@ -11,11 +11,14 @@ The :guilabel:`Background` tab has settings for desktop background. To change th
The drop down menu :guilabel:`Wallpaper mode` lets you change how the image you select for a wallpaper is made to fit on the screen. If you want an image to have multiple copies of a smaller image select tile image from the drop down. If you do not want an image and just a solid color select fill with background color only. To change the background color if you select that press the button to the right of :guilabel:`Select background color`. To have the image oriented based on metadata check the :guilabel:`Transform image based on EXIF data` checkbox. To use a different wallpaper on each monitor check the :guilabel:`Individual wallpaper for each monitor`. If your wallpaper looks streched and you don't want it to you can select :menuselection:`Cetner on the screen`. This is also useful if your multimonitor setup has the wallpaper split across monitors awkwardly and you want the same wallpaper twice.
The drop down menu :guilabel:`Wallpaper mode` lets you change how the image you select for a wallpaper is made to fit on the screen. If you want an image to have multiple copies of a smaller image select tile image from the drop down. If you do not want an image and just a solid color select fill with background color only. To change the background color if you select that press the button to the right of :guilabel:`Select background color`. To have the image oriented based on metadata check the :guilabel:`Transform image based on EXIF data` checkbox. To use a different wallpaper on each monitor check the :guilabel:`Individual wallpaper for each monitor`. If your wallpaper looks streched and you don't want it to you can select :menuselection:`Cetner on the screen`. This is also useful if your multimonitor setup has the wallpaper split across monitors awkwardly and you want the same wallpaper twice.
..image:: desktop-general.png
..image:: desktop.png
The :guilabel:`General` tab has settings for text on desktop icons and text colors and icon sizes. The drop down menu :guilabel:`Icon size` lets you choose a different size of desktop icons you can choose a size that looks good on your screen. The box :guilabel:`Select text color` brings up a widget to pick the color on desktop icons and files. The field :guilabel:`Select shadow color` changes the shadow on the shadow around the icon. To change the margins change the fields for :guilabel:`Minimum item margins` field for different coordinates. To make the margins always the same number of pixels check the :guilabel:`Lock` checkbox.
The :guilabel:`General` tab has settings for text on desktop icons and text colors and icon sizes. The drop down menu :guilabel:`Icon size` lets you choose a different size of desktop icons you can choose a size that looks good on your screen. The box :guilabel:`Select text color` brings up a widget to pick the color on desktop icons and files. The field :guilabel:`Select shadow color` changes the shadow on the shadow around the icon. To change the margins change the fields for :guilabel:`Minimum item margins` field for different coordinates. To make the margins always the same number of pixels check the :guilabel:`Lock` checkbox.
..image:: desktop.png
..image:: desktop-general.png
The box labeled :guilabel:`Select font` lets you choose which font and size information from a dialog box. On the left is the :guilabel:`Font` for which font to select on on the bottom or type the name on top. The middle lets you choose the :guilabel:`Font style` of the font on your desktop. On the far right is a choice for the :guilabel:`Size` of your font which you can select from the menu. To have your text of your font underlined check the :guilabel:`Underline` checkbox. To change what languages your fonts can support choose your language in the :guilabel:`Writing System` drop down menu. To preview how the text will appear look in the :guilabel:`Sample` box.
The box labeled :guilabel:`Select font` lets you choose which font and size information from a dialog box. On the left is the :guilabel:`Font` for which font to select on on the bottom or type the name on top. The middle lets you choose the :guilabel:`Font style` of the font on your desktop. On the far right is a choice for the :guilabel:`Size` of your font which you can select from the menu. To have your text of your font underlined check the :guilabel:`Underline` checkbox. To change what languages your fonts can support choose your language in the :guilabel:`Writing System` drop down menu. To preview how the text will appear look in the :guilabel:`Sample` box.
