create panel</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose the type of panel that you want to create. The new panel
+				is added to the desktop. The new panel contains no objects. </para>
+			 <para>You can customize the new panel to suit your
+				preferences.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-11">
+		<title>Interacting With a Panel</title>
+		<para>To interact with a panel, you must left-click, middle-click, or
+		  right-click on a vacant space on the panel. If there is no vacant space on the
+		  panel, you can middle-click or right-click on one of the hide buttons to select
+		  the panel.</para>
+		<para>You use the mouse buttons to interact with a panel in the following
+		  ways:</para>
+		<informaltable frame="topbot">
+		  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+			 colwidth="30.65*"/>
+			 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="69.35*"/>
+			 <tbody>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Middle-click</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Enables you to grab a panel, then drag the panel to a new
+						location.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Right-click</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Opens the 
+						<guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </tbody>
+		  </tgroup>
+		</informaltable>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-12">
+		<title>To Move a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can move panels to different locations on your desktop. To move
+		  a panel, middle-click and hold on any vacant space on the panel, then drag the
+		  panel to the new location.</para>
+		<para>When you drag a floating panel, the panel follows the mouse
+		  pointer. The panel does not snap to any part of the desktop. When you drag an
+		  edge panel, an aligned panel, or a sliding panel, the panel snaps to the edge
+		  of the screen.</para>
+		<note>
+		  <para>You can not move the Menu Panel.</para>
+		</note>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-7">
+		<title>To Hide a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can hide or show a panel on your desktop, except for the Menu
+		  Panel. Each panel has hide buttons at either end. The hide buttons contain an
+		  arrow icon. The following illustration shows hide buttons. </para>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/four_hide_button.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of hide buttons</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>To hide a panel, click on one of the hide buttons. The panel
+		  reduces in the direction of the arrow on the hide button. The hide button at
+		  the other end of the panel remains visible.</para>
+		<para>To show a hidden panel again, click on the visible hide button. The
+		  panel expands in the direction of the arrow on the hide button. Both hide
+		  buttons are now visible.</para>
+		<para>You can modify the properties of a panel so that the hide buttons
+		  are not visible. You can also specify that the arrows on hide buttons are not
+		  visible.</para>
+		<para>You can set a panel to autohide. When you set autohide, the panel
+		  hides automatically when the mouse is not pointing to the panel. The panel
+		  reappears when you point to the part of the screen where the panel resides. To
+		  set your panel to autohide, modify the properties of the panel.</para>
+		<note>
+		  <para>On an aligned panel, the behavior of the hide buttons is slightly
+			 different. If the panel is aligned with one of the corners of the screen, you
+			 can use the hide buttons as follows:</para>
+		  <itemizedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To hide the panel, click the hide button that is closest to
+				  the edge of the screen, as normal.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To move the panel to the opposite corner of the screen, click
+				  the hide button that is farthest from the edge of the screen.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </itemizedlist>
+		</note>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-28">
+		<title>To Modify the Properties of a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can configure global preferences for all panels in the 
+		  <application> Control Center</application>. For example, you can specify
+		  various settings related to the appearance and behavior of panel objects.
+		  </para>
+		<para>You can also modify properties for each individual panel. You can
+		  change the features for each panel, such as the type of the panel, the hide
+		  behavior, and the visual appearance. </para>
+		<note>
+		  <para>You cannot modify properties for the Menu Panel.</para>
+		</note>
+		<para>The following sections describe how to modify the properties of a
+		  panel. </para>
+
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-29">
+		  <title>To Modify a Panel With the Panel Properties Menu</title>
+		  <para>You can use the panel properties menu to configure the properties
+			 of a panel. To modify the properties of a panel perform the following steps:
+			 </para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Right-click on any part of the panel to open the 
+				  <guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Choose 
+				  <menuchoice>
+					 <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+					 <guimenuitem> Properties</guimenuitem>
+				  </menuchoice> to open the panel properties menu. The following
+				  table describes the menu items on the panel properties menu: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="31.82*"/>
+					 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="68.18*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Menu Item</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>All properties</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>For more information see
+								<xref linkend="gospanel-30"/>.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Type</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Choose the type of the panel you want. Choose from
+								the following types of panel: </para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Edge panel</guilabel></para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Aligned panel</guilabel></para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Sliding panel</guilabel></para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Floating panel</guilabel></para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Hiding policy</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select whether to enable autohide. Select from the
+								following options:</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Explicit hide</guilabel>: Select this
+									 option if you want to use the hide buttons to hide the panel.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Auto hide</guilabel>: Select this option
+									 if you want to enable autohide <emphasis>and</emphasis> use the hide buttons to
+									 hide the panel.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Hide buttons</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select how to display the hide buttons. Select from
+								the following options: </para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>With pixmap arrows</guilabel>: Select
+									 this option to display arrow icons on the hide buttons.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Without pixmap</guilabel>: Select this
+									 option to display no arrow icons on the hide buttons.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>None</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you do not want to display the hide buttons.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Size</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select the size of the panel. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+							 <para>Orientation</para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+							 <para> Floating panel only. Select whether to display the
+								panel horizontally or vertically. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Background type</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select the type of background for the panel. You
+								can choose a standard background, a color background, or an image background.
+								Use the 
+								<guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog to specify
+								the color and image. For more information see <xref linkend="gospanel-30"/>.
