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<chapter id="panels">
  <title>Using the Panels</title>

  <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->
  <anchor id="gospanel-1"/>

  <!-- Desktop Overview / Panels -->
  <anchor id="gosoverview-502"/>

<!--
        <para>By default, the top edge panel contains the <application>Menu
        Bar</application>, which provides access to your applications and
        folders.  The <application>Menu Bar</application> provides the
        following menus:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem><para>The <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu allows you
          to access all of the applications installed on your system.  The
          applications are categorized for easier access.  For example, the
          <application>Sound Juicer CD Ripper</application> is located under
          the <guimenu>Multimedia</guimenu> submenu.</para>
          <para>The <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> also provides access to
          the <application>Run Application</application> dialog.  This dialog
          allows you to run any program installed on your system, regardless
          of whether it appears in the menus.  See <xref linkend="tools-run-app"/>
          for more information.</para></listitem>

            <listitem><para><guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu: Contains various
            commands that perform various functions, for example
            <guimenuitem>Search for Files</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Log
            Out</guimenuitem>.</para></listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
          <para>Click on the <guibutton>Window Selector</guibutton> icon at the
          extreme right of the top edge panel to display a list of all open
          windows.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-->
  <highlights>
    <para>This chapter describes how to use the panels at the top and bottom of the GNOME Desktop, how to customize the objects that appear on them, and how to add new panels to the desktop.</para>
  </highlights>

  <section id="panels-intro">
    <title>Introduction</title>

    <!-- Maintained for 2.8 compatibility -->
    <anchor id="gospanel-2"/>

    <indexterm>
      <primary>panels</primary>
      <secondary>introduction</secondary>
    </indexterm>

    <para>A panel is an area in the GNOME Desktop where you have access to certain actions and information, no matter what the state of your application windows. <!-- The HIG says 'Do not use system modal windows', so panels are always available. --> For example, in the default GNOME panels, you can launch applications, see the date and time, control the system sound volume, and more.</para> 
    <para>You can customize panels to your liking. You can change their behavior and appearance, and you can add or remove objects from your panels. You can create multiple panels, and choose different properties, objects, and backgrounds for each panel. You can also hide panels.</para>
    <para>By default, the GNOME Desktop contains a panel at the top edge of the screen,
and a panel at the bottom edge of the screen. The following sections describe
these panels.</para>

    <section id="top-panel">
      <title>Top Edge Panel</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-6"/>         
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>top edge panel</secondary>
        <see>top edge panel</see>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>top edge panel</primary>
        <secondary>introduction</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>By default, the top edge panel contains the following objects:</para>
      <note><para>Your distribution of GNOME may have altered this default setup.</para></note>
           
      <variablelist>
      	<varlistentry>
      		<term><application>Menu Bar</application> applet</term>
      		<listitem><para>The panel menubar contains the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>, the <guimenu>Places</guimenu>, and the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu. For more on the menu bar, see <xref linkend="menubar"/>.</para></listitem>
      	</varlistentry>
      	<varlistentry>
      	  <term><application>Web Browser Launcher</application></term>
          <listitem><para>Click on this launcher to open the web browser.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      	<varlistentry>
      	  <term><application>Notification Area</application> applet</term>
          <listitem><para>Displays icons from other applications that may require your attention, or that you may want to access without switching from your current application window. For more on this, see <xref linkend="panels-notification-area"/>.</para>
          <para>Until an application adds an icon to the notification area, only a narrow bar is visible.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

         
        <varlistentry>
          <term><application>Clock</application> applet</term>
          <listitem><para><application>Clock</application> shows the current
      time. Click on the time to open a small calendar. For more on this, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:clock">Clock Applet Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><application>Volume Control</application>
      applet</term>
          <listitem><para><application>Volume Control</application> enables you to control the volume of the speaker on your system. For more on this, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gnome-volume-control">Volume Control Manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>
          <indexterm>
            <primary>top edge panel</primary>
            <secondary>window list icon</secondary>
          </indexterm>
          <application>Window Selector</application> icon</term>
          <listitem><para><application>Window Selector</application> lists all your
      open windows. To give focus to a window, click on the window selector icon
      at the extreme right of the top edge panel, then select the window. For more on this, see <xref linkend="windows-focus"/>.</para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>
    <section id="bottom-panel">
      <title>Bottom Edge Panel</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-3"/>        
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>bottom edge panel</secondary>
        <see>bottom edge panel</see>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>bottom edge panel</primary>
        <secondary>introduction</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>By default, the bottom edge panel contains the following objects:</para>
      <note><para>Your distribution of GNOME may have altered this default setup.</para></note>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>bottom edge panel</primary>
        <secondary>default contents</secondary>
      </indexterm>            
      <variablelist>
      	<varlistentry>
      		<term><guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button</term>
      		<listitem><para>Click on this button to minimize all open windows and show the desktop.</para></listitem>
      	</varlistentry>
      	<varlistentry>
      		<term><application>Window List</application> applet</term>
      		<listitem><para>Displays a button for each window that is open. <application>Window List</application> enables you to minimize and restore windows. For more on this, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:window-list">Window List manual</ulink>.</para></listitem>
      	</varlistentry>
      	<varlistentry>
      		<term><application>Workspace Switcher</application> applet</term>
      		<listitem><para>Enables you to switch between your workspaces. For more on workspaces, see <xref linkend="overview-workspaces"/>.</para></listitem>
      	</varlistentry>      	
      </variablelist>
    </section>
  </section>
  <section id="gospanel-5">
    <title>Managing Panels</title>

