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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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The Xfce panel preferences dialog gives you the ability
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to customize your panel. You can change the size, appearance,
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and orentation of your panels. You can also add or remove extra
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panels on your desktop.
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<title>Panel's Preferences dialog</title>
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<title>Panel Preferences Dialog</title>
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<media type="image" src="figures/preferences.png" mime="image/png" style="right"/>
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<title>Accessing Panel Preferences</title>
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The panel preferences can be opened by going to <guiseq>
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<gui>Settings</gui><gui>Panel</gui></guiseq> in your applications menu.
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You can also access panel preferences by right clicking on your panel
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and going to <gui>Panel Settings</gui>. If you right click on space occupied by a
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panel plugin, you can access panel preferences by going to <guiseq><gui>Panel</gui>
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<gui>Panel Settings</gui></guiseq>.
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<title>Select a panel</title>
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<title>Selecting 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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You can select a panel from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog.
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Next to this are two buttons that can be used to remove (-) the currently
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selected panel or add (+) a new empty panel.
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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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Select the output (such as an secondary monitor) on which this panel should appear.
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If the 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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option will appear in the properties dialog. This will tell the panel
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to stretch across multiple monitors instead of only being restricted to
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one monitor. This tells the panel to look at the total screen size instead
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of the size of an individual 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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Don't show the handles on the panel which allow you to move
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the panel. When this option is disabled, you can drag the panel
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anywhere you want on your screen. The panel will also snap to the
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edges of your screen.
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<title><gui>Automatically show and hide the panel</gui></title>
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Automatically hide the panel if the mouse is not hovering over it.
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<title><gui>Style</gui></title>
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This allows you to change the transparency, color, and background
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image of the panel. You have three options to choose from.
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<title><gui>None (user system style)</gui></title>
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The panel inherits colors from the currently selected GTK+
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theme. You can view and change the current GTK+ theme by going to
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<guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>.
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<title><gui>Solid Color</gui></title>
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You can select a color using the provided color picker.
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The color you select will be applied to the panel.
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<title><gui>Background Image</gui></title>
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Select a background for your panel.
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<title><gui>Alpha</gui></title>
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Change the alpha transparency of the panel.
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Some panel plugins may still retain a non-transparent backgound.
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This option is only available if your panel style is set to <gui>None</gui>
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or <gui>Solid Color</gui>.
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<title><gui>Color</gui></title>
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Clicking this activates a color picker. You can select a color
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by using the color wheel, entering a hex value, or entering a color
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name. This option is only available if your panel style is set to
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<gui>Solid Color</gui>.
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<title><gui>File</gui></title>
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This allows you to select a background for the panel using
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a file browser. This option is only available if your panel style
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is set to <gui>Background Image</gui>.
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<title>Transparency</title>
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<title>Opacity</title>
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These options set the transparency of the entire panel.
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<title><gui>Enter</gui></title>
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This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is
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not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) and 100 (fully opaque).
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All panel plugins will be affected by this setting.
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<title><gui>Leave</gui></title>
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This controls the transparency of the panel when a mouse pointer is
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not hovering over it. Ranges from 0 (fully transparent) and
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100 (fully opaque). All panel plugins will be affected by this setting.
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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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This tab contains a row of buttons that allow you to manipulate the items
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With the <gui>up</gui> and <gui>down</gui> buttons you can move the currently selected
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The <gui>add</gui> button opens the <link xref="add-new-items">add new items
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dialog</link>. With the <gui>remove</gui> button you can remove the currently
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selected item from the panel.
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The <gui>preferences</gui> and <gui>about</gui> buttons are only active if the plugin
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support these features. It will open the selected items' settings.
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