+								</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+							 <para>Level</para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+							 <para> Select the level at which you want the panel to
+								appear. Select from one of the following options:</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Default</guilabel>: Select this option to
+									 use the default setting that is specified in the
+									 <application>Panel</application> capplet.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Below</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you want the panel to appear below windows. </para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Normal</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you want the panel to appear at the same level as windows. </para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Above</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you want the panel to appear above windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+							 <para>Maximize mode</para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+							 <para> Select whether you want maximized windows to avoid
+								the panel or cover the panel.</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Avoid on maximize</guilabel>: Select this
+									 option if you do not want to overlap the panel when you maximize
+									 windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Don't avoid on maximize</guilabel>:
+									 Select this option if you want to overlap the panel when you maximize windows.
+									 </para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-30">
+		  <title>To Modify a Panel With the Panel Properties Dialog</title>
+		  <para>You can use the 
+			 <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog to modify panel
+			 properties. To modify the properties of a panel perform the following steps:
+			 </para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Right-click on any part of the panel to open the 
+				  <guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Choose 
+				  <menuchoice>
+					 <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+					 <guisubmenu> Properties</guisubmenu>
+					 <guimenuitem>All properties</guimenuitem>
+				  </menuchoice> to display the 
+				  <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog. The following
+				  figure shows the 
+				  <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog for the GNOME Panel.
+				  The GNOME Panel is an edge panel that resides at the bottom edge of your
+				  desktop. </para>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/panelprop_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Panel Properties dialog</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+				<para>The 
+				  <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog contains the
+				  following tabbed sections: </para>
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>
+						<guilabel>Panel</guilabel></para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>
+						<guilabel>Background</guilabel></para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To modify panel size, position, and hiding properties, click
+				  on the 
+				  <guilabel>Panel</guilabel> tab. The 
+				  <guilabel>Panel</guilabel> tabbed section contains the following
+				  options: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="28.57*"/>
+					 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="71.43*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Option</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Panel size</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Choose the size of the panel.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Panel position</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Choose the position of the panel on your desktop.
+								Click on the required position for the panel. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Panel window level</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+							 <para>Select the level or layer at which you want the
+								panel to appear. Select from one of the following options:</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Default (from global preferences)
+										</guilabel>: Select this option to use the default setting that is specified in
+									 the <application> Panel</application> capplet.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Below other windows</guilabel>: Select
+									 this option if you want the panel to appear below windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Normal</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you want the panel to appear at the same level as windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Above other windows</guilabel>: Select
+									 this option if you want the panel to appear above windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Orient panel
+								  horizontally</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Floating panel only. Select this option to display
+								the panel horizontally. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Orient panel
+								  vertically</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Floating panel only. Select this option to display
+								the panel vertically.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Top left corner's
+								  position</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Floating panel only. Use the 
+								<guilabel>X</guilabel> and 
+								<guilabel> Y</guilabel> spin boxes to specify the
+								coordinates for the top-left corner of the panel. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Offset from screen
+								  edge</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Sliding panel only. Use this spin box to specify
+								the distance between your panel and the edge of the screen, in pixels.
+								</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Enable Auto-hide</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to enable autohide.
+								</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Show hide buttons</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to display hide buttons on your
+								panel.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Show arrows on hide button
+								  </guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select this option to display arrows on the hide
+								buttons, if the hide button is enabled.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Avoid this panel when maximizing
+								  windows</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+							 <para>Select this option if you do not want to overlap
+								the panel when you maximize windows. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To modify the panel background, click on the 
+				  <guilabel>Background </guilabel> tab. The 
+				  <guilabel>Background</guilabel> tabbed section contains the
+				  following elements: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colwidth="27.00*"/><colspec colname="COLSPEC5" colwidth="29.14*"/><colspec
+					 colname="COLSPEC6" colwidth="42.86*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Dialog Element</para></entry>
+						  <entry namest="COLSPEC5" nameend="COLSPEC6">
+							 <para>Description</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Background Type</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry namest="COLSPEC5" nameend="COLSPEC6">
+							 <para>Choose the type of background for the panel. The
+								choices are as follows:</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Standard</guilabel>: The standard
+									 background type. The standard background depends on the settings in the
+									 <application>Theme Selector</application> capplet. </para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Color</guilabel>: Enables you to choose a
+									 color for the panel background.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel>: Enables you to choose
+									 an image for the panel background. </para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Color</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry namest="COLSPEC5" nameend="COLSPEC6">
+							 <para>If 
+								<guilabel>Background Type</guilabel> is 
+								<guilabel> Color</guilabel>, click on the 
+								<guibutton>Color to use</guibutton> button to display
+								the color selector dialog. Choose the color you require from the color selector
+								dialog. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry morerows="4">
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Image</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry namest="COLSPEC5" nameend="COLSPEC6">
