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<!-- $XConsortium: Using.sgm /main/10 1996/10/29 22:42:45 cdedoc $ -->
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<Chapter Id="UsingFrontPanel">
<Title>Front Panel Tasks</Title>
<Para>The instructions assume that you are using a mouse.
Most tasks can also be done without a mouse; see
<OLink Type="Jump" LocalInfo="Intromgr DesktopKeyboardNav"> Keyboard Shortcuts
for the Desktop</OLink> for more information.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>Tour of the Front Panel</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.1">
<Para><XRef Linkend="TourMainPanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.2">
<Para><XRef Linkend="TourSubpanels"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Basic Front Panel Skills</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.3">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ChooseFrontPanelControlTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.4">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToDisplaySubpanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.5">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToGetHelpOnControl"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.6">
<Para><XRef Linkend="FPPopupMenus"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.7">
<Para><XRef Linkend="PopupMenuContents"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Customizing the Front Panel</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.8">
<Para><XRef Linkend="MoveFrontPanelTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.9">
<Para><XRef Linkend="IconifyFrontPanelTA"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.10">
<Para><XRef Linkend="InterchangeControls"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.11">
<Para><XRef Linkend="DropControlOnSubpanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.12">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToRemoveControl"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.13">
<Para><XRef Linkend="AddSubpanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.14">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToReplaceControlInMainPanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.15">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToRestoreFrontPanel"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.16">
<Para><XRef Linkend="AdvancedCustomization"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Customizing Workspaces</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;" Role="tight">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.17">
<Para><XRef Linkend="TorenameWorkspace"></Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.18">
<Para><XRef Linkend="ToChangeNumberOfWorkspaces"></Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Sect1 Id="TourMainPanel">
<Title>Tour of the Main Panel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Main Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>The default Main Panel includes these controls. Since it
can be customized, your Front Panel may contain additional
or different controls.</Para>
<Para>These terms are used to describe controls:
</Para>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Click</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What happens when you click the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Drop</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What happens when you drop a file or folder icon on the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Indicator</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What the image of the control represents.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Clock control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPClockIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Clock</GlossTerm>
&newline;Indicator: Displays the current time.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Date control</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Calendar control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPSysdateIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Calendar</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts the Calendar application.
&newline;Indicator: Displays the current date.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>File Manager control</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Home control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPFileManagerIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">File Manager--Home</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens a File Manager view of your home folder.
&newline;Drop: Opens a File Manager view of the dropped folder.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Personal Applications control</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Text Editor control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPpersonalAppsIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Text Editor--Personal
Applications</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts the desktop Text Editor application.
&newline; Opens the dropped file in a new Text Editor window.
&newline;This control position is reserved for a personal application
of your choice. You can put an application here by first installing the
application icon into the Personal Application subpanel, and then using
the control's pop-up menu to place that control in the Main Panel.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Mailer control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPMailIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Mailer</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts the Mailer.
&newline;Drop: Opens the file's contents in the Mailer's New Message
window.
&newline;Indicator: Indicates arrival of new mail.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Lock control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPLockIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Lock</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Locks your workstation, preventing unauthorized input.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Workspace switch</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPWorkspaceSwitchIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Workspace
switch</GlossTerm>.
&newline;Click: Displays other workspaces.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Busy light</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Progress light</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPProgressLight"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Busy Light</GlossTerm>
&newline;Indicator: Blinks when the system is running an action.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Exit control</Primary>
</IndexTerm><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Logout control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPExitIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Exit</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Logs you out of the current session.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Printer control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPPrinterIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Default Printer</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Displays the status of the default printer, lets you cancel
print jobs on that printer.
&newline;Drop: Prints the file on the default printer.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Style Manager control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPStyleManagerIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Style Manager</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts the Style Manager application. If the application is
already running, its window is raised to the top of the window stack.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Application Manager control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPAppManagerIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Application Manager</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens an Application Manager window.
</Para>
<Para>
<IndexTerm><Primary>Information Manager control</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPInfomgrIcon"></InlineGraphic>
<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Information Manager></GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens the Book List window displaying the available
information libraries.
</Para>
<Para>
<IndexTerm><Primary>Trash Can control</Primary></IndexTerm>
</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPTrashIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Trash Can</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens the Trash Can window.
