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Enables you to switch between your workspaces. For more on workspaces, see <xref linkend="overview-workspaces"/>.

<application>Wastebasket</application> applet

Enables you to manage deleted files and folders. For more on using the wastebasket, see the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:trashapplet">Trash Manual</ulink>.

Managing Panels

The following sections describe how to manage your panels.

Moving a Panel

moving

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.

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.

Panel Properties

modifying properties

You can change the properties of each panel, such as the position of the panel, the hide behavior, and the visual appearance.

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>.

General Properties Tab

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:

Dialog Element

Description

Orientation

Select the position of the panel on your screen. Click on the required position for the panel.

Size

Use the spin box to specify the size of the panel.

Expand

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.

Autohide

Show hide buttons

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.

Select this option to display arrows on the hide buttons, if the hide button is enabled.

Background Properties Tab

You can choose the type of background for the panel in the <guilabel>Background</guilabel> tab. The choices are as follows:

None (use system theme)

Solid color

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.

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.

Background image

changing background

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:

You can drag a color from any color selector dialog.

You can drag an image file from the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager to set it as the background of the panel.

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.

Click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the <guilabel>Panel Properties</guilabel> dialog.

Hiding a Panel

hiding

Hide buttons are at either end of a panel. The hide buttons contain an optional arrow icon. The following illustration shows hide buttons.

A horizontal panel and a vertical panel, both with hide buttons.

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.

Adding a New Panel

adding new

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.

Deleting a Panel

deleting