+							 <para>If 
+								<guilabel>Background Type</guilabel> is 
+								<guilabel>Pixmap</guilabel>, choose the image to use on
+								the background of the panel. Specify the following settings for the image
+								background:</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Don't scale image to
+								  fit</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select this option to tile the background image to
+								fit the panel background.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Scale image</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to scale the background image
+								to fit the panel background. The width-to-height ratio of the image is
+								retained. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Stretch image</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to stretch the background image
+								to fit the panel background. The width-to-height ratio of the image is not
+								retained. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Rotate image for vertical panels
+								  </guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select this option to rotate the background image
+								on a vertical panel.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click 
+				  <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the 
+				  <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-61">
+		  <title>To Drag a Color or Image to the Background of a Panel</title>
+		  <para>You can drag a color or image on to a panel to set the color or
+			 image as the background of the panel. You can drag a color or image from many
+			 applications. For example, you can drag a color from the <application>Color
+			 Browser</application> application to a panel to set the color as the background
+			 of the panel. You can also drag a color from any color selector dialog.</para>
+		  <para>You can drag an image from a file manager to a panel to set the
+			 image as the background of the panel. You can also drag colors and pattern
+			 images from the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager application to
+			 set the background of the panel.</para>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-31">
+		<title>To Delete a Panel</title>
+		<para>To delete a panel perform the following steps:</para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on the panel you want to delete. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guimenuitem> Remove this panel</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice> to remove the panel from the desktop. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+		<note>
+		  <para>You must always have at least one panel on your desktop. If you
+			 have only one panel on your desktop, you can not delete that panel.</para>
+		</note>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-8">
+	 <title>Panel Objects</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>panel objects</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>You can add the following types of object to a panel: </para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Launchers</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Menus</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Applets</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Drawers</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Special Objects </para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>This section describes the objects that you can use on your panels.</para>
+
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-100">
+		<title>Interacting With Panel Objects</title>
+		<para>You use the mouse buttons to interact with a panel object in the
+		  following ways:</para>
+		<informaltable frame="topbot">
+		  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0"
+			 colwidth="30.65*"/>
+			 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="69.35*"/>
+			 <tbody>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC0">
+					 <para>Left-click</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC1">
+					 <para> Launches the panel object.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Middle-click</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Enables you to grab an object, then drag the object to a
+						new location.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Right-click</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Opens the panel object popup menu.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </tbody>
+		  </tgroup>
+		</informaltable>
+		<para>You interact with applet panel objects in a different way. For more
+		  information see <xref linkend="gospanel-39"/>.</para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-15">
+		<title>To Add an Object to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add an object to a panel in several ways, as follows:
+		  </para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu></para>
+			 <para>The 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> contains a 
+				<guimenu>Panel</guimenu> menu. The 
+				<guimenu>Panel</guimenu> menu contains an 
+				<guisubmenu>Add to panel </guisubmenu> submenu. The 
+				<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu> submenu enables you to add
+				the following objects to your panels: 
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Launchers</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Menus</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Applets</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Drawers</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Special objects</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>When you right-click on the title of an item in a menu, the
+				popup menu for the menu, launcher, or applet opens. You can use this popup menu
+				to add the menu, launcher, or applet to a panel. </para>
+			 <para>You can also drag menus, launchers, and applets from menus to
+				panels. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the file manager</para>
+			 <para>Each launcher and applet corresponds to a
+				<filename>.desktop</filename> file. You can drag the
+				<filename>.desktop</filename> file on to your panels to add the launcher or
+				applet to the panel. </para>
+			 <para>Each menu corresponds to a directory. You can drag the
+				directory on to your panels to add the directory to the panel as a menu
+				object.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-9">
+		<title>To Modify the Properties of an Object</title>
+		<para>Some panel objects have a set of associated properties. The
+		  properties are different for each type of object. The properties specify
+		  details such as the following: 
+		  <itemizedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>The command that starts a launcher application.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>The location of the source files for a menu.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>The icon that represents the object.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </itemizedlist></para>
+		<para>To modify the properties of an object perform the following steps:
+		  </para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on the object to open the panel object popup menu,
+				as shown in <xref linkend="gospanel-FIG-54"/>.</para>
+			 <figure id="gospanel-FIG-54">
+				<title>Panel Object Popup Menu</title>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/panel_object_popup_menu.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of panel object popup menu</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+			 </figure>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Use the 
+				<guilabel> Properties</guilabel> dialog to modify the properties as
+				required. The properties in the 
+				<guilabel> Properties</guilabel> dialog depend on which object you
+				select in step 1. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Click 
+				<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes, then close the 
+				<guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-32">
+		<title>To Move a Panel Object</title>
+		<para>You can move panel objects within a panel, and from one panel to
+		  another. You can also move objects between panels and drawers.</para>
+		<para>To move a panel object, middle-click and hold on the object and
+		  drag the object to a new location. When you release the middle mouse button,
+		  the object anchors at the new location.</para>
+		<para>Alternatively, you can use the panel object popup menu to move an
+		  object, as follows: </para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on the object to open the panel object popup menu.
