Navigating Panels

A panel is an area from which you can run special programs, applications, and panel applications. The most common panel is the panel that stretches the full width of the bottom edge of the desktop. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate panels and panel objects.

Keys	Function
Ctrl+Alt+Tab	Gives focus to a panel. This keyboard shortcut displays a pop-up window with icons that represent the desktop background, panels, and drawers. Press and hold Ctrl+Alt and continue to press Tab to switch the focus between the desktop background, panels, and drawers. You can customize this keyboard shortcut.
Tab	Gives focus to the next object on the panel.
F10	Opens the Applications menu when the focus is on the top panel.
Spacebar	Activates a panel object, for example, open a menu or start a launcher.
Shift+F10	Opens the panel object pop-up menu.
Ctrl+F10	Opens the panel pop-up menu.

To Move a Panel Object

You can move a focused panel object to a different location on a panel or drawer, or you can move the object to the next panel.

Press Tab to give focus to the object.
Press Shift+F10 to open the panel object pop-up menu.
Use the arrow keys to select the Move menu item.

Use the keyboard shortcuts that are listed in the following table to perform the move operation.

Keys	Function
Arrow keys	Moves the object left and right on a horizontal panel or up and down on a vertical panel.
Shift+arrow keys	Moves the object and pushes any object that you encounter in front of the object.
Ctrl+arrow keys	Moves the object and swap position with any objects that you encounter in the move.
Tab	Moves the object to the next panel.
Spacebar	Completes the move operation.

Example 4-1 Geyes Examples

The following examples demonstrate the effect of different move operations on the objects in a panel using the Geyes application.

Illustration	Description
	Shows a panel with three panel objects before a move operation takes place.
	Shows the effect of using the arrow keys to move the Geyes panel application on the panel. You can use the arrow keys to move the panel application left or right until you meet the next panel object.
	Shows the effect of using Shift+arrow keys to move the Geyes panel application on the panel. You can use the Shift+arrow keys to push the Volume Control and Help panel objects ahead of the object that you are moving.
	Shows the effect of using Ctrl+ arrow keys to move the Geyes panel application on the panel. You can use Ctrl+arrow keys to swap position with the Volume Control and Help panel objects as you meet the objects.

Navigating Drawers

A drawer is a collapsible extension of a panel. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate into and out of drawers. When you open a drawer, you can navigate the contents of the drawer in the same way as you navigate a panel. See Navigating Panels for information about how to navigate a panel.

Keys	Function
Spacebar	Opens or close the drawer that has focus.
Arrow keys	Navigates into the drawer that has focus.
Esc	Closes the drawer and gives focus to the drawer object on the panel.

Navigating Menus on Panels

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate menus on panels.

Keys	Function
spacebar	Opens the menu that has focus.
arrow keys	Navigates the menu.
spacebar	Selects a menu item.
Shift+F10	Opens the pop-up menu associated with a menu item, if one exists.
Esc	Closes a menu.

Navigating Panel Applications

A panel application is a small application that resides on a panel. You can navigate to all panel applications and open the panel application pop-up menu from the keyboard. However, if the panel application does not contain controls that you can give focus to, you cannot navigate the controls in the panel application. The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts that you can use to navigate panel applications.

Keys	Function
Spacebar	Activates the panel application control that has focus, if applicable. Not all panel applications contain controls that you can activate. If the panel application does not contain a control that you can activate, the Spacebar does nothing.
Arrow keys	Navigates the controls on the panel application.
Shift+F10	Opens the panel application pop-up menu. To navigate the menu, use the standard keyboard shortcuts for navigating menus. See Navigating Menus for information about how to navigate menus.

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