GNOME 2.2 Desktop on Linux User Guide

Customizing Your Panels

The Panel Preferences preference tool enables you to configure the behavior of panels. Any changes that you make with the Panel Preferences preference tool affect all of your panels.

Table 10–17 lists the panel preferences that you can modify:

Table 10–17 Panel Preferences

Dialog Element 

Description 

Close drawer when launcher is clicked

Select this option if you want a drawer on a panel to close when you choose a launcher in the drawer. 

Drawer and panel animation

Select this option if you want your panels and drawers to show and to hide in an animated style. 

Animation speed

Select the speed of the panel animation from the drop-down list.