+				</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem>. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Point to the new location for the object, then click any mouse
+				button to anchor the object to the new location. This location can be on any
+				panel that is currently on your desktop. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+		<para>Movement of a panel object affects the position of other objects on
+		  the panel. The movement behavior of the object is determined by the default
+		  movement mode for the panel. You can specify the default movement mode in the
+		  <application>Panel</application> capplet.</para>
+		<para>To override the default movement mode, press one of the following
+		  keys as you move the panel object:</para>
+		<informaltable frame="topbot">
+		  <tgroup cols="3" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec colname="COLSPEC2"
+			 colwidth="15.00*"/>
+			 <colspec colwidth="30.00*"/><colspec colname="COLSPEC3"
+			 colwidth="54.00*"/>
+			 <thead>
+				<row rowsep="1">
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+					 <para>Key</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para> Movement Mode</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para>Description</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </thead>
+			 <tbody>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+					 <para>
+						<keycap>Alt</keycap> key</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Free movement</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para> The object jumps over other panel objects into the next
+						vacant space on the panel.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+					 <para>
+						<keycap>Shift</keycap> key </para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Push movement</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para> The object pushes other panel objects further along the
+						panel. </para></entry>
+				</row>
+				<row>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+					 <para>
+						<keycap>Ctrl</keycap> key</para></entry>
+				  <entry>
+					 <para>Switched movement</para></entry>
+				  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+					 <para> The object swaps places with other panel
+						objects.</para></entry>
+				</row>
+			 </tbody>
+		  </tgroup>
+		</informaltable>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-33">
+		<title>To Remove a Panel Object</title>
+		<para>To remove an object from a panel right-click on the object to open
+		  the panel object popup menu, then choose 
+		  <guimenuitem>Remove from panel</guimenuitem>. </para>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-16">
+	 <title>Launchers</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>launchers</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>When you click on a launcher, you initiate one of the following
+		actions: </para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Start a particular application.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Execute a command.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open a folder in a file manager window.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Start a particular applet.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Open an Internet browser at a particular URL.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>You can find launchers in the following places on the desktop:</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Panels: On panels, launchers are represented by icons.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Menus: On menus, launchers are represented by menu items with an
+			 icon.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <para>You can modify the properties of a launcher. For example the
+		properties of a launcher include the name of the launcher, the icon that
+		represents the launcher, and how the launcher runs. </para>
+
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-34">
+		<title>To Add a Launcher to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add a launcher to a panel in one of the following
+		  ways:</para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu></para>
+			 <para>To create a new launcher, right-click on any vacant space on
+				the panel to open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Launcher </guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. A 
+				<guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog is displayed. For
+				more information on how to complete this dialog, see
+				<xref linkend="gospanel-52"/>.</para>
+			 <para>Alternatively, to add an existing launcher to the panel, choose
+				
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Launcher from menu</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. Choose the launcher that you want to add from the
+				menu.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>To add a launcher to a panel from any menu, perform one of the
+				following steps:
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>From the panel where you want the launcher to reside,
+						open the menu that contains the launcher. Right-click on the title of the
+						launcher. Choose 
+						<guimenuitem>Add this launcher to panel</guimenuitem>.
+						</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Open a menu that contains the launcher. Drag the launcher
+						on to the panel. </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the file manager</para>
+			 <para>To add a launcher to a panel from the file manager, find the
+				<filename> .desktop</filename> file for the launcher in your file system. To
+				add the launcher drag the <filename>.desktop</filename> file to the panel.
+				</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-52">
+		  <title>To Create a Launcher With the Launcher Properties Dialog</title>
+		  <para>To create a launcher with the 
+			 <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog perform the following
+			 steps: </para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Display the 
+				  <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog. You can display
+				  the 
+				  <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog in one of the
+				  following ways:
+				  <itemizedlist>
+					 <listitem>
+						<para>To add the launcher to a panel: Right-click on any part
+						  of a panel to open the 
+						  <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Choose 
+						  <menuchoice>
+							 <guimenu> Panel</guimenu>
+							 <guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+							 <guimenuitem> Launcher</guimenuitem>
+						  </menuchoice>. </para>
+					 </listitem>
+					 <listitem>
+						<para>To add the launcher to a menu: Start the
+						  <application>Menu Editor</application>. In the menu tree, select the menu to
+						  which you want to add the item. Choose 
+						  <menuchoice>
+							 <guimenu>File</guimenu>
+							 <guimenuitem> New Item</guimenuitem>
+						  </menuchoice>. The 
+						  <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog is
+						  displayed in the dialog pane.</para>
+					 </listitem>
+				  </itemizedlist></para>
+				<para>The dialog displays the 
+				  <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tabbed section, as shown in the
+				  following figure:</para>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/launcherprop1_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Basic tabbed section on Launcher
+						  Properties dialog</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Enter the properties of the launcher in the dialog. The
+				  following table describes the dialog elements on the 
+				  <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tabbed section: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colwidth="26.19*"/><colspec colwidth="73.81*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Dialog Element</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Name</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Use this text box to specify the name of the
+								launcher. You can use the 
+								<guilabel> Advanced</guilabel> tab to add translations
+								of the name. This name is the name that appears when you add the launcher to a
+								menu or to the desktop. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Comment</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Use this text box to specify a short description
+								of the launcher. The comment is displayed as a tooltip when you point to the
+								launcher icon on the panel. You can use the 
+								<guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tabbed section to add
+								translations of the comment. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Command</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Use this text box to specify a command to execute
+								when you click on the launcher. </para>
+							 <para>If the launcher type is 
+								<guilabel>URL</guilabel>, use this text box to specify
+								a URL to access when you choose the launcher. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Type</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Use this drop-down combination box to specify the
+								type of launcher. Choose from the following: </para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Application</guilabel>: Choose this list
+									 item to create a launcher that starts an application.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>PanelApplet</guilabel>: Choose this list
+									 item to create a launcher that starts an applet.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>URL</guilabel>: Choose this list item to
+									 create a launcher that opens an Internet browser at a particular URL.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Icon</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Choose an icon to represent the launcher. To choose
+								an icon, click on the 
+								<guibutton> No Icon</guibutton> button. An icon
+								selector dialog is displayed. Choose an icon from the dialog. Alternatively, to
+								choose an icon from another directory, click 
+								<guibutton>Browse</guibutton>. When you choose an icon,
+								click 
+								<guibutton> OK</guibutton>. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Run in Terminal</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to run the application or
+								command in a terminal window. Choose this option for an application or command
+								that does not create a window in which to run.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To set advanced properties for the launcher, click on the 
+				  <guilabel> Advanced</guilabel> tab. The 
+				  <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog displays the 
+				  <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tabbed section, as shown in the
+				  following figure.</para>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/launcherprop2_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Advanced tabbed section on Launcher
+						  Properties dialog</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Enter the advanced properties of the launcher in the dialog.
+				  The following table describes the dialog elements on the top part of the 
+				  <guilabel> Advanced</guilabel> tabbed section: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colwidth="32.03*"/><colspec colwidth="67.97*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Dialog Element</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Try this before
+								  using</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Enter a command here to check before starting the
+								launcher. If the command is executable and is in your path, the launcher
+								appears on the panel.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Documentation</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> This field is not currently in use.