    <!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Create Panels -->
    <anchor id="gosoverview-26"/>
    <anchor id="gospanel-11"/><!-- To Interact With a Panel -->
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panels</primary>
      <secondary>managing</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <para>The following sections describe how to manage your panels.</para>
    <para>To interact with a panel, you must click on the vacant space on the panel, rather than any of the objects it holds. You can also middle-click or
right-click on one of the hide buttons to select the panel, if the panel has
no vacant space. If the hide buttons are not visible on a panel, modify the
properties of the panel so that the hide buttons are visible. </para>
    <section id="gospanel-12">
      <title>Moving a Panel</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>moving</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>Drag a panel to another side of the screen to move it there. Click on any vacant space on the panel to begin the drag.</para>
      <para>A panel that is not set to expand to the full width of the screen can be dragged away from the edge of the screen and placed anywhere. See <xref linkend="panel-properties"/> for details on how to set a panel's expand property.</para>
    </section>  
    <section id="panel-properties">
      <title>Panel Properties</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-28"/>         
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can change
the properties of each panel, such as the position of the panel, the hide behavior,
and the visual appearance. </para>
      <para>To modify the properties of a panel, right-click on a vacant space on the panel, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog contains two tabbed sections, <guilabel>General</guilabel> and <guilabel>Background</guilabel>.</para>
      
      <section id="panel-properties-general">
        <title>General Properties Tab</title>
        <para>In the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab, you can modify panel size, position, and hiding properties. The following table describes the
dialog elements on the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tabbed section: </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>Dialog Element</para>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                  <para>Description </para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <row>
                <entry colname="colspec0">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Orientation</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry colname="colspec1">
                  <para>Select the position of the panel on your screen.
Click on the required position for the panel. </para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Use the spin box to specify the size of the panel.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry colname="colspec0">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Expand</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry colname="colspec1">
                  <para>By default, a panel expands to the full length of the edge of the screen where it is located. A panel that does not expand can be moved away from the screen edges to any part of the screen.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Autohide</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option if you want the panel to only be fully visible when the mouse pointer is over it. The panel hides off-screen along its principal edge, leaving a narrow part along the edge of the desktop. Move the mouse pointer over the visible part of the panel to make it move fully into the screen.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Show hide buttons</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option to display hide buttons at each end of your
panel. Clicking on a hide button moves the panel lenthways, hiding it off-screen except for the hide button at the opposite end. Click this hide button to restore the panel to being fully visible.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Arrows on hide button</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option to display arrows on the hide
buttons, if the hide button is enabled.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </tbody>
          </tgroup>
        </informaltable>

      </section>
      <section id="panel-properties-background">
        <title>Background Properties Tab</title>
        <para>You can choose the type of background for the panel in the <guilabel>Background</guilabel> tab. The choices are as follows:</para>
        <informaltable frame="topbot">
          <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
            <colspec colwidth="32.32*"/>
            <colspec colwidth="67.68*"/>
            <thead>
              <row rowsep="1">
                <entry>
                  <para>Dialog Element</para>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                  <para>Description</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>None (use system theme)</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option to have the panel use the settings in the <link linkend="prefs-theme"><application>Theme</application> preference tool</link>. This keeps your panel's background looking the same as the rest of the desktop and applications.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Solid color</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option to specify a single color for
the panel background. Click on the <guibutton>Color</guibutton> button to
display the color selector dialog. Choose the color that you require from
the color selector dialog. </para>
                  <para>Use the <guilabel>Style</guilabel>
slider to specify the degree of transparency or opaqueness for the color.
For example, to make the panel transparent, move the slider to the <guilabel>Transparent</guilabel> end.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <guilabel>Background image</guilabel>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Select this option to specify an image for the panel
background. Click on the button to browse for the file. When you have selected the file, click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. </para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </tbody>
          </tgroup>
        </informaltable>
        
        <!-- section folded in: preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
        <anchor id="gospanel-61"/>
        <indexterm>
          <primary>panels</primary>
          <secondary>changing background</secondary>
        </indexterm>
        <!-- Shaun, why does this bit here change the vertical space between the previous 
        table and the following paragraph? -->
             
        <para>You can also  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:</para>
        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>You can drag a color from any color selector dialog.</para>     
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>You can drag an image file from the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager to set it as the background of the panel.</para>     
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>You can drag a color or a pattern from the <link linkend="nautilus-backgrounds-and-emblems"><guilabel>Backgrounds
  and Emblems</guilabel> dialog</link> in <application>Nautilus</application> file manager to a panel to set it as the background.</para>         
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
        <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-7">
      <title>Hiding a Panel</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>hiding</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can hide or show panels. To hide a panel, use a hide button. If
the hide buttons are not visible on a panel, modify the panel properties so
that the hide buttons are visible. </para>
      <para>Hide buttons are at either end of a panel. The hide buttons contain
an optional arrow icon. The following illustration shows hide buttons. </para>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/four_hide_button.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>A horizontal panel and a vertical panel, both with 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 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>
    </section>    
    <section id="gospanel-10">
      <title>Adding a New Panel</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>adding new</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>To add a panel, right-click on a vacant space on any panel, then choose <guimenuitem>New Panel</guimenuitem>. The new panel is added to the GNOME Desktop. The
new panel contains no objects. You can customize the new panel to suit your
preferences.</para>
    </section>    
    <section id="gospanel-31">
      <title>Deleting a Panel</title>
      <!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Delete Panels -->
      <anchor id="gosoverview-508"/>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panels</primary>
        <secondary>deleting</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>To delete a panel from the GNOME Desktop, right-click on the panel that
you want to delete, then choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Delete This Panel</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
      <note>
        <para>You must always have at least one panel in the GNOME Desktop.
If you have only one panel in the GNOME Desktop, you cannot delete that panel.</para>
      </note>
    </section>
  </section>
  
