Setting Panel Properties

To modify the properties of a panel, right-click a vacant space on the panel, and then choose Properties. The Panel Properties dialog contains two tabs, General and Background.

About the General Properties Tab

In the General tab, you can modify panel size, position, and hiding properties. The following table describes the dialog elements in the General tab.

Table 4-3 General Tab Dialog Elements

Dialog Element	Description
Orientation	Selects the position of the panel on the screen. Click the required position for the panel.
Size	Specifies the size of the panel.
Expand	By default, a panel expands to the full length of the edge of the screen where it is located. A panel that does not expand can be moved away from the screen edges to any part of the screen.
Autohide	Makes the panel fully visible only when the mouse pointer is over it. The panel hides off-screen along its longest edge, leaving a narrow part visible along the edge of the desktop. Moving the mouse pointer over the visible part of the panel moves it back into view.
Show hide buttons	Displays the hide buttons at each end of the panel. Clicking a hide button moves the panel vertically, hiding it off-screen except for the hide button at the opposite end. Clicking this hide button restores the panel to being fully visible.
Arrows and hide buttons	Displays arrows on the hide buttons, if the hide button is enabled.

About the Background Properties Tab

You can choose the type of background for the panel in the Background tab. The following table describes the dialog elements in the Background tab.

Table 4-4 Background Tab Dialog Elements

Dialog Element	Description
None (use system theme)	Select this option to have the panel use the settings in the Appearance preference tool. This setting keeps the panel's background similar to the desktop and applications.
Solid Color	Specifies a single color for the panel background. Click the Color button and choose a color from Color Selector dialog. Use the Style slider to specify the degree of transparency or opaqueness for the color. For example, to make the panel transparent, move the slider towards the end.
Background image	Specifies an image for the panel background. Click Browse to browse for an image file. Click OK after selecting the file.

You can also drag a color or image on to a panel to set the color or image as the background. You can drag a color or image from many applications. For example:

You can drag a color from any color selector dialog.
You can drag an image file from the file manager to set it as the background of the panel.
You can drag a color or a pattern from the Backgrounds and Emblems dialog in the file manager to a panel to set it as the background.

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