Chapter 3 . Getting into the Desktop 105 (Web design course)
Chapter 3 . Getting into the Desktop 105 After an applet is installed, right-click it on the panel to see what options are available. For example, select Preferences for the stock ticker, and you can add or delete stocks whose prices you want to monitor. If you don t like the applet s location, right-click it, click Move, slide the mouse until the applet is where you want it (even to another panel), and click to set its location. If you no longer want an applet to appear on the panel, right-click it, and then click Remove From Panel. The icon representing the applet disappears. If you find that you have run out of room on your panel, you can add a new panel to another part of the screen, as described in the next section. Adding Another Panel You can have several panels on your GNOME desktop. You can add panels that run along the entire bottom, top, or side of the screen. To add a panel, do the following: 1. Right-click an open space in the panel so that the Panel menu appears. 2. Select New Panel. A new panel appears at the top of the screen. 3. Right-click an open space in the new panel and select Properties. 4. From the Panel Properties, select where you want the panel from the Orientation box (Top, Bottom, Left or Right). After you ve added a panel, you can add applets or application launchers to it as you did to the default panel. To remove a panel, right-click it and select Delete This Panel. Adding an Application Launcher Icons on your panel represent a Web browser and several office productivity applications. You can add your own icons to launch applications from the panel as well. To add a new application launcher to the panel, do the following: 1. Right-click in an open space on the panel. 2. Select Add to Panel.Application Launcher from the menu. All application categories from your main desktop menu (the one under the red hat or footprint icon) appear. 3. Select the arrow next to the category of application you want, and then select Add. An icon representing the application appears. To launch the application you just added, simply click the icon on the panel.