&newline;Drop: Moves the file or folder to the Trash Can.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="TourSubpanels">
<Title>Tour of the Subpanels</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanels</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>The default Front Panel includes these subpanels. Since it
can be customized, your Front Panel may contain additional
subpanels, and the subpanels may contain additional or different controls.</Para>
<Para>These terms are used to describe controls:
</Para>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Click</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What happens when you click the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Drop</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What happens when you drop a file or folder icon on the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Indicator</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>What the image of the control represents.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
<Procedure>
<Title>In All Subpanels</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Install Icon control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Step>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPControlInstallIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Install Icon</GlossTerm>
&newline;Drop: Creates a control based on the dropped file, folder, or
action icon, and installs the control in the subpanel.</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Personal Applications Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Personal Applications Subpanel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Step>
<Para>Use the Personal Applications subpanel for applications you use frequently.
Install applications into the subpanel by dragging their icons from the
Application Manager to the Install Icon control.
</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPEditorIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Text Editor--Personal
Applications</GlossTerm>.
&newline;Click: Starts the desktop Text Editor application.
&newline;Drop: Opens the dropped file in a new Text Editor window.
&newline;This control is duplicate of the control in the Main Panel.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Terminal control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPTerminalIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Terminal</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts a terminal emulator.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Icon Editor control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPIconEditorIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Icon Editor</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Starts the dekstop Icon Editor.</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Personal Printers Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Personal Printers Subpanel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Step>
<Para>Use the Personal Printers Subpanel for printers you use frequently.
Install printers into the subpanel by dragging them from the Printers
application group to the Install Icon control.
</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPSmallPrinterIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Default Printer</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Displays the status of the default printer, lets you cancel
print jobs on that printer.
&newline;Drop: Prints the file on the default printer.
&newline;This control is a duplicate of the control in the Main Panel.</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPPrintMgrIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Print Manager</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens the Print Manager window.
&newline;Drop: Prints the file on the default printer.</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Information Manager Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm><Primary>Information Manager Subpanel</Primary></IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm><Primary>Information Manager Manager control</Primary></IndexTerm>
<Step>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPSmallInfo"></InlineGraphic>
<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Information Manager</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens the Book List window displaying the
available information libraries. This control is a duplicate of
the control in the Main Panel.</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Desktop Introduction control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPHelpIntro"></InlineGraphic>
<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Desktop Introduction</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Displays the help volume "Introducing the Desktop."</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel Help control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPHelpOnFrontPanelIcon"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Front Panel
Help</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Displays the Front Panel help volume.
</Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPSmallHelp"></InlineGraphic>
<GlossTerm Role="nogloss">Help Manager</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Opens a Help Viewer window displaying the top level of help
information.
</Para>
<Para><IndexTerm>
<Primary>On-Item Help control</Primary>
</IndexTerm></Para>
<Para Role="indent"><InlineGraphic Remap="graphic" Entityref="FPOnItemFrontPanelHelp"></InlineGraphic><GlossTerm Role="nogloss">On-Item Help</GlossTerm>
&newline;Click: Provides on-item help for the Front Panel. Click this
control, then click the control on which you want help.
</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ChooseFrontPanelControlTA">
<Title>To Activate a Front Panel Control</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>choosing:Front Panel control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel:control, choosing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.19">
<Para>Click the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Some controls do not have a click action--for example, the clock control
and busy indicator.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToDisplaySubpanel">
<Title>To Open and Close Subpanels</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:opening</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:closing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>Initially, the Text Editor, Printer, and Information Manager controls have
subpanels. You can add subpanels to other controls. See <XRef Linkend="AddSubpanel">.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Open a Subpanel</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.20">
<Para>Click the arrow button above the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPSubpanelArrowButton" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.1"></Graphic>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Close a Subpanel</Title>
<Step>
<Note>
<Para>If you have not moved a subpanel from its initial position, it closes
automatically when you choose a control.
