Customizing the Built-in Subpanels

You can modify general properties (such as the title) and the contents of the built-in subpanels.

To Modify General Properties of a Built-In Subpanel

1. Create a new Front Panel configuration file:

   • System-wide: /etc/dt/appconfig/types/language/name.fp

   • Personal: HomeDirectory/.dt/types/name.fp.

2. Copy the entire default SUBPANEL definition from /usr/dt/appconfig/types/language/dtwm.fp to the new file:

   	SUBPANEL   subpanel_name
    	{
     	 …
    	}

3. Modify the subpanel definition.

4. Save the new configuration file.

5. Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.

   For example, the following definition, placed in the file /users/janice/.dt/types/PerApps.fp, changes the name of the Personal Applications subpanel:

   SUBPANEL PersAppsSubpanel
    {
    	CONTAINER_NAME					TextEditor
    	TITLE								Janice's Applications
    }

To Add a System-Wide Control to a Built-In Subpanel

1. Create a Front Panel configuration file /etc/dt/appconfig/types/language/name.fp.

2. Define the system-wide control in the file.

   Use the CONTAINER_NAME and CONTAINER_TYPE fields to specify the container for the control:

   	CONTROL control_name
    	{
    		CONTAINER_NAME					subpanel_name
    		CONTAINER_TYPE					SUBPANEL
    		…
    	}

   See Defining Front Panel Controls.

3. Save the configuration file.

4. Choose Restart Workspace Manager from the Workspace menu.

   For example, the following control defined in a new file /etc/dt/appconfig/types/language/DigitalClock.fp adds the DigitalClock (in the Desktop_Tools application group) to the Personal Applications subpanel for all users.

   CONTROL DigitalClockControl
    {
    	TYPE						icon
    	CONTAINER_NAME			PersAppsSubpanel
    	CONTAINER_TYPE			SUBPANEL
    	ICON						Dtdgclk
    	PUSH_ACTION				DigitalClock
    	PUSH_RECALL				True
    }

To Remove a Control from a Built-In Subpanel

Use the same procedure as for removing a Main Panel control. See To Remove a Control.

To Remove the Install Icon Control

Add the following field to the subpanel definition:

	CONTROL_INSTALL					False