  <!-- =============================================== managing panel objects -->
  <section id="gospanel-8">
    <title>Panel Objects</title>
    <!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Manipulate Panel Objects -->
    <anchor id="gosoverview-21"/>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panels</primary>
      <secondary>panel objects</secondary>
      <see>panel objects</see>
    </indexterm>
    <para>This section describes the objects that
you can add to your panels, and use from your panels.</para>
    <section id="gospanel-100">
      <title>Interacting With Panel Objects</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>interacting with</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You use the mouse buttons to interact with a panel object
in the following ways:</para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Left-click</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Launches the panel object.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Middle-click</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Enables you to grab
an object, then drag the object to a new location.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term>Right-click</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Opens the panel object
popup menu.</para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>

      <section id="gospanel-39">
        <title>To Select an Applet</title>
        <indexterm>
          <primary>applets</primary>
          <secondary>selecting</secondary>
        </indexterm>
        <para>Some restrictions apply on where you can click on an applet in order
  to display the panel object popup menu, or to move the applet, as follows: </para>
        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para>Some applets have popup menus of applet-specific commands
  that open when you right-click on particular parts of the applet. For example,
  the <application>Window List</application> applet has a vertical handle on
  the left side, and buttons that represent your windows on the right side.
  To open the panel object popup menu for the <application>Window List</application>
  applet, you must right-click on the handle. If you right-click on a button
  on the right side, a popup menu for the button opens.</para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para>Some applets have areas that you cannot use to select the
  applet. For example, the <application>Command Line</application> applet has
  a field in which you enter commands. You cannot middle-click or right-click
  on this field to select the applet. Instead, middle-click or right-click on
  another part of the applet. </para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
      </section>


    </section>
    <section id="panels-addobject">
      <title>Adding an Object to a Panel</title>
      
      <!-- preserve for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-15"/>   

      <!-- Desktop Overview / Panels / To Add Objects to Panels -->
      <anchor id="gosoverview-4"/>
      <anchor id="gospanel-40"/><!-- To Add an Applet to a Panel -->
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>adding</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>To add an object to a panel, perform the following steps:</para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem><para>
          Right-click on a vacant space on a panel to open the panel popup menu.
        </para></listitem>
        <listitem><para>
          Choose <guisubmenu>Add to Panel</guisubmenu>.</para>
          <para>The <guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel> dialog opens.The available panel objects are listed alphabetically, with <link linkend="launchers">launchers</link> at the top.</para>
          <tip><para>You can type a part of the name or description of an object in the <guilabel>find</guilabel> box. This will narrow the list to those objects that match what you type.</para>
          <para>To restore the full list, delete the text in the <guilabel>find</guilabel> box.</para>
          </tip>
        </listitem>
        <listitem><para>
          Either drag an object from the list to a panel, or select an object from the list and click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add it at the spot on the panel where you first right-clicked.
        </para></listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      
      
      <para>You can add also add any item in the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu to the panel: right-click the menu item and choose <guimenuitem>Add this launcher to panel</guimenuitem>.</para>

      <para>Each launcher corresponds to a <filename>.desktop</filename> file. You
can drag the <filename>.desktop</filename> file on to your panels to add the
launcher to the panel. </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. Is this still true?-->

    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-9">
      <title>Modifying the Properties of an Object</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-41"/><!-- To Modify Preferences for an Applet -->
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>Some panel objects, such as launchers and drawers,
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>
          <indexterm>
            <primary>panel object popup menu, illustration</primary>
          </indexterm>
          <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>Panel object popup menu. Menu items: Properties, Remove From Panel, Lock, Move.</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>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-32">
      <title>Moving a Panel Object</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>moving</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can move panel objects within a panel, and from one panel to another
panel. 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, then 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 in the GNOME Desktop. </para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
      <para>Movement of a panel object affects the position of other objects on
the panel. To control how objects move on a panel, you can specify a movement
mode. To specify the 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 colname="colspec1" 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" valign="top">
                <para>No key</para>
              </entry>
              <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
                <para>Switched movement</para>
              </entry>
              <entry colname="colspec3" valign="top">
                <para>The object swaps places with other panel
objects. Switched movement is the default movement mode.</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">
                <para><keycap>Alt</keycap> key</para>
              </entry>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>Free movement</para>
              </entry>
              <entry colname="colspec3" valign="top">
                <para>The object jumps over other panel objects
into the next vacant space on the panel.</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry colname="colspec2" valign="top">
                <para><keycap>Shift</keycap> key </para>
              </entry>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>Push movement</para>
              </entry>
              <entry colname="colspec3" valign="top">
                <para>The object pushes other panel objects
further along the panel. </para>
              </entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </informaltable>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-566">
      <title>Locking a Panel Object</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>locking</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>locking panel objects</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can lock panel objects so that the objects stay in the same position
on the panel. This feature is useful if you do not want some panel objects
to change position when you move other panel objects.</para>
      <para>To lock an object to the current location of the object in the panel,
right-click on the object to open the panel object popup menu, then choose <guimenuitem>Lock</guimenuitem>. To unlock the object, right-click on the object, then
choose <guimenuitem>Unlock</guimenuitem>. </para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-33">
      <title>Removing a Panel Object</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>removing</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <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>
    </section>
  </section>
  
