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>Creating, Moving, and Removing Panels</A
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><A
NAME="PANELADD"
>Creating new panels</A
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>       To add a new <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to your desktop,
       select
       <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Create
       panel</B
> from the <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Main
       Menu</B
>. Choose from the following
       <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> types:
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><P
>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Menu Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; The <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu
          Panel</SPAN
> is a special <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
          which is always placed at the top of your screen and
          contains several pull-down menus.  These are
          <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Programs</B
>, <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Favorites</B
>,
          <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Settings</B
>, <B
CLASS="GUIMENU"
>Desktop</B
>, and
          a special menu which provides quick access to GNOME-related
          Internet resources (look for the bullet hole icon).  This
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> can also hold the other objects
          which other <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>s can hold, but it
          does not have the configuration properties which other
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>s have. Note that the
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu Panel</SPAN
> is more restrictive than
          other <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>s, and some normal
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> operations, such as moving the
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, cannot be performed on it.
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>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Edge Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; An <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edge
           Panel</SPAN
> is exactly like the main
           <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> that starts up with GNOME; it
           stretches along the whole length of one of screen edges. By
           selecting this type of <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, you
           may add a new <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to another edge
           of your screen to give yourself more functionality.
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>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Aligned Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212;  An
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Aligned Panel</SPAN
> is also positioned
          along one of the screen edges. But unlike an <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edge
          Panel</SPAN
>, an <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Aligned Panel</SPAN
>
          will not stretch across the entire edge of the screen it is
          on; It will only stretch as much as necessary to  display
          the icons and applets it contains. It can be positioned
          either at one of the corners (in this case, it will stretch
          towards the opposite corner) or at the center of the edge
          (in this case, it will stretch in both directions,
          automatically recentering when you add new objects).
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>          If an <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Aligned Panel</SPAN
> is aligned with
          one of the corners, the hide buttons will work slightly
          differently than for an <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Edge Panel</SPAN
>.
          The hide button closest to the edge of your screen will hide
          the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> as usual but the other hide
          button will send the whole <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to
          the opposite corner. When the latter move is made it will
          not hide the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> since it is
          changing the side of the screen it resides on.  If you want
          to hide it you will have to press the hide button once again.
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>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Sliding Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; A
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Sliding Panel</SPAN
> is very similar to an
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Aligned Panel</SPAN
>, but can be placed
          anywhere along the screen edge, not necessarily in one of
          the corners or in the center. As you add objects, it will
          only grow in one direction &#8212; it won't automatically
          recenter.
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>          <TT
CLASS="GUILABEL"
><B
>Floating Panel</B
></TT
> &#8212; A
          <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Floating Panel</SPAN
> can be placed anywhere
          on your screen, not necessarily along one of the edges.
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>Changing Panel Type</B
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>       You can also change type of existing panel &#8212; for example,
       convert edge panel to a floating panel, see <A
HREF="panelproperties.html"
>the section called <I
>Individual Panel Properties</I
></A
>.
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>Moving Panels</A
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>      Any <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> you have on your desktop(except
      a <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Menu Panel</SPAN
>) can be
      moved by pressing the middle mouse button, or by simultaneously
      pressing the left and right mouse buttons, while dragging the
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> to
      the desired position on your screen. If you do not have a middle
      mouse button and did not configure your mouse to emulate a
      middle button you may also move a <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
      by changing its location in the <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel
      properties</SPAN
> dialog.  You can read more about this in
      <A
HREF="panelproperties.html"
>the section called <I
>Individual Panel Properties</I
></A
> of this documentation.
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>Removing Panels</A
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>      To remove an existing <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>, right-click
      on it and choose
      <B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Panel</B
>-&gt;<B
CLASS="GUISUBMENU"
>Remove
      this panel</B
>. If the
      <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
> is not empty, you will be prompted
      to confirm.
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>Removing Your Only Panel</B
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>        You must have at least one <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>
        running at all times.  GNOME will not allow you to remove your
        only <SPAN
CLASS="INTERFACE"
>Panel</SPAN
>.
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