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>     
     

      In addition to global Panel's properties, described in <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
>the section called <I
>Global Panel Preferences</I
></A
>, some properties can be configured
      individually for each panel.  This includes panel type (Edge,
      Aligned, Sliding, Floating), size, location, background color,
      and hiding preferences. To change these properties for a panel,
      click on it with the right mouse button and select
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Properties</B
>. You may also
      press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Main Menu</B
> button and select
      <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Properties</B
>.
    </P
><P
> From the <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Properties</B
>, you can
      choose <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>All properties</B
>, which will
      launch <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel properties</SPAN
> dialog.  If you
      are already familiar with this dialog, you can also quickly
      change some of the properties &#8212; say, panel size or type
      &#8212; by selecting the appropriate item  in the
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Properties</B
> menu.
    </P
><P
>     The <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel properties</SPAN
> dialog contains two
     tabs to help you set the active Panel properties: <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Edge
     Panel</B
></TT
> (or <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Aligned</B
></TT
>, &#8230; -
     depending on your panel type) and
     <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Background</B
></TT
>. Both of these tabs are explained
     below.
    </P
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><A
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>Edge Panel Tab</A
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><P
><B
>Figure 20. Panel Edge Properties Dialog</B
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>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Panel Position</B
></TT
> &#8212; This changes
	    the position of the Panel on the screen. For
	    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edge Panel</SPAN
>, you must specify an
	    edge (<TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Top</B
></TT
>,
	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Right</B
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Left</B
></TT
> or
	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Bottom</B
></TT
>). For <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Aligned
	    Panel</SPAN
>, you have to specify an edge and one of
	    the edge's ends or the center. For <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Sliding
	    Panel</SPAN
>, you must specify the edge and offset
	    from one of the corners (in pixels). Finally, for
	    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Floating Panel</SPAN
> you must specify
	    orientation (horizontal or vertical) and position of
	    panel's left top corner (relative to the left top corner
	    of the screen and measured in pixels).
	  </P
><P
>	    The Panel will change position once you have pressed
	    <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
> or <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
>
	    buttons.
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>	      You can also change a GNOME Panel's position by dragging
	      that panel to a new location using the middle mouse button.
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><TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Panel size</B
></TT
> &#8212; here you can
	  choose panel width. The default size is 48 pixels, which is
	  also the default size of icons used by GNOME. Users with low
	  screen resolution might want to decrease the panel size to
	  free some screen space; conversely, users with high
	  resolution displays may try using larger panel sizes.
	    </P
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>             Changing panel size automatically resizes all the icons
             on this panel, which can lead to some quality loss. Also,
             the panel will ask all the applets to resize
             themselves. Most of the applets will comply; however, if
             some applets do not obey this request, then the panel
             will resize itself so that it can fit all the applets.
	  </P
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>      

	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Hiding</B
></TT
> &#8212; In this section, you
	    can choose whether you want to enable Panel Auto-hide
	    &#8212; that is, have the Panel automatically hide when
	    the mouse is not over the Panel. The autohide parameters
	    can be configured in <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html#ANIMTAB"
>Global
	    Preferences dialog</A
>. If you  choose to Auto-hide you
	    might want to disable the hide buttons here as well. You
	    may also disable the hide button arrows graphics on the
	    Panel.
      </P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="PANELBACKTAB"
>Background Tab</A
></H2
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CLASS="FIGURE"
><P
><IMG
SRC="./figs/panel_props_back.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 21. Panel Background Properties Dialog</B
></P
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><P
>	These options allow you to change the background of the Panel
       itself. You may choose, if you wish, to have the
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Standard</B
></TT
>, <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Pixmap</B
></TT
>, or
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Color</B
></TT
> background. The standard look for
       the Panel is determined by the GTK theme you are running at the
       time (you can configure the GTK theme using the
       <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME Control Center</TT
>).  The
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Pixmap</B
></TT
> option allows you to choose an
       image to tile or scale to the Panel. The
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Color</B
></TT
> option allows you to specify a
       particular color for the Panel.
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><P
>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Color to use</B
></TT
> &#8212; If you choose to have
       your <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> one color, this button will
       launch a dialog which allows you to specify which color to use.
      </P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Image</B
></TT
> &#8212; If you wish to have a Pixmap
       for the background of your <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, this
       section of the dialog allows you to choose which image to use.
       If you press the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Browse</B
> button, you can
       search for the file you want to use. The current filename is
       shown to the left of this button. The window above it shows you
       the preview of this background.
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>	  An easier way to change the  background of your panel is to
	  drag and  drop an image  file from  the GNOME  File Manager
	  onto the Panel.  This will  automatically  change the
	  background of  the panel to that image.
	</P
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>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Don't scale image to fit</B
></TT
> &#8212; If this
       button is checked, the background image will be tiled to cover
       the panel, rather than scaled.
      </P
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>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Scale image (keep proportions)</B
></TT
> &#8212; If
       this button is checked, the background image will be scaled as
       much as possible preserving image's proportions, and then the
       scaled image will be used to tile the panel.
      </P
></LI
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>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Stretch image (change proportions)</B
></TT
> &#8212;
       If this button is checked, the background image will be
       stretched in both dimensions to the size of the panel.
      </P
></LI
><LI
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><P
>       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Rotate image for vertical panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; If
         this button is checked, the image will be rotated when you
         change panel orientation (horizontal/vertical).
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