  <!-- ============================================== big bag o' panel objects -->
  <!-- <remark>won't work because of yelp topic clumping</remark>
    <para>This section describes the different objects you can add to your panels.</para>
    <para>For a list of the objects that are on the top and bottom panels by default, see <xref linkend="top-panel"/> and <xref linkend="bottom-panel"/>.</para>
  -->
  <section id="gospanel-17">
    <title>Applets</title>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>applets</primary>
      <secondary>introduction</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panel objects</primary>
      <secondary>applets</secondary>
      <see>applets</see>
    </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>Window List</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>Volume Control</application>: Enables you to
control the volume of the speaker on your system.</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>
    <screenshot>
      <mediaobject>
        <imageobject>
          <imagedata fileref="figures/sample_applet.png" format="PNG"/>
        </imageobject>
        <textobject>
          <phrase>Sample applets. The context describes the graphic.</phrase>
        </textobject>
      </mediaobject>
    </screenshot>
  </section>  

  <section id="launchers">
    <title>Launchers</title>
    <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
    <anchor id="gospanel-16"/>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panel objects</primary>
      <secondary>launchers</secondary>
      <see>launchers</see>
    </indexterm>
    <para>A <firstterm>launcher</firstterm> is an object that performs a specific action when you open it.</para>
    <para>You can find launchers in the panels, in the panel menubar, and on the desktop. A launcher is represented by an icon in all of these locations.</para>
    <para>You might use a launcher to do any of the following:</para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para>Start a particular application.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Execute a command.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Open a folder.</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Open a Web browser at a particular page on the Web. <!-- <firstterm>Uniform Resource Locator</firstterm> (URL). A URL is the address of a particular location --></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Open special <firstterm>Uniform Resource Identifiers</firstterm>
(URIs). The GNOME Desktop contains special URIs that enable you to access
particular functions from the file manager. <indexterm><primary>special URI
locations</primary><secondary>and launchers</secondary></indexterm></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. For more on this, see <xref linkend="launchers-modify"/>.</para>
    <note><para>
      In certain situations, a launcher in a menu might not show an icon. For example, if it specifies no icon to display, or if the entire menu is set to show no icons.
    </para></note>

    <section id="gospanel-34">
      <title>Adding a Launcher to a Panel</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>launchers</primary>
        <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can add a launcher to a panel in one of the following
ways:</para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>From the panel popup menu</para>
          <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel,
then choose <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>. The <link linkend="panels-addobject"><guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel> dialog</link> opens.</para>
          <para>To create a new launcher, select <guilabel>Custom Application Launcher</guilabel> from the list. A <guilabel>Create Launcher</guilabel>
dialog is displayed. For more information on the properties in this dialog,
see <xref linkend="launchers-properties"/>.</para>
          <para>Alternatively, to add an existing launcher to the panel, select <guilabel>Application Launcher</guilabel> from the list. Choose the launcher that you want
to add from the list of menu items.</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:</para>
          <itemizedlist>
            <listitem><para>Open a menu that contains the launcher. Drag the launcher
on to the panel. </para></listitem>
            <listitem><para>Open the menu that contains the launcher from the panel where
you want the launcher to reside. Right-click on the title of the launcher.
Choose <guimenuitem>Add this launcher to panel</guimenuitem>. </para></listitem>
          </itemizedlist>
        </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, then drag the <filename>.desktop</filename> file to the panel. </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </section>

    <section id="launchers-modify">
      <title>Modifying a Launcher</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-36"/>        
      <indexterm>
        <primary>launchers</primary>
        <secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>To modify the properties of a launcher in a panel, 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="launchers-properties"/>. </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Launcher Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </section>

          
    <section id="launchers-properties"> 
      <title>Launcher Properties</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-52"/><!-- To Create a Launcher With the Create Launcher Dialog -->
         
      <para>When you create or edit a launcher, the following properties can be set:</para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry><term>Type</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>Use the drop-down list to specify whether this launcher starts an application or opens a document: </para>
            <variablelist>
              <varlistentry><term>Application</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>The launcher starts an application.</para>
                </listitem>     
              </varlistentry>
              <varlistentry><term>Application in Terminal</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>The launcher starts an application in a terminal.</para>
                </listitem>     
              </varlistentry>
              <varlistentry><term>File</term>
                <listitem>
                  <para>The launcher opens a file.</para>
                </listitem>     
              </varlistentry>
            </variablelist>
          </listitem>     
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry><term>Name</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>This is displayed when you add the launcher to a menu
or to the desktop.</para>
          </listitem>     
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry><term>Command</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>For an application launcher, specify a command to execute when
you click on the launcher. For sample commands, see <xref linkend="launchers-properties-commands"/>.</para>
          </listitem>     
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry><term>Location</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>For a file launcher, specify the location of the file.</para>
          </listitem>     
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry><term>Comment</term>
          <listitem>
            <para>This is displayed  as a tooltip when you point to the
launcher icon on the panel.  </para>
          </listitem>     
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
      
      <para>To choose an icon for the launcher, click on the <guibutton>No Icon</guibutton> button. An icon selector dialog is displayed. Choose an icon from the dialog. </para>
      <para>To change the icon for the launcher, click on the button showing the current icon. An icon selector dialog is displayed. Choose an icon from the dialog. </para>
      