+								</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>You can also add a translation of the 
+				  <guilabel>Name</guilabel> and 
+				  <guilabel>Comment</guilabel> fields from the 
+				  <guilabel>Basic</guilabel> tabbed section. To add a translation,
+				  enter the details of the translation in the 
+				  <guilabel>Name/Comment translations</guilabel> table as follows:
+				  </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colwidth="20.78*"/><colspec colwidth="79.22*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Field</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>First field</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Enter the two-letter code for the language for
+								which you want to add a translation.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Second field</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Enter the translation of the 
+								<guilabel>Name</guilabel> of the
+								launcher.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Third field</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Enter the translation for the 
+								<guilabel>Comment</guilabel> for the launcher.
+								</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+				<para>Then click on the 
+				  <guibutton>Add/Set</guibutton> button. </para>
+				<para>To edit a translation, select the translation. The translated
+				  text appears in the lower part of this dialog. Edit the fields as required,
+				  then click on the 
+				  <guibutton>Add/Set</guibutton> button.</para>
+				<para>To remove a translation, select the translation, then click
+				  on the 
+				  <guibutton> Remove</guibutton> button.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>To create the launcher and close the 
+				  <guilabel>Launcher Properties </guilabel> dialog, click 
+				  <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-36">
+		<title>To Modify the Properties of a Launcher</title>
+		<para>To modify the properties of a launcher perform the following steps:
+		  </para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on the launcher to open the panel object popup
+				menu.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Use the 
+				<guilabel> Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog to modify the
+				properties as required. For more information on the 
+				<guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog see
+				<xref linkend="gospanel-52"/>. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Click 
+				<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes you made and close
+				the 
+				<guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-37">
+	 <title>Menus</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>menus</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>You can add the following types of menu to your panels: </para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>: The 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> is your primary menu. You can access
+			 almost all of the applications, commands, and configuration options on your
+			 desktop from the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. You can customize the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> to help you work more efficiently. You
+			 can modify what menus are displayed on the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>, and how the menus are displayed on
+			 the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu </guimenu>. You can add as many 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> objects to your panels as you want. By
+			 default, the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> is represented on panels by a stylized
+			 footprint icon, as follows:</para>
+		  <screenshot> 
+			 <mediaobject> 
+				<imageobject>
+				  <imagedata fileref="figures/footprint_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+				</imageobject> 
+				<textobject> 
+				  <phrase>Screenshot of Global Menu icon</phrase> 
+				</textobject> 
+			 </mediaobject> 
+		  </screenshot>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>: The 
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> provides the same menus and functions as
+			 the 
+			 <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. You can add as many 
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> objects as you want to your panels. You
+			 can modify the properties of each 
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. On each 
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, you can perform the following actions:
+			 <itemizedlist>
+				<listitem>
+				  <para>Select what menus are on the 
+					 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. </para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+				  <para>Specify whether the menus are in a submenu on the 
+					 <guimenu> Main Menu</guimenu>.</para>
+				</listitem>
+				<listitem>
+				  <para>Choose the icon that represents each 
+					 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. </para>
+				</listitem>
+			 </itemizedlist>By default, the 
+			 <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> is represented on panels as a stylized
+			 footprint icon.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>System menu: System menus contain the standard applications and
+			 standard applets that you can use on your desktop. The 
+			 <guimenu>Programs </guimenu> menu and 
+			 <guimenu>Applets</guimenu> menus are system menus.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>
+			 <guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu: You can use your 
+			 <guimenu> Favorites</guimenu> menu to help you work more efficiently.
+			 You can add items that you frequently use to your 
+			 <guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu, and organize the items into
+			 submenus. You can add items that you frequently use to your 
+			 <guimenu> Favorites</guimenu> menu, and organize the items into
+			 submenus.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Custom menu: A custom menu is a menu that you create.</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>Screenshot of typical menu objects on a panel</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+	 </figure>
+	 <para>For information on adding menus to panels, see
+		<xref linkend="gospanel-38"/>. For more information on menus, see Working with
+		Menus.</para>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-38">
+		<title>To Add a Menu to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add a menu to a panel in the following ways: </para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> </para>
+			 <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel to open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guisubmenu> Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Menu</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. Choose the menu that you want to add to the panel.
+				You can add a 
+				<guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>, 
+				<guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, 
+				<guimenu>Programs</guimenu> menu, or 
+				<guimenu>Favorites</guimenu> menu to the panel. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>Open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> from the panel where you want the
+				new menu launcher to reside, then perform one of the following steps: 
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Right-click on the title of the menu, then choose 
+						<guimenuitem> Add this as menu to panel</guimenuitem>.
