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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
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<link type="guide" xref="index#panel"/>
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<desc>Configure the <app>Xfce Panel</app></desc>
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<name>Nick Schermer</name>
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<email>nick@xfce.org</email>
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<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
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<title>Preferences</title>
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The panel preferences can be openen by using the item menu <guiseq>
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<gui>Xfce Panel</gui><gui>Panel Preferences</gui></guiseq> or by
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clicking on the <gui>Panel Preferences</gui> in the the
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<app>Xfce Settings Manager</app>.
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<title>Panel's Preferences dialog</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/preferences.png" mime="image/png" style="right"/>
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<title>Select a panel</title>
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You can select a panel with the combo box in the top of the dialog.
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Next to this selector there are also two buttons to remove the
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currently selected panel or add a new empty panel.
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The panel selected in the dialog should also show a slection around
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the panel, so it is clear which panel you are editing.
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<title>Display</title>
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This tab hold the settings how the panel is positioned on the
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<title>General</title>
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<title><gui>Orientation</gui></title>
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Set the panel orientation to horizontal or vertical.
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<title><gui>Output</gui></title>
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Select the output on which this panel should appear. If the
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output is not connected, the panel will not be shown.
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<title><gui>Span monitors</gui></title>
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If you have multiple monitors connected to the computer, this
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option will appear in the properties dialog. It will
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set the panel to look at the screen size instead of the monitor
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<title><gui>Lock panel</gui></title>
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Don't show the handles on the panel whcih allow you to move
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the panel or draw it to snap positions on the bordes of the
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<title><gui>Automatically show and hide the panel</gui></title>
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<title>Measurements</title>
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<title><gui>Size</gui></title>
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Change the height (or width if the orientation is vertical)
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of the panel. The size is in pixels.
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<title><gui>Length</gui></title>
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Change the width (or height if the orientation is vertical)
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of the panel. The size is a percentage of the monitor or
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<title><gui>Automatically increase length</gui></title>
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Increase the panel size to fit the contents of the panel. Is
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work with expanding plugins, like the <link xref="tasklist">
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window buttons</link> plugins.
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<section id="appearance">
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<title>Appearance</title>
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This tab hold the style settings of the currently selected panel.
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<title>Background</title>
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<title><gui>Style</gui></title>
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<title><gui>Alpha</gui></title>
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<title><gui>Color</gui></title>
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<title><gui>File</gui></title>
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<title>Transparency</title>
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<title><gui>Enter</gui></title>
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<title><gui>Leave</gui></title>
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This shows the items that are placed on the currently selected panel.
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In case items are hard to move or edit on the panel using the
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right-click menu, this tab allows you to move, add, remove and access
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the preferences of the items on the panel.
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Most of the tab is self explaining. With the up and down buttons you
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can move the currently selected item in the panel.
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The add button opens the <link xref="add-new-items">add new items
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dialog</link>. With the remove button you can remove the currently
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selected item van de panel.
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The preferences and about buttons are only active if the plugin
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support these features. It will open the item settings.
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Only limition in this dialog, compared to mouse handling, is that
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you cannot move items between panels and access custom menu items
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a plugin can add in the item menu.
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