  
      <section id="launchers-properties-commands">
        <title>Launcher Commands</title>
        <!-- Maintained for backwards compatibility: 2.14 -->
        <anchor id="gospanel-556"/>        
        <para>The type of commands that you can enter in the <guilabel>Command</guilabel>
field depend on the option that you choose from the <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
drop-down combination box. If you choose <guilabel>Application</guilabel>
from the <guilabel>Type</guilabel> drop-down combination box, you can enter
a normal command. The following table shows some sample commands and the actions
that the commands perform:</para>
        <informaltable frame="topbot">
          <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
            <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="47.36*"/>
            <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
            <thead>
              <row rowsep="1">
                <entry>
                  <para>Sample Application Command</para>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                  <para>Action</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <row>
                <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>gedit</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
                  <para>Starts the <application>gedit</application> text editor application.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>gedit /user123/loremipsum.txt</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Opens the file <filename>/user123/loremipsum.txt</filename> in the <application>gedit</application> text editor application.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>nautilus /user123/Projects</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
                  <para>Opens
the folder <filename>/user123/Projects</filename> in a file object window.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </tbody>
          </tgroup>
        </informaltable>
        <para>If you choose <guilabel>Link</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Type</guilabel>
drop-down combination box, you can enter a link command. The following table
shows some sample link commands and the actions that the commands perform:<indexterm><primary>special URIs</primary><secondary>launchers</secondary></indexterm></para>
        <informaltable frame="topbot">
          <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
            <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="47.36*"/>
            <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
            <thead>
              <row rowsep="1">
                <entry>
                  <para>Sample Link Command</para>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                  <para>Action</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <row>
                <entry colname="colspec0" valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>http://www.gnome.org</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry colname="colspec1" valign="top">
                  <para>Opens
the GNOME website in your default browser.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>ftp://ftp.gnome.org</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Opens the GNOME FTP site in your default browser. </para>
                </entry>
              </row>
            </tbody>
          </tgroup>
        </informaltable>
        
        <para>The command can contain the following special codes which will be replaced with the value specified in the following table:</para>
        <informaltable>
          <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
            <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="47.36*"/>
            <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="52.64*"/>
            <thead>
              <row rowsep="1">
                <entry>
                  <para>Code</para>
                </entry>
                <entry>
                  <para>Meaning</para>
                </entry>
              </row>        
            </thead>
            <tbody>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%f</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A single file name, even if multiple files are selected. The system reading the desktop entry should recognize that the program in question cannot handle multiple file arguments, and it should should probably spawn and execute multiple copies of a program for each selected file if the program is not able to handle additional file arguments. If files are not on the local file system (i.e. are on HTTP or FTP locations), the files will be copied to the local file system and %f will be expanded to point at the temporary file. Used for programs that do not understand the URL syntax.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%F</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A list of files. Use for apps that can open several local files at once.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%u</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A single URL.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%U</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A list of URLs.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%d</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>Directory containing the file that would be passed in a %f field.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%D</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>List of directories containing the files that would be passed in to a %F field.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%n</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A single filename (without path).</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%N</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>A list of filenames (without paths).</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%i</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>The Icon field of the desktop entry expanded as two parameters, first --icon and then the contents of the Icon field. Should not expand as any parameters if the Icon field is empty or missing.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%c</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>The translated Name field associated with the desktop entry.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%k</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>The location of the desktop file as either a URI (if for example gotten from the vfolder system) or a local filename or empty if no location is known.</para>
                </entry>
              </row>
              <row>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>
                    <command>%v</command>
                  </para>
                </entry>
                <entry valign="top">
                  <para>The name of the Device entry in the desktop file.</para>                </entry>
              </row>          
            </tbody>  
          </tgroup>                  
        </informaltable>
        <para>These are as defined by freedesktop.org's <ulink type="http" url="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-0.9.4.html">Desktop Entry Specification</ulink>.</para>
      </section>
    </section>    
  </section>
  <section id="gospanel-557">
    <title>Buttons</title>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>buttons</primary>
      <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>action buttons</primary>
      <see>buttons</see>
    </indexterm>
    <para>You can add buttons to your panels to provide quick access
to common actions and functions. </para>
    <section id="gospanel-563">
      <title>Force Quit Button</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Force Quit</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Force Quit button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Force Quit button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>terminating applications</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>applications</primary>
        <secondary>terminating</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/force_quit.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Force Quit icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <para>The <guibutton>Force Quit</guibutton> button enables you to select a
window to terminate an application. This button is useful if you want to terminate
an application that does not respond to your commands. </para>
      <para>To terminate an application, click on the <guibutton>Force Quit</guibutton>
button, then click on a window from the application that you want to terminate.
If you do not want to terminate an application after you click on the <guibutton>Force Quit</guibutton> button, press <keycap>Esc</keycap>.</para>
    </section>
    <section id="panel-lock-screen">
      <title>Lock Screen Button</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-21"/>         
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/lockscreen_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Lock screen icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Lock</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Lock button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Lock button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>locking screen</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>The <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton>
button locks your screen and activates your screensaver. To access your session
again, you must enter your password.</para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click
on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu>, then choose <application>Lock Screen</application> from the Add to Panel dialog. See <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/> for more on this.</para>
      <para>Right-click on the <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button to open a menu
of screensaver-related commands. <xref linkend="gosstartsession-TBL-83"/> describes
the commands that are available from the menu.</para>
      <table frame="topbot" id="gosstartsession-TBL-83">
        <title>Lock Screen Menu Items</title>
        <tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0">
          <colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="43.55*"/>
          <colspec colname="colspec1" colwidth="56.45*"/>
          <thead>
            <row rowsep="1">
              <entry>
                <para>Menu Item</para>
              </entry>
              <entry>
                <para>Function</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
          </thead>
          <tbody>
            <row>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>
                  <guimenuitem>Activate Screensaver</guimenuitem>
                </para>
              </entry>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>Activates the screensaver immediately.</para>
                <para>This will also lock the screen if you have set <guilabel>Lock screen when screensaver is active</guilabel> in the 
<application>Screensaver</application> preference tool.</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>
                  <guimenuitem>Lock Screen</guimenuitem>
                </para>
              </entry>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>Locks the screen immediately. This command performs
the same function as when you click on the <guibutton>Lock Screen</guibutton> button.</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
            <row>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>
                  <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem>
                </para>
              </entry>
              <entry valign="top">
                <para>Opens the <link linkend="prefs-screensaver"><application>Screensaver</application> preference tool</link>, with which you can configure the type of screensaver that is displayed when you lock the screen.</para>
              </entry>
            </row>
          </tbody>
        </tgroup>
      </table>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-20">
      <title>Log Out Button</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/logout_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Log Out icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Log Out</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Log Out button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Log Out button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>The <guibutton>Log Out</guibutton> button begins the process to log out of
a GNOME session. </para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Log Out</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click
on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Log Out</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To log out of your session or shut down your system, click
on the <guibutton>Log Out</guibutton> button. </para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-555">
      <title>Run Button</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/run_button.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Run Application icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Run</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Run button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Run button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You
can use the <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button to open the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog. </para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click on
any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Run</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To open the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog, click
on the <guibutton>Run</guibutton> button. </para>
      <para>For more information on the <guilabel>Run Application</guilabel> dialog,
see <citetitle>Working With Menus</citetitle>.</para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-553">
      <title>Screenshot Button</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/screenshot_button.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Screenshot icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Screenshot</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Screenshot button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Screenshot button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can use the <guibutton>Screenshot</guibutton> button to take a screenshot
of your screen. </para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Screenshot</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click
on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Screenshot</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To take a screenshot of your screen, click on
the <guibutton>Screenshot</guibutton> button.</para>
      <para>For more information on how to take screenshots, see <citetitle>Working
With Menus</citetitle>.</para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-554">
      <title>Search Button</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/searchtool_button.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Search Tool icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Search</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Search button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Search button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can use the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> button to open the <application>Search Tool</application>. </para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Search</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click
on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Search</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To open the <application>Search Tool</application>, click on
the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> button. </para>
      <para>For more information on the <application>Search Tool</application>,
see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:gnome-search-tool">Search Tool Manual</ulink>.</para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-564">
      <title>Show Desktop 
Button</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>buttons</primary>
        <secondary>Minimise Windows</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Minimise
Windows button</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Minimise Windows
button</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/show_desktop_button.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Show Desktop icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <para>You can use the <guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button to minimize all open windows and show the desktop.</para>
      <para>To add a <guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button to a panel, right-click on any vacant
space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Actions</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Show Desktop</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. To minimize all windows and show the desktop,
click on the <guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button. </para>
    </section>
  </section>
  <section id="panel-menus">
    <title>Menus</title>

