Re: Icon anywhere on the desktop

[Jonathan Pryor <jonpryor vt edu>]

I know of no way to minimize windows to the desktop.

Have you considered using workspaces?  They're like virtual desktops,
which CDE should have also had.

You can switch between workspaces with the "Workspace Switcher" applet
(right-click the gnome panel, select "Add To Panel -> Utility ->
Workspace Switcher").

You can also assign keyboard shortcuts to easily move between them, in
the Keyboard Shortcuts preferences applet.  Look under "Window
Management", for the "Switch to workspace N" actions.

I find workspaces to be a godsend, and find it difficult to manage large
numbers of open windows without them.

I also tend to use the "Menu Panel" (right-click gnome panel, select New
Panel -> Menu Panel).  This is always across the top of the screen, and
has a window list at the far right (like Mac OS Classic).  I find this
window menu easier to use (and more scalable) than the Window List
applet in the default gnome panel.

 - Jon

On Wed, 2003-11-19 at 21:58, Andrew Tham wrote:
> In my previous company, I used Sunworkstation and the CDE window
> environment. I did most of my work using the Cadence Design System,
> and for that, very frequently I used up to 20 windows a time. I
> organized these windows by minimizing them and group them in separate
> region on the desktop. 
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> Now in my present company, I was given Redhat Linux GNOME 2.0.
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> When I opened up too many windows, the icon on the desktop bar are so
> crowded together that I cannot easily tell what they are.
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> [Recall that I group my windows in separate regions on my desktop in
> Sun’s CDE environment].
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> Question is: Can the windows be minimized into icons on to the desktop
> (instead of only into the desktop bar) that I can move around and
> group them ?
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> Please give detail steps/instructions on how to do it.
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> Thank you very much,
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> Andrew.
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> AndrewTham8 yahoo com
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