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Re: Manipulating the gnome panel



On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 11:50, karrottop wrote:
> I must have done a poor job at explaining what I am trying to accomplish
> here.  By "always on top"  I mean on top of other applications. 
> Basically I am using an edge panel only, (I do have a menu panel in the
> preceding screenshot) but when I maximize a window it maximizes only up
> to the edge panel, Basically, I do not want my edge panel eating into my
> screen space, So I guess I want to adjust its "focus" to be always at
> the bottom of the screen, allowing other applications to be positioned
> on top.  This screenshot is what I get when I maximize mozilla, I would
> want it to where when I maximize mozilla it takes up the entire screen.
>
> http://home.fuse.net/karrottop/Screenshot-1.png

Ah, sorry.

You could emulate it somewhat by, in the "Edge Panel" tab, clicking on
Autohide.

Remember, though, that Metacity wasn't designed to allow for lots of
customization...

Ron

> thanks,
> Jason Self
> 
> On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 15:21, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 12:59, karrottop wrote:
> > > I was wondering if anybody here knows of a way to make the gnome-panel
> > > in gnome2 not be in the "always on top" mode.  I would like to be able
> > > to expand things like my web browser and movie players over it.  I did
> > > notice, however, that if I run gnome-panel from within something like
> > > fluxbox as a stand-alone app it does not force itself into the
> > > foreground, but behaves like any other application.
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > My GNOME 2.2.1 desktop has 2 "panels".
> > 1. On top, looks like the old Macintosh menu bar.  It's very thin.
> > 2. The "traditional" Gnome panel is on the bottom on my system.
> > 
> > To move the "traditional" Gnome panel, right-click in an empty area
> > of the panel.  A window should pop up.  
> > The 1st entry will be "Add to panel"
> > 2nd entry: "Delete this panel"
> > 3rd entry: "Properties"
> > 
> > Select "Properties".  A "Panel Properties" window should appear
> > that has 2 tabs: "Edge Panel" & "Background".  "Edge Panel" should
> > be the active tab.
> > 
> > A box named "Position" should be in the center, with rectangular 
> > buttons on each side.  Click on the button that corresponds to where
> > on the screen you want the panel.
> > 
> > HTH
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