    <!-- Desktop Overview / Menus -->
    <anchor id="gosoverview-42"/>
    <anchor id="gospanel-37"/>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>menus</primary>
      <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panel objects</primary>
      <secondary>menus</secondary>
    </indexterm>
    <para>You can add the following types of menu to your panels: </para>
    <itemizedlist>
      <listitem>
        <para><guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>: You can access almost all of
the standard applications, commands, and configuration options from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. To add a <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> to a panel, right-click
on any vacant space on the panel, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to
Panel</guimenu><guimenuitem>Main Menu</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
You can add as many <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> objects to your panels as
you want. </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para><application>Menu Bar</application>: You can access almost
all of the standard applications, commands, and configuration options from
the menus in the <application>Menu Bar</application>. The <application>Menu
Bar</application> contains the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu and the <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu. To add a <application>Menu Bar</application> to a
panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guimenuitem>Menu Bar</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You can add as many <application>Menu Bar</application> objects
to your panels as you want. </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>System menus: System menus contain the standard applications
and tools that you can use in the GNOME Desktop. The <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu and <guimenu>Actions</guimenu> menu are system menus. To add
a system menu to a panel, right-click on a launcher in the menu, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Entire menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add this as menu to panel</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </section>
  <section id="gospanel-18">
    <title>Drawers</title>
    <indexterm>
      <primary>panel objects</primary>
      <secondary>drawers</secondary>
      <see>drawers</see>
    </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,
other panel objects, and other drawers. When you open a drawer, you can use
the objects in 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>Open drawer. The context describes the graphic.</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 the same way that
you add, move, and remove objects from panels. </para>
    <section id="gospanel-42">
      <title>To Open and Close a Drawer</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>drawers</primary>
        <secondary>opening</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>drawers</primary>
        <secondary>closing</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>To open a drawer, click on the drawer object in a panel. You can close
a drawer in the following ways: </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Click on the drawer.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Click on the drawer hide button.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-420">
      <title>To Add a Drawer to a Panel</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>drawers</primary>
        <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can add a drawer to a panel in the following ways: </para>
      <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>From the panel popup menu</para>
          <para>Right-click on any vacant space on the panel, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><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 any launcher in the menu, then choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Entire menu</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add this as drawer to panel</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-54">
      <title>To Add an Object to a Drawer</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>drawers</primary>
        <secondary>adding objects to</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You add an object to a drawer in the same way that you add
objects to panels. For more information, see <xref linkend="panels-addobject"/>.</para>
    </section>
    <section id="gospanel-550">
      <title>To Modify Drawer Properties</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>drawers</primary>
        <secondary>modifying properties</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can modify properties for each individual drawer. You
can change features for each drawer, such as the visual appearance of the
drawer and whether the drawer has hide buttons.</para>
      <para>To modify properties for a drawer perform the following steps: </para>
      <orderedlist>
        <listitem>
          <para>Right-click on the drawer, then choose <guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem> to display the <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.
The dialog displays the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tabbed section.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Select the properties for the drawer in the dialog. The following
table describes the elements on the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tabbed section:</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>Dialog Element</para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry>
                    <para>Description </para>
                  </entry>
                </row>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <row>
                  <entry colname="colspec0">
                    <para>
                      <guilabel>Name</guilabel>
                    </para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry colname="colspec1">
                    <para>Type a name for the panel. When you use shortcut
keys to switch between your panels and the desktop, this panel name is displayed.</para>
                  </entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                  <entry valign="top">
                    <para>
                      <guilabel>Size</guilabel>
                    </para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry valign="top">
                    <para>Select the size of the panel.</para>
                  </entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                  <entry colname="colspec0">
                    <para>
                      <guilabel>Icon</guilabel>
                    </para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry colname="colspec1">
                    <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 valign="top">
                    <para>
                      <guilabel>Show hide buttons</guilabel>
                    </para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry valign="top">
                    <para>Select this option to display hide buttons on your
panel.</para>
                  </entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                  <entry valign="top">
                    <para>
                      <guilabel>Arrows on hide button</guilabel>
                    </para>
                  </entry>
                  <entry valign="top">
                    <para>Select this option to display arrows on the hide
buttons, if the hide button is enabled.</para>
                  </entry>
                </row>
              </tbody>
            </tgroup>
          </informaltable>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>You can 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="panel-properties"/>. You can also 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="panel-properties-background"/>.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.</para>
        </listitem>
      </orderedlist>
    </section>
  </section>
  <section id="panel-default">
    <!-- a temporary home for things that should one day be in a greater list of panel objects -->
    <title>Default Panel Objects</title>
    
