Re: Resizing Gnome 2.4 Desktop Bottom Panel

[axel pearbough net]

Hi Jerry!

On Fri, 07 Nov 2003, Jerry Stahl wrote:

> Thanks for the reply - unchecking the Expand flag and setting the window
> list min/max pixel size was the answer.  For some reason though the
> bottom edge panel wants to remain in the center of the screen.  There
> doesn't seem to be a way to correct this other than to create a whole
> new panel.

Yes there is. Unset
/apps/panel/profiles/default/toplevels/bottom_panel/x_centered
in gconf-editor.


> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 11:11, Bart Kuik wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 15:39, Jerry Stahl wrote:
> > > Hi Axel,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your feedback.  I unchecked the Expand flag and observed some
> > > strange results.  The bottom edge panel now positions itself in the
> > > center of the screen and dynamically resizes it's length as various
> > > applications are opened and closed.  Do you know if there is a
> > > controllable setting (e.g., using gconf2 maybe) to specify a particular
> > > bottom panel length that will not change dynamically?
> > > 
> > 
> > You can give the taskbar a fixed size:
> > -right-click on the handle of the taskbar (thingy on the left, with
> > three dots)
> > -select preferences
> > -go to the tab called "size"
> > -make minimum and maximum size the same


Axel Siebenwirth