To Modify Panel Properties

To modify preferences for all panels, choose Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Advanced -> Panel, then make the changes that you require. For example, you can specify various settings related to the appearance and behavior of panel objects.

You can also modify properties for each individual panel. You can change the features for each panel, such as the type of the panel, the hide behavior, and the visual appearance.

You cannot modify properties for the Menu Panel.

To modify the properties of a panel perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on a vacant space on the panel, then choose Properties to display the Panel Properties dialog. The following figure shows the Panel Properties dialog for the edge panel at the bottom of your screen.

   

   The Panel Properties dialog contains the following tabbed sections:

   • Panel-type Panel

   • Background

2. To modify panel size, position, and hiding properties, click on the Panel-type Panel tab. The following table describes the dialog elements on the Panel-type Panel tabbed section:

   Dialog Element	Description
   Position	Select the position of the panel on your screen. Click on the required position for the panel.
   Size	Select the size of the panel.
   Orient horizontally	Floating panel only. Select this option to display the panel horizontally.
   Orient vertically	Floating panel only. Select this option to display the panel vertically.
   Horizontal offset	Floating panel only. Use the spin box to specify the distance of the panel from the left edge of the screen.
   Vertical offset	Floating panel only. Use the spin box to specify the distance of the panel from the top edge of the screen.
   Screen edge offset	Sliding panel only. Use this spin box to specify the distance between your panel and the edge of the screen, in pixels.
   Autohide	Select this option to enable autohide.
   Show hide buttons	Select this option to display hide buttons on your panel.
   Arrows on hide button	Select this option to display arrows on the hide buttons, if the hide button is enabled.

3. To modify the panel background, click on the Background tab. The Background tabbed section contains the following elements:

   Dialog Element	Description
   Background Type	Choose the type of background for the panel. The choices are as follows:  Default: The default background type. The standard background depends on the settings in Applications -> Desktop Preferences -> Theme. Color: Enables you to choose a color for the panel background. Image: Enables you to choose an image for the panel background.
   Background Color	If Background Type is Color, click on the Color to use button to display the color selector dialog. Choose the color that you require from the color selector dialog.
   Image	If Background Type is Image, choose the image to use on the background of the panel. Specify the following settings for the image background:
   	Do not scale image to fit	Select this option to tile the background image to fit the panel background.
   	Scale image	Select this option to scale the background image to fit the panel background. The width-to-height ratio of the image is retained.
   	Stretch image	Select this option to stretch the background image to fit the panel background. The width-to-height ratio of the image is not retained.
   	Rotate image for vertical panels	Select this option to rotate the background image on a vertical panel.

   You can also drag a color or image on to a panel to set the color or image as the background of the panel. For more information, see To Drag a Color or Image to the Background of a Panel.

4. Click Close to close the Panel Properties dialog.