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authorJoachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org>2006-04-07 13:56:10 +0000
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@@ -1476,83 +1476,63 @@ keys that provides an alternative to standard ways of performing an action. For
customizing appearance</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>You can use the <application>Menus &amp; Toolbars</application> preference tool to customize the appearance
-of menus, menubars, and toolbars for GNOME-compliant applications.</para>
- <para><xref linkend="goscustuserinter-TBL-8"/> lists the menu and toolbar preferences that
-you can modify for GNOME-compliant applications.</para>
- <table frame="topbot" id="goscustuserinter-TBL-8">
- <title>Menu and Toolbar Preferences</title>
- <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1">
- <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="18.86*"/>
- <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="47.14*"/>
- <thead>
- <row>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">
- <para>Dialog Element</para>
- </entry>
- <entry colsep="0" rowsep="1">
- <para>Description</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </thead>
- <tbody>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Show icons in menus</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option to display an icon beside
-each item in a menu. Some menu items do not have an icon.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Detachable toolbars</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Select this option if you want to move toolbars
-from application windows to any location on the screen. If you select this
-option, handles are displayed on the left side of the toolbars in your applications.
-To move a toolbar, click-and-hold on the handle, then drag the toolbar to
-the new location.</para>
- </entry>
- </row>
- <row>
- <entry colname="colspec0" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>
- <guilabel>Toolbar button labels</guilabel>
- </para>
- </entry>
- <entry colname="colspec1" colsep="0" rowsep="0" valign="top">
- <para>Choose one of the following options to specify
-what to display on the toolbars in your GNOME-compliant applications:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Text Below Icons</guilabel>: Select this option
-to display toolbars with text as well as an icon on each button. </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Text Beside Icons</guilabel>: Select this option
-to display toolbars with an icon only on each button, and with text on the
-most important buttons.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Icons Only</guilabel>: Select this option to display
-toolbars with an icon only on each button.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Text Only</guilabel>: Select this option to display
-toolbars with text only on each button.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </entry>
- </row>
- </tbody>
- </tgroup>
- </table>
+of menus, menubars, and toolbars for applications that are part of GNOME.</para>
+ <para>As you make changes to the settings, the preview display in the window updates. This allows you to see the changes if no application windows are currently open.</para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Show icons in menus</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Select this option to display an icon beside
+ items in application menus and the panel menu. Not all menu items have an icon.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Editable menu accelerators</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem><para>Selecting this option allows you to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items.</para>
+ <para>To change an application shortcut key, open the menu, and with the mouse pointer on the menu item you wish to change, press the new combination of keys. To remove a shortcut key, press <keycap>Backspace</keycap> or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.</para>
+ <warning>
+ <para>When using this feature, you will not be warned if assigning a new shortcut key to a command also removes it from another command.</para>
+ <para>There is no way to restore the original, default keyboard shortcut for a comamnd.</para>
+ <para>This feature does not maintain shortcuts that are normally common to all applications, such as <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> for Copy. This may lead to inconsistencies in your GNOME applications.</para>
+ </warning>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Detachable toolbars</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Selecting this option allows you to move toolbars
+ from application windows to any location on the screen. A handle is displayed on the left side of the toolbars in your applications.
+ To move a toolbar, click-and-hold on the handle, then drag the toolbar to
+ the new location.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><guilabel>Toolbar button labels</guilabel></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Choose one of the following options to specify
+ what to display on the toolbars in your GNOME-compliant applications:</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Text Below Icons</guilabel>: Select this option
+ to display toolbars with text as well as an icon on each button. </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Text Beside Icons</guilabel>: Select this option
+ to display toolbars with an icon only on each button, and with text on the
+ most important buttons.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Icons Only</guilabel>: Select this option to display
+ toolbars with an icon only on each button.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><guilabel>Text Only</guilabel>: Select this option to display
+ toolbars with text only on each button.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="prefs-mouse">
<title>Mouse Preferences</title>