Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - GNOME 08-05-2008 Manual page 81

Figure 2.9 Desktop Cube Tabbed Page
Desktop Cube
By default, this option gives you four desktops on the faces of a virtual cube that
you can rotate to access each desktop. This provides extra space in which to arrange
open applications and windows. For example, you can put an editor on one desktop,
some shells on another, and your e-mail application and Web browser on the third
desktop. Using Ctrl + Alt + ← and Ctrl + Alt + → , you can rotate the cube to access
the programs running in the selected desktop and avoid windows piled on top of
each other on one desktop.
Dragging a window to the edge of the screen rotates the cube and places the window
on the new desktop. To rotate the cube manually in 3-D, press Ctrl + Alt , left-click
the desktop, then drag the mouse pointer. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ← or → lets you rotate
the cube while taking the currently selected window with you.
Use the options under Drag the cube with the mouse by using to change the default
keystrokes used to rotate the cube.
For information on how to add an image behind your cube, see
a Skydome Image Behind the Cube " (page 75).
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