cut/paste to put fancy menu as default menu
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@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ LXQt Panel is the bar situated at the bottom of your screen by default. The pane
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Usage
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The application menu allows you to browse and search through available programs; a keyboard shortcut is conveniently available for this and is set to :kbd