+						</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Click-and-hold on the menu title and drag the menu to the
+						panel. Note that you do not need to open the menu from any particular panel
+						before you drag a menu on to a panel.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-17">
+	 <title>Applets</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>applets</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>An applet is a small application whose user interface resides within
+		a panel. You use the applet panel object to interact with the applet. For
+		example, the following figure shows the following applets, from left to right:
+		</para>
+	 <itemizedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para><application>Tasklist</application>: Displays the windows
+			 currently open on your system.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para><application>CD Player</application>: Enables you to control the
+			 compact disc player on your system.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para><application>Screen-Shooter</application>: Enables you to take
+			 screenshots of desktop areas.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </itemizedlist>
+	 <screenshot> 
+		<mediaobject> 
+		  <imageobject>
+			 <imagedata fileref="figures/sample_applet.png" format="PNG"/> 
+		  </imageobject> 
+		  <textobject> 
+			 <phrase>Screenshot of sample applets</phrase> 
+		  </textobject> 
+		</mediaobject> 
+	 </screenshot>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-40">
+		<title>To Add an Applet to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add an applet to a panel in the following ways: </para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu> </para>
+			 <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel to open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Perform one of the following steps:
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Choose 
+						<guimenu>Applets</guimenu>, then choose the applet that you
+						want to add from the 
+						<guimenu>Applets</guimenu> menu.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Choose 
+						<menuchoice>
+						  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+						  <guisubmenu> Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+						  <guimenuitem>Applet</guimenuitem>
+						</menuchoice>. Choose the applet that you want to add from
+						the 
+						<guimenu>Applets</guimenu> menu. </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>Perform one of the following steps: 
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>From the panel to which you want to add the applet, open
+						the menu that contains the applet. Click on the applet to add the applet to the
+						panel. </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Open a menu that contains the applet, then drag the
+						applet on to the panel. </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-55">
+		<title>To Add an Applet as a Launcher to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add an applet to a panel as a launcher. When you add an
+		  applet to a panel as a launcher, a launcher object is added to the panel. When
+		  you click on the launcher for the applet, the user interface for the applet is
+		  added to the panel.</para>
+		<para>You can add an applet to a panel as a launcher in the following
+		  ways: </para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>To add an applet as a launcher to a panel, open the menu that
+				contains the applet from the panel. Right-click on the title of the applet,
+				then choose 
+				<guimenuitem> Add this applet as a launcher to
+				  panel</guimenuitem>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the file manager</para>
+			 <para>To add an applet as a launcher to a panel from the file
+				manager, find the <filename>.desktop</filename> file for the applet in your
+				file system. Drag the <filename>.desktop</filename> file to the panel to add
+				the applet to the panel. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-39">
+		<title>To Select an Applet</title>
+		<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. 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>Tasklist</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>Tasklist</application> applet, you
+				must right-click on the handle. If you right-click on a button on the right
+				side, a task menu opens.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Some applets have areas that you cannot use to select the
+				applet. For example, the <application>Mini-Commander</application> applet has a
+				field in which you enter commands. You can not 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>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-41">
+		<title>To Modify the Properties of an Applet</title>
+		<para>To modify the properties of an applet perform the following steps:
+		  </para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Right-click on the applet to open the panel object popup menu.
+				</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Choose 
+				<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. Use the 
+				<guilabel> Properties</guilabel> dialog to modify the properties as
+				required. The properties for panel applets vary depending on the applet.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Click 
+				<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes you made and close
+				the 
+				<guilabel>Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-18">
+	 <title>Drawers</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>drawers</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>A drawer is an extension of a panel. You can open and close a drawer
+		in the same way that you can show and hide a panel. A drawer can contain all
+		panel objects including launchers, menus, applets, special objects, and other
+		drawers. When you open a drawer, you can use the objects in exactly the same
+		way that you use objects on a panel. </para>
+	 <para>The following figure shows an open drawer that contains two panel
+		objects. </para>
+	 <screenshot> 
+		<mediaobject> 
+		  <imageobject>
+			 <imagedata fileref="figures/open_drawer.png" format="PNG"/> 
+		  </imageobject> 
+		  <textobject> 
+			 <phrase>Screenshot of an open drawer</phrase> 
+		  </textobject> 
+		</mediaobject> 
+	 </screenshot>
+	 <para>The arrow on the drawer icon indicates that the icon represents a
+		drawer or menu.</para>
+	 <para>You can add, move, and remove objects from drawers in exactly the
+		same way that you add, move, and remove objects from panels. </para>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-42">
+		<title>To Open and Close a Drawer</title>
+		<para>To open a drawer, click on the drawer object in a panel. You can
+		  close a drawer in the following ways: 
+		  <itemizedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click on the drawer.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click on the drawer hide button.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </itemizedlist></para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-420">
+		<title>To Add a Drawer to a Panel</title>
+		<para>You can add a drawer to a panel in the following ways: </para>
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu></para>
+			 <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel to open the 
+				<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Choose 
+				<menuchoice>
+				  <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				  <guisubmenu> Add to panel</guisubmenu>
+				  <guimenuitem>Drawer</guimenuitem>
+				</menuchoice>. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>From any menu</para>
+			 <para>You can add a menu as a drawer object to a panel.</para>
+			 <para>To add a menu as a drawer to a panel, open the menu from the
+				panel. Right-click on the title of the menu, then choose 
+				<guimenuitem>Add this as drawer to panel</guimenuitem>.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-54">
+		<title>To Add an Object to a Drawer</title>
+		<para>You add an object to a drawer in the same way that you add objects
+		  to panels. For more information, see <xref linkend="gospanel-15"/>.</para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-550">
+		<title>To Modify the Properties of a Drawer</title>
+		<para>You can choose global preferences for all panels and drawers in the
+		  <application> Panel</application> capplet. 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 can change features for each drawer, such as the visual appearance of the
+		  drawer and whether the drawer has hide buttons.</para>
+
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-58">
+		  <title>To Modify a Drawer With the Panel Properties Menu</title>
+		  <para>You can use the panel properties menu to modify the properties of
+			 a panel. For more information see <xref linkend="gospanel-29"/>.</para>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-59">
+		  <title>To Modify a Drawer With the Panel Properties Dialog</title>
+		  <para>You can use the 
+			 <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog to modify the properties
+			 of a drawer. To modify the properties of a panel perform the following steps:
+			 </para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Right-click on the drawer to open the panel object popup
+				  menu. </para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Choose 
+				  <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> to display the 
+				  <guilabel> Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog. The dialog
+				  displays the 
+				  <guilabel>Drawer </guilabel> tabbed section, as shown in the
