Re: Panel behavior

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You can make the panel autohide. That might help.
--Bem

On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Steve Gusz wrote:

> I've found ways to make the panel always stay on top, or below the
> windows on my desktop.  But what I can't seem to make the panel do is to
> 
> be below a window if I start up a program that would cover it, then have
> 
> the panel come to the front when I click on any part of it.  The reason
> this is good for me is that I'm running GNOME on my laptop which only
> has an 800x600 display max, so I don't have much desktop space and many
> programs cover the panel if I leave it on stay below.  If I leave the
> panel set to stay on top a lot of programs become partially blocked by
> the panel...
> 
> I've also notice many GNOME programs open far too big for an 800x600
> display.  Maybe people shouldn't design programs assuming people are
> running in 1024x768 or larger...
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
>