</Para>
</Note>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.21">
<Para>Click the down arrow at the bottom of the subpanel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.22">
<Para><Emphasis>Or</Emphasis>, choose Close from the subpanel's Window menu.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPCloseSubpanel" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.2"></Graphic>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToGetHelpOnControl">
<Title>To Get Help on a Control</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:help</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>help on a control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>on-item help</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Procedure>
<Title>Mouse</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.23">
<Para>Choose Help from the control's pop-up menu.</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="FPPopupforControl" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.3"></Graphic>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.24">
<Para><Emphasis>Or</Emphasis>:</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.25">
<Para>Display the Information Manager subpanel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.26">
<Para>Choose On-Item Help in the subpanel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.27">
<Para>Click the control you want help on.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPOnItemControl" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.4"></Graphic>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="FPPopupMenus">
<Title>To Display the Front Panel Pop-up Menu</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:popup menu</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>popup menu for Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.28">
<Para>Point to the control and press mouse button 3.</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="PopupMenuContents">
<Title>Contents of the Pop-up Menus</Title>
<Para>The contents of a control's pop-up menu depend on the behavior of the
control and its location.</Para>
<Procedure>
<Title>Pop-up Menus for Main Panel Controls</Title>
<Step>
<Para>If the control starts an application, the first entry in the menu is a
command that starts the application. Choosing the menu item has the same
effect as clicking the control.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="FPPopupforControl" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.5"></Graphic>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Add Subpanel</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Adds a subpanel to the control
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Delete Subpanel</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Removes the subpanel and its contents
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Help</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Displays on-item help for the control
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Switch Area Pop-up Menu</Title>
<Step>
<Para>The switch area is the portion of the workspace switch not occupied by other
controls or workspace buttons.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="FPPopupforSwitch" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.6"></Graphic>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Add Workspace</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Adds a workspace
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Help</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Displays help for the workspace switch
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Pop-up Menus for Workspace Buttons</Title>
<Step>
<Para>The workspace buttons are used to change workspaces. Each button has its
own menu.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="FPPopupforWorkspaceButton" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.7"></Graphic>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Add Workspace</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Adds a workspace
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Delete</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Deletes the workspace
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Rename</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Turns the button label into a text field for editing the name
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Help</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Displays help for the workspace switch buttons
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>Pop-up Menu for Subpanel Controls</Title>
<Step>
<Para>The pop-up menu for subpanel controls includes a command for making the
control the current Main Panel control.
</Para>
<Graphic Entityref="FPPopupforSubpanelControl" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.8"></Graphic>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Copy to Main Panel</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Duplicates the control in the Main Panel, replacing
the current Main Panel control
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Delete</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Deletes the control from the subpanel
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>Help</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>Displays on-item help for the control
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="MoveFrontPanelTA">
<Title>To Move the Front Panel or a Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>moving: Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel:moving</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:moving</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Note>
<Para>When you move a subpanel from its location above the Main Panel, it will remain
open until you explicitly close it.
</Para>
</Note>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Move the Main Panel</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.29">
<Para>Drag the Front Panel using its move handles.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPMoveHandles" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.9"></Graphic>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Move a Subpanel</Title>
<Step>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.30">
<Para>Point to the subpanel's window frame. Hold down mouse button 1
as you drag the subpanel to its new location.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="IconifyFrontPanelTA">
<Title>To Minimize the Front Panel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel: minimizing</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>icon: turning Front Panel into</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>minimizing:Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.31">
<Para>Click the Minimize button.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPMinimize" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.10"></Graphic>
<Para>The Front Panel's window icon is labelled with the name of the
current workspace.</Para>
<Para>To restore the Front Panel window, double-click its window icon.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="InterchangeControls">
<Title>To Interchange Main Panel and Subpanel Controls</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:moving a control to the Main Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:moving</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Main Panel:moving a control to</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.32">
<Para>Display the subpanel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.33">
<Para>Point to the subpanel control you want to put in the Main Panel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.34">
<Para>Choose Copy to Main Panel from the
<Link Type="jump" Linkend="FPPopupMenus">control's popup menu</Link> to
exchange the subpanel control with the main panel control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Graphic Entityref="FPCopyToMain" Id="HFPNL.USG.fig.11"></Graphic>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="DropControlOnSubpanel">
<Title>To Add an Application or Other Icon to a Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Install Icon control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>application:adding to Front Panel</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>Front Panel:adding application to</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:adding application to</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>You can add any type of icon to the Front Panel.
However, the most convenient use for this feature is adding application
icons.
</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.35">
<Para>Display the icon for the application or file you want to add. It can be in File
Manager or Application Manager.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.36">
<Para>Display the subpanel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.37">
<Para>Drag the object to the Install Icon control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Procedure>
<Title>Behavior of Added Controls</Title>
<Step>
<Para>When you add a control to the Front Panel by dragging an icon from File
Manager or Application Manager, its behavior in the Front Panel
depends on its original behavior.</Para>
<Para>In most cases, clicking the control
has the same effect as double-clicking the icon in File Manager
or Application Manager.</Para>
<Para>An exception is folders. When you install a folder into
a subpanel, clicking the control opens a File Manager view of
that folder.</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToRemoveControl">
<Title>To Remove a Control</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:deleting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>removing controls</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>deleting:Front Panel controls</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.38">
<Para>Point to the control.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.39">
<Para>Choose Delete from the <Link Type="jump" Linkend="FPPopupMenus">control's popup menu</Link>.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Note>
<Para>If you delete a control you've installed, you can restore it by
repeating the installation process. However, it is more
difficult to restore built-in controls or controls provided
by your system administrator. See <XRef Linkend="TypesOfControls">.
