Re: panel autohide

[David Bordoley <bordoley msu edu>]

Just as a note, the menu panel will probably be long gone in gnome 2.2

dave

On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 07:10, hobbit aloss ukuu org uk wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 06:39:58PM -0500 or thereabouts, dep wrote:
> > okay, this is offtopic to the extent that i'm running -- well, 
> > installed and am trying to configure -- ximian gnome, my first real 
> > experience with gnome. and i'm seeking to alter the panel somewhat -- 
> > put it at the bottom and set it to autohide.
> > 
> > the gnome docs say that autohide is enabled via rmb, panel, 
> > properties. only there is no such item on the menu with ximian, at 
> > least that i can see.
> > 
> > anybody know how to enable the edge/hide stuff in ximian? and absent a 
> > way to do it via the gui itself, which config file needs to be 
> > hacked, and what the values ought to be?
> 
> There's five types of panel you can have in Gnome. Edge panel, 
> floating panel, menu panel (which is often called the foobar --
> after the file the code is in, I think) and two others I forget. 
> 
> All of them are endlessly configurable except for one: the menu
> panel. Grr! You can't really do anything with it except say "I
> want it" or "I don't want it". 
> 
> The very top panel in Ximian -- the narrow one -- is a menu
> panel, and thus you can't do a lot with it.
> 
> I think Ximian may also presume that you really don't want to
> remove all panels, so that if you try to remove the only one
> you have, you find it won't work.
> 
> I think your best bet is to create a new panel at the bottom
> (of any type but 'menu') and just fill it in with the things
> you want and the settings you prefer. (Once that second panel
> is there you can kill off the original one.)
> 
> Telsa
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