The Panel - Red Hat LINUX 7.2 Manual

Section 2.4:The Panel
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uration tools. Also has links to the hardware browser and the user manager. Use the user manager
to add, edit, or delete user accounts.
Once you select an application you want to launch, GNOME can display a
screen that lets you know the application is loading and will be ready shortly.
To activate this option, open Nautilus by clicking on the
the panel. In the screens that follow, click on
Launch Feedback
Select
Display splashscreen
screen to have one or the other display when you launch an applica-
Options
tion. You can also add an hourglass to your cursor as an indicator that a file
or application is launching.

2.4 The Panel

Like much of GNOME, the panel is highly configurable (see Figure 2–4, The Panel at the Bottom of
the Desktop).
From the panel, you can launch applications and applets (small applications and utilities which are
meant to be docked into the panel). Among the applets already running on the panel are the GNOME
Pager and clock applet. Click on the
You can hide the panel automatically or manually, place it on any edge of your desktop, change its
size and color, and more. Right-click on the panel and select
to open a general window for adjusting all panel setting, or one of the specific properties
Properties
(Hiding Policy, Background Type, Size, etc.).
The GNOME Pager consists of the Desk Guide, which is a visual represen-
tation of your desktops, and the Tasklist, which shows your running applica-
tions.
For more on the Desk Guide and GNOME Pager, see Section 2.7, Multiple
Desktops.
— displays links to the Internet, network, printer, date/time, and service config-
Notification Options
respectively.
or
Main Menu
Elements of the GNOME Pager
Preferences
Display animated star
button and go to
Applets
Panel
icon on
Start Here
, , and
Desktop
in the
Notification
to see the available applets.
=> . Then select
Properties
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