</Para>
</Note>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="AddSubpanel">
<Title>To Add or Remove a Subpanel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:delete</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>subpanel:add</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.40">
<Para>Point to the control in the main panel whose subpanel you want to add or remove.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.41">
<Para>Choose Add Subpanel or Delete Subpanel from the control's pop-up menu.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>When you delete a subpanel, you delete all the controls in it. See
<XRef Linkend="ToRemoveControl">.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToReplaceControlInMainPanel">
<Title>To Replace a Control in the Main Panel</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>control:replace</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>replacing a Front Panel control</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Para>The easiest way to replace a control in the Main Panel is to exchange it
with a subpanel control. If the control does not have a subpanel, you can
create one temporarily or permanently.
</Para>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.42">
<Para>If the control you want to replace does not have a subpanel, create one by
choosing Add Subpanel from the <Link Type="jump" Linkend="FPPopupMenus">control's pop-up menu</Link>.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.43">
<Para>Display the new subpanel.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.44">
<Para>Drop the object you want in the Main Panel (for example, an application
icon in Application Manager) onto the Install Icon control in the subpanel.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.45">
<Para>Choose Copy to Main Panel from the new control's pop-up menu to put that
control into the Main Panel.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.46">
<Para>Optional: Remove the subpanel by choosing Delete Subpanel from the main
control's pop-up menu.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToRestoreFrontPanel">
<Title>To Restore the Uncustomized Front Panel</Title>
<Para>The following procedure:
</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.47">
<Para>Removes controls you added using the Install Icon control
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.48">
<Para>Restores any subpanels and controls you removed
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.49">
<Para>Removes any subpanels you created
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.50">
<Para>Open Application Manager and change to the Desktop_Tools application
group.
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.51">
<Para>Double-click Restore Front Panel.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>This procedure does not affect customizations done by manually
creating or editing Front Panel configuration files; it applies
only to customizations done using the Front Panel's pop-up menus and
Install Icon control.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="AdvancedCustomization">
<Title>Advanced Front Panel Customization</Title>
<Para>Advanced Front Panel customization consists of any customization
that must be done by creating or editing a Front Panel configuration
file.</Para>
<Para>Advanced customization includes:
</Para>
<ItemizedList Mark="&bull;">
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.52">
<Para>All system-wide customizations
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.53">
<Para>Adding, deleting, or changing controls in the workspace switch
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.54">
<Para>Interchanging the position of Main Panel controls&emdash;for example,
interchanging the position of the Clock and Calendar controls
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.55">
<Para>Adding special controls such as application windows and indicators
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.56">
<Para>Animating a control
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.57">
<Para>Major layout changes&emdash;for example, adding a row to the
Main Panel
</Para>
</ListItem>
</ItemizedList>
<Para>Advanced customization is covered in the <Emphasis>Common Desktop Environment
Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide</Emphasis>.</Para>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="TorenameWorkspace">
<Title>To Rename a Workspace</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>workspace:rename</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>name:workspace</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.58">
<Para>Use the workspace switch to change to the workspace you want to rename.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.59">
<Para>Click the workspace button (again).</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.60">
<Para>Type the new workspace name.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.61">
<Para>Type Return or click outside the button.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Sect1>
<Sect1 Id="ToChangeNumberOfWorkspaces">
<Title>To Add and Remove Workspaces</Title>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>workspace:adding</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<IndexTerm>
<Primary>workspace:deleting</Primary>
</IndexTerm>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Add a Workspace</Title>
<Step>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.62">
<Para>Point to a workspace switch area.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.63">
<Para>Choose Add Workspace from the <Link Type="jump" Linkend="FPPopupMenus">workspace button's pop-up menu</Link>.</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
<Para>A workspace named "New" is added (see <XRef Linkend="TorenameWorkspace">).</Para>
</Step>
</Procedure>
<Procedure>
<Title>To Remove a Workspace</Title>
<Step>
<OrderedList>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.64">
<Para>Point to the workspace switch button.</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem Id="HFPNL.USG.item.65">
<Para>Choose Delete Workspace from the
<Link Type="jump" Linkend="FPPopupMenus">workspace button's pop-up menu</Link>.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</Step>
</Procedure>
</Sect1>
</Chapter>
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