Example of Creating a Personal Front Panel with Three Rows

The following example changes the default Front Panel so that its controls are organized into three rows.

1. Copy /usr/dt/appconfig/types/language/dtwm.fp to HomeDirectory/.dt/types/MyFrontPanel.fp. Give the file write permission.

   This is the file you will edit to provide the new Front Panel.

2. Change the name of the Front Panel:

   	PANEL NewFrontPanel

3. Change the name of the box named Top and edit its container name:

   	BOX NewFrontPanelTop
    	{
    	  CONTAINER_NAME					NewFrontPanel
    	  POSITION_HINTS					first
    	  … 	
   	}

4. Add box definitions for the middle and bottom rows:

   	BOX NewFrontPanelMiddle
    	{
    	  CONTAINER_NAME						NewFrontPanel
     	 POSITION_HINTS						second
    	}
    

   	BOX NewFrontPanelBottom
    	{
    	  CONTAINER_NAME						NewFrontPanel
    	  POSITION_HINTS						second
    	}

5. Change the CONTAINER_NAME of the following controls to NewFrontPanelTop:

   • Clock

   • Date

   • Home

   • TextEditor

   • Mail

6. Change the CONTAINER_NAME of the following controls to NewFrontPanelBottom:

   • Printer

   • Style

   • Applications

   • Help

   • Trash

7. Change the CONTAINER_NAME of the switch to NewFrontPanelMiddle.

8. Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.