    <para>This section covers the panel objects that appear in the default GNOME desktop.</para>
    
    <section id="panel-windowselector"> 
      <title>Window Selector Applet</title>
      <!-- preserve for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gosmetacity-27"/>   
      <indexterm>
        <primary>top edge panel</primary>
        <secondary>window selector icon</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>window selector</primary>
        <secondary>top edge panel</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>You can view a list of all windows
that are currently open. You can also choose a window to give focus to. To
view the window list, click on the <application>Window Selector</application>
applet. The following figure shows an example of the <application>Window Selector</application> applet:</para>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/openwindows_menu.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Window selector applet displayed from the top edge panel.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <para>To give focus to a window, select the window from the <application>Window Selector</application> applet.</para>
      <para>The <application>Window Selector</application> lists the windows in
all workspaces. The windows in all workspaces other than the current workspace,
are listed under a separator line.</para>
    </section>  

    <section id="panels-notification-area">
      <title>Notification Area Applet</title>
      <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
      <anchor id="gospanel-567"/>         
      <indexterm>
        <primary>applets</primary>
        <secondary>Notification Area</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>panel objects</primary>
        <secondary>Notification
Area applet</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Notification Area applet</primary>
      </indexterm>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/notification_area_icon.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Notification Area icon.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <para>The <application>Notification Area</application> applet displays icons
from various applications to indicate activity in the application. For example,
when you use the <application>CD Player</application> application to play
a CD, a CD icon is displayed in the <application>Notification Area</application>
applet. The graphic above illustrates the CD icon in the <application>Notification
Area</application> applet. </para>
      <para>To add a <application>Notification Area</application> applet to a panel,
right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Add to Panel</guimenu><guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Notification Area</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
    </section>
     
    <section id="goseditmainmenu-7">
      <title>Main Menu panel object</title>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>menus</primary>
        <secondary>Main Menu</secondary>
        <see>Main
  Menu</see>
      </indexterm>
      <indexterm>
        <primary>Main Menu</primary>
        <secondary>introduction</secondary>
      </indexterm>
      <para>The <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> provides access to
  the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu and many of the items in the <guimenu>System</guimenu> menu. You can access almost all of the standard applications,
  commands, and configuration options from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>. </para>
      <para>You can add <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> buttons to your panels. Click
  on the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> button to open the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>.</para>
      <section id="goseditmainmenu-29">
        <title>To Add a Main Menu to a Panel</title>
        <indexterm>
          <primary>Main Menu</primary>
          <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
        </indexterm>
        <para>You can add as many <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> buttons
  as you want to your panels. To add a <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> to a panel,
  right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <guimenuitem>Add to Panel</guimenuitem> and choose <guilabel>Main Menu</guilabel> from the <link linkend="panels-addobject"><guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel></link> dialog.</para>
      </section>
    </section>
    <section id="goseditmainmenu-65">
      <title>Menu Bar panel object</title>
      <screenshot>
        <mediaobject>
          <imageobject>
            <imagedata fileref="figures/menu_bar_applet.png" format="PNG"/>
          </imageobject>
          <textobject>
            <phrase>Menu Bar applet. Menus: Applications, Places, Desktop.</phrase>
          </textobject>
        </mediaobject>
      </screenshot>
      <para>The <application>Menu Bar</application> provides access to the panel menubar, which contains the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu>, <guimenu>Places</guimenu>, and <guimenu>System</guimenu> menus. You can access
  almost all of the standard applications, commands, and configuration options
  from the <application>Menu Bar</application>. For more on using the panel menubar, see <xref linkend="menubar"/>.</para>
      <section id="goseditmainmenu-66">
        <title>To Add a Menu Bar to a Panel</title>
        <indexterm>
          <primary>Menu Bar</primary>
          <secondary>adding to panel</secondary>
        </indexterm>
        <para>You can add as many <application>Menu Bar</application>
  applets as you want to your panels. To add a <application>Menu Bar</application>
  to a panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose <guimenuitem>Add to Panel</guimenuitem> and choose <guilabel>Menu Bar</guilabel> from the <link linkend="panels-addobject"><guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel></link> dialog.</para>
      </section>
    </section>



