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Customizing
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To change many panel settings right click not on the main taskbar and click the wrench button for panel settings.
To change many panel settings right click not on the main taskbar and click the gear button for panel settings.
The :guilabel:`Panel` tab has settings for the color and position of the panel. To move the panel their is a drop down menu of position that can move it to the side of the screen you want. The :guilabel:`alignment` drop down menu lets you set the alignment of the panel on your screen if you choose to move it or make it only a portion of the screen. The :guilabel:`size` menu lets you increase or decrease the width of the panel. :guilabel:`Length` has two fields the one is either px or percent is for to change the length of the panel in pixels while percent is a percent of the entire screen size that changes if you change resolution. The first is the number of pixels or percent of the screen you want the panel to cover. The icon size makes the size of the icons bigger or smaller on the panel.
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To configure options for your application menu right click on the menu configure application menu or from the panel configuration dialog with the widget selected for application menu click on the wrench button. The checkbox for :guilabel:`icon` lets you choose a custom icon to use in your menu if you want one and then use the folder button to browse for the path of the custom file you want for your menu. The checkbox for :guilabel:`menu text` lets you add text that can be anything you want to your menu. To change the shortcut to open the menu from the default :kbd:`Alt + f1` you can press the button for keyboard shortcut and a countdown will begin a countdown and press the button.
To configure options for your application menu right click on the menu configure application menu or from the panel configuration dialog with the widget selected for application menu click on the gear button. The checkbox for :guilabel:`icon` lets you choose a custom icon to use in your menu if you want one and then use the folder button to browse for the path of the custom file you want for your menu. The checkbox for :guilabel:`menu text` lets you add text that can be anything you want to your menu. To change the shortcut to open the menu from the default :kbd:`Alt + f1` you can press the button for keyboard shortcut and a countdown will begin a countdown and press the button.
To change options for your task manager or taskbar open the panel configuration dialog select taskmanager taskbar and click the wrench button. The checkbox for :guilabel:`show only windows from desktop` will only show windows from a certain desktop and will have a drop down that will default to the current desktop but can also be shown. If you want to close windows on a middle click there is a checkbox to turn that on and off. The :guilabel:`window grouping` checkbox will group multiple windows of the same program into a group of windows. The checkbox for :guilabel:`show popup on mouse hover` will allow you to hover the mouse over the window group to show them off. Turning the checkbox for window grouping will show each window as its own item on the taskbar.
To change options for your task manager or taskbar open the panel configuration dialog select taskmanager taskbar and click the gear button. The checkbox for :guilabel:`show only windows from desktop` will only show windows from a certain desktop and will have a drop down that will default to the current desktop but can also be shown. If you want to close windows on a middle click there is a checkbox to turn that on and off. The :guilabel:`window grouping` checkbox will group multiple windows of the same program into a group of windows. The checkbox for :guilabel:`show popup on mouse hover` will allow you to hover the mouse over the window group to show them off. Turning the checkbox for window grouping will show each window as its own item on the taskbar.
To change the look of your taskbar in the same window as above the appearance section the button style will change whetehre to show only the icon or the icon only for only the icons. To show window and the text label of the program press text and icon. Icons only will work best with a panel aligned to the left or right side of your screen. To have only the text and no icons slecet only text. To change the maximum width of a button change the maximum button width which is measured in pixels to how wide on maximum a button could be.