+				  following figure.</para>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/drawerprop_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Panel Properties dialog</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Enter the properties of the drawer in the dialog. The
+				  following table describes the elements on the 
+				  <guilabel>Drawer</guilabel> tabbed section: </para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="29.44*"/>
+					 <colspec colname="COLSPEC3" colwidth="70.56*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Dialog Element</para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Description </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Panel size</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+							 <para>Select the size of the drawer.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC2">
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Panel window level</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry colname="COLSPEC3">
+							 <para>Select the level or layer at which you want the
+								drawer to appear. Select from one of the following options:</para>
+							 <itemizedlist>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Default (from global
+										preferences)</guilabel>: Select this option to use the default setting that is
+									 specified in the <application> Panel</application> capplet.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Below other windows</guilabel>: Select
+									 this option if you want the panel to appear below windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Normal</guilabel>: Select this option if
+									 you want the panel to appear at the same level as windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+								<listitem>
+								  <para>
+									 <guilabel>Above other windows</guilabel>: Select
+									 this option if you want the panel to appear above windows.</para>
+								</listitem>
+							 </itemizedlist></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Tooltip/Name</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Use this text box to specify a name for the
+								drawer. The name appears as a tooltip when you point at the drawer on the
+								panel.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Icon</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Choose an icon to represent the drawer. Click on
+								the 
+								<guibutton>Icon</guibutton> button to display an icon
+								selector dialog. Choose an icon from the dialog. Alternatively, click 
+								<guibutton>Browse</guibutton> to choose an icon from
+								another directory. When you choose an icon, click 
+								<guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Enable hide button</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Select this option to display a hide button when
+								the drawer opens. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Enable hide button
+								  arrow</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Select this option to display an arrow on the hide
+								button if the hide button is enabled.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>You can also use the 
+				  <guilabel>Background</guilabel> tabbed section to set the
+				  background for the drawer. For information on how to complete the 
+				  <guilabel>Background</guilabel> tabbed section, see the step on
+				  this topic in <xref linkend="gospanel-30"/>.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click 
+				  <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes you made and close
+				  the 
+				  <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-60">
+		  <title>To Drag a Color or Image to the Background of a Drawer</title>
+		  <para>You can drag a color or image on to a drawer to set the color or
+			 image as the background of the drawer. For more information see
+			 <xref linkend="gospanel-61"/>. </para>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+  <sect1 id="gospanel-19">
+	 <title>Special Panel Objects</title>
+	 <indexterm>
+		<primary>panels</primary>
+		<secondary>special panel objects</secondary>
+	 </indexterm>
+	 <para>The GNOME Panel includes a number of special panel objects that you
+		can use to perform special tasks.</para>
+	 <para>You can add special panel objects to your panels from the 
+		<guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>. To add a special panel object to a panel
+		perform the following steps: </para>
+	 <orderedlist>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel to open the 
+			 <guimenu> Global Menu</guimenu>.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Choose 
+			 <menuchoice>
+				<guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+				<guimenuitem> Add to panel</guimenuitem>
+			 </menuchoice>.</para>
+		</listitem>
+		<listitem>
+		  <para>Choose the special panel object to add to the panel. The special
+			 object is added to the panel.</para>
+		</listitem>
+	 </orderedlist>
+	 <para>This section describes special panel objects.</para>
+
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-20">
+		<title>Log Out Button</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/logout_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of Log Out icon</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>The 
+		  <guibutton>Log Out</guibutton> button begins the process to log out of
+		  a GNOME session. </para>
+		<para>To log out of your session or shut down your system, click on the 
+		  <guibutton> Log Out</guibutton> button. </para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-21">
+		<title>Lock Screen Button</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/lockscreen_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of Lock Screen icon</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>The 
+		  <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button starts a screensaver that
+		  locks your screen. To access your session again, you must enter your password.
+		  </para>
+		<para>You can configure your screensaver in the
+		  <application>Screensaver</application> capplet.</para>
+		<note>
+		  <para>For the 
+			 <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button to work correctly, you must
+			 have a screensaver enabled.</para>
+		</note>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-22">
+		<title>Status Dock</title>
+		<para>A status dock is a panel object that displays status information.
+		  This information is contained in status docklets. A status docklet is a small
+		  window where an application can display status information. The following
+		  figure shows a status dock with a CD player status docklet. The status docklet
+		  indicates that a CD is currently playing.</para>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/statusdock_button.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of status docklet</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>You can also use some status docklets to control applications. In
+		  this respect, status docklets are similar to applets.</para>
+		<para>You can only have one status dock on your desktop. That is, you can
+		  only have one status dock on one panel. </para>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-23">
+		<title>Run Button</title>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/runprogram_icon.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of Run icon</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<para>The 
+		  <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button opens the 
+		  <guilabel>Run Program </guilabel> dialog.</para>
+		<para>The 
+		  <guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog gives you access to the command
+		  line. You can run a command from the command line. When you run a command in
+		  the 
+		  <guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog, you cannot receive output from
+		  the command.</para>
+		<para>To run a command from the command line perform the following steps:
+		  </para>
+		<orderedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Display the 
+				<guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog. You can display the 
+				<guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog in any of the following
+				ways:
+				<itemizedlist>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>From a panel: If the 
+						<guibutton>Run</guibutton> button is present on a panel,
+						click on the 
+						<guibutton>Run</guibutton> button.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>From the 
+						<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>: Right-click on any vacant
+						space on the panel to open the 
+						<guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. Choose 
+						<guimenuitem> Run</guimenuitem>. </para>
+				  </listitem>
+				  <listitem>
+					 <para>Use a shortcut key: The default shortcut key to display
+						the 
+						<guilabel> Run Program</guilabel> dialog is 
+						<keycombo><keycap>Modifier</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>. The default modifier key is the meta
+						key. You can change the shortcut key that displays the 
+						<guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog in the <application>
+						Panel</application> capplet.</para>
+				  </listitem>
+				</itemizedlist></para>
+			 <para>The 
+				<guilabel>Run Program</guilabel> dialog is displayed as follows:
+				</para>
+			 <screenshot> 
+				<mediaobject> 
+				  <imageobject>
+					 <imagedata fileref="figures/runprogram_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+				  </imageobject> 
+				  <textobject> 
+					 <phrase>Screenshot of Run Program dialog</phrase> 
+				  </textobject> 
+				</mediaobject> 
+			 </screenshot>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Enter the command that you want to run in the blank field.
