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>     
     
      In addition to global Panel properties, described in <A
HREF="globalpanelprefs.html"
>the section called <I
>Global Panel Preferences</I
></A
>, some properties can be configured
      individually for each <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.  This
      includes <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> type (Edge,
      Aligned, Sliding, Floating), size, location, background color,
      and hiding preferences. To change these properties for a
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>,
      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
> submenu, you can
      choose <B
CLASS="GUIMENUITEM"
>All properties...</B
>, which will
      launch the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel properties</SPAN
> dialog.  If you
      are already familiar with this dialog, you can more quickly
      change some of the properties &#8212; say,
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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 <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
     properties: <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Edge
     Panel</B
></TT
> (or <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Aligned</B
></TT
>, &#8230; -
     depending on your <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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
></H2
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SRC="./figures/panel_props_edge.png"></P
><P
><B
>Figure 20. Panel Edge Properties Dialog</B
></P
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><P
>	    <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Panel Position</B
></TT
> &#8212; This changes
	    the position of the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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
	    <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>'s left top corner (relative
	    to the left top corner of the screen and measured in pixels).
	  </P
><P
>	    The <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> will change position once
	    you have pressed the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Apply</B
> or
	    <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>OK</B
> button.
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><P
>	      You can also change <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
	      position by dragging it with the middle mouse button to
	      the new location.
            </P
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><P
>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Panel size</B
></TT
> &#8212; Here you can
	  choose the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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
	  <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> size to
	  free some screen space; conversely, users with high
	  resolution displays may try using larger
	  <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> sizes.
        </P
><P
>          Changing <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> size automatically
          resizes all the icons on this <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>,
          which can lead to some quality loss. Also,
          the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> will resize itself so that it
          can fit all the applets.
	  </P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>       
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Hiding</B
></TT
> &#8212; In this section, you
       can choose whether you want to <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Enable
       Auto-hide</B
></TT
> &#8212; that is, have the
       <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> automatically hide when
       the mouse is not over the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>. The
       autohide parameters
       can be configured in the <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
       hide buttons.
      </P
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CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="PANELBACKTAB"
>Background Tab</A
></H2
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><P
><IMG
SRC="./figures/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
       <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
       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 <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> 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 <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>. The
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Color</B
></TT
> option allows you to specify a
       particular color for the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
      </P
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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
       <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Pixmap</B
></TT
>
       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.
      </P
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><B
>Drag and Drop With Images</B
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><P
>	  An easier way to change the  background of your
	  <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> is to
	  drag and  drop an image  file from the <TT
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>GNOME
	  File Manager</TT
> onto the
	  <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.  This will automatically
	  change the background of the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to
	  that image.
	</P
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><P
>       <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 <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, rather than scaled.
      </P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>       <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
       <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
      </P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><P
>       <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
       <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
      </P
></LI
><LI
STYLE="list-style-type: disc"
><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 <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> orientation
         (horizontal/vertical).
      </P
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