<!-- This has been pasted from the Window List manual so that the Window List applet help be integrated into the GUG. -->
<!-- This section needs gross refactoring (making task-based for starters) -->

 <section id="panel-windowlist">
  <title>Window List</title>
  <section id="panel-windowlist-introduction"> 
	 <title>Introduction</title> 
	 <para>The <application>Window List</application> applet enables you to manage the windows that are open on the GNOME desktop. <application>Window List</application> uses a button to represent each window or group of windows that is open. The state of the buttons in the applet varies depending on the state of the window that the button represents. The following table explains the possible states of the <application>Window List</application> buttons.</para>
	<informaltable>
	<tgroup cols="2">
	<colspec colname="col1"/>
	<colspec colname="col2"/>
	<thead>
	<row valign="top">
	<entry colname="col1"><para>State</para></entry>
	<entry colname="col2"><para>Indicates...</para></entry>
	</row>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
	<row valign="top">
	<entry colname="col1"><para>Button is pressed in.</para></entry>
	<entry colname="col2"><para>The window has focus.</para></entry>
	</row>
	<row valign="top">
	<entry colname="col1"><para>The button appears faded.</para></entry>
	<entry colname="col2"><para>The window is minimized.</para></entry>
	</row> 
	<row valign="top">
	<entry colname="col1"><para>Button is not pressed in, and is not faded.</para></entry>
	<entry colname="col2"><para>The window is displayed on the desktop and is not minimized.</para></entry>
	</row>
	<row valign="top">
	<entry colname="col1"><para>There is a number in parentheses at the end of the button title.</para></entry>
	<entry colname="col2"><para>The button represents a group of buttons. </para></entry>
	</row>
	</tbody>
	</tgroup>
	</informaltable>

  </section>

<!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->
  <section id="panel-windowlist-usage"> 
	 <title>Usage</title> 
	 <para>You can use <application>Window List</application> to perform the following tasks:</para>
	<itemizedlist>
	<listitem>
	<para>To give focus to a window</para>
	<para>If you click on the <application>Window List</application> button that represents a window that is on the desktop but does not have focus, the applet gives focus to the window. </para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	<para>To minimize a window</para>
	<para>If you click on the <application>Window List</application> button that represents the window that has focus, the applet minimizes the window. </para>
	</listitem>
	<listitem>
	<para>To restore a minimized window</para>
	<para>If you click on the <application>Window List</application> button that represents a minimized window, the applet restores the window.</para>
	</listitem>
	</itemizedlist>
  </section>
<!-- ============= Preferences ============================= -->
  <section id="panel-windowlist-prefs"> 
	 <title>Preferences</title> 
	 <para>To configure <application>Window List</application>, right-click on the applet, then choose <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>. The <guilabel>Window List Preferences</guilabel> dialog contains the following tabbed sections:
	 </para>
         <itemizedlist>
           <listitem>
             <para><xref linkend="panel-windowlist-prefs-behavior"/></para>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
             <para><xref linkend="panel-windowlist-prefs-size"/></para>
           </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>

  <section id="panel-windowlist-prefs-behavior"> 
	 <title>Behavior</title> 
	 <variablelist>
	 <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Window List Content</guilabel> </term>
	 <listitem>
	 <para>To specify which windows to display in <application>Window List</application>, select one of the following options: </para>
	 	<itemizedlist>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Show windows from current workspace</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to only show the windows that are open in the current workspace.</para>
	 	</listitem>
	 	<listitem><para><guilabel>Show windows from all workspaces</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to show the windows that are open in all workspaces.</para>
	 	</listitem>
	 	</itemizedlist>
	 </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Window Grouping</guilabel> </term>
	 <listitem>
	 <para>To specify when <application>Window List</application> groups windows that belong to the same process, select one of the following options: </para>
		<itemizedlist>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Never group windows</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to never group windows of the same process under one <application>Window List</application> button.</para>
		</listitem>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Group windows when space is limited</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to group windows of the same process under one <application>Window List</application> button when the space on the panel is restricted.</para>
		</listitem>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Always group windows</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to always group windows of the same process under one <application>Window List</application> button.</para>
		</listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
	 </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Restoring Minimized Windows</guilabel> </term>
	 <listitem>
	 <para>To define how <application>Window List</application> behaves when you restore windows, select one of the following options: </para>
	 	<itemizedlist>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Restore to current workspace</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to restore a window from the applet to the current workspace, even if the window did not previously reside in the current workspace.</para>
	 	</listitem>
	 	<listitem><para><guilabel>Restore to native workspace</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Select this option to switch to the native workspace in which a window resides when you restore the window from the applet. </para>
	 	</listitem>
	 	</itemizedlist>
	 </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 </variablelist>
  </section>

  <section id="panel-windowlist-prefs-size"> 
	 <title>Size</title> 
	 <variablelist>
	 <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Window List Size</guilabel> </term>
	 <listitem>
	 <para>The size of the <application>Window List</application> applet varies depending on the size of the panel in which the applet resides. Use the following spin boxes to set limitations on the size of the applet:</para>
		<itemizedlist>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Minimum size ... pixels</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Use the spin box to specify the minimum size of the applet. If the panel is smaller than the minimum size specified, the panel adjusts in size to fit the applet.</para>
		</listitem>
	 	<listitem>
	 	<para><guilabel>Maximum size ... pixels</guilabel></para>
	 	<para>Use the spin box to specify the maximum size of the applet.</para>
		</listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
	 </listitem>
	 </varlistentry>
	 </variablelist>
  </section>
  </section>
 </section>

  </section>
</chapter>