+				Alternatively, to choose a command that you ran previously, click the down
+				arrow button, then choose the command to run.</para>
+			 <para>You can use the 
+				<guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button to choose a command to run.
+				You can also use the 
+				<guibutton>Browse</guibutton> button to choose a file to append to
+				the command line. For example, you can enter <application> emacs</application>
+				on the command line, then choose a file to edit.</para>
+			 <para>Select the 
+				<guilabel>Run in terminal</guilabel> option to run the application
+				or command in a terminal window. Choose this option for an application or
+				command that does not create a window in which to run.</para>
+		  </listitem>
+		  <listitem>
+			 <para>Click on the 
+				<guibutton>Run</guibutton> button on the 
+				<guilabel> Run Program</guilabel> dialog. </para>
+		  </listitem>
+		</orderedlist>
+	 </sect2>
+	 <sect2 id="gospanel-24">
+		<title>Swallowed Applications</title>
+		<para>A swallowed application is an application that is not a panel
+		  applet, but runs inside a panel. </para>
+		<para>Applications must be small enough so that they can fit on the
+		  panel. You can specify to shrink the application to fit into the panel. In most
+		  cases, if the application does not fit in the panel, the panel expands to
+		  accommodate the application. </para>
+		<para>You must know the title of the application window before you can
+		  add the application as a swallowed application. </para>
+		<para>The following figure shows a swallowed <application>CD
+		  Player</application> application.</para>
+		<screenshot> 
+		  <mediaobject> 
+			 <imageobject>
+				<imagedata fileref="figures/swallow_applet.png" format="PNG"/> 
+			 </imageobject> 
+			 <textobject> 
+				<phrase>Screenshot of swallowed application</phrase> 
+			 </textobject> 
+		  </mediaobject> 
+		</screenshot>
+		<sect3 id="gospanel-43">
+		  <title>To Add a Swallowed Application to a Panel</title>
+		  <para>To add a swallowed application to a panel perform the following
+			 steps: </para>
+		  <orderedlist>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Right-click on any part of a panel to open the 
+				  <guimenu>Global Menu</guimenu>. </para>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Choose 
+				  <menuchoice>
+					 <guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
+					 <guisubmenu> Add to Panel</guisubmenu>
+					 <guimenuitem>Swallowed app</guimenuitem>
+				  </menuchoice> to display the 
+				  <guilabel>Create Swallow Applet</guilabel> dialog. The following
+				  figure shows the 
+				  <guilabel>Create Swallow Applet</guilabel> dialog.</para>
+				<screenshot> 
+				  <mediaobject> 
+					 <imageobject>
+						<imagedata fileref="figures/swallapp_dialog.png" format="PNG"/> 
+					 </imageobject> 
+					 <textobject> 
+						<phrase>Screenshot of Create Swallow Applet dialog</phrase> 
+					 </textobject> 
+				  </mediaobject> 
+				</screenshot>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Enter the properties of the swallowed application in the
+				  dialog. The following table describes the elements on the 
+				  <guilabel>Create Swallow Applet</guilabel> dialog:</para>
+				<informaltable frame="topbot">
+				  <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0"><colspec
+					 colwidth="30.30*"/><colspec colwidth="69.70*"/>
+					 <thead>
+						<row rowsep="1">
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Dialog Element </para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Description</para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </thead>
+					 <tbody>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Title of application to
+								  swallow</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Enter the title on the window of the application
+								window that you want the panel to swallow.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Command</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> If you leave this field blank, an empty window
+								appears in the panel. When you start an application whose title matches the
+								title entered in the 
+								<guilabel> Title of application to swallow</guilabel>
+								field, the panel swallows the application. </para>
+							 <para>If you enter a command in this field, the command
+								executes before the panel attempts to swallow the application. The command also
+								executes when GNOME starts and displays the panel on your desktop. You can use
+								this feature to start an application that you want the panel to
+								swallow.</para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Width</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>Specify the width of the swallowed application
+								window in the panel, in pixels. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+						<row>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para>
+								<guilabel>Height</guilabel></para></entry>
+						  <entry>
+							 <para> Specify the height of the swallowed application
+								window in the panel, in pixels. </para></entry>
+						</row>
+					 </tbody>
+				  </tgroup>
+				</informaltable>
+			 </listitem>
+			 <listitem>
+				<para>Click 
+				  <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to add the swallowed application to the
+				  panel. </para>
+			 </listitem>
+		  </orderedlist>
+		</sect3>
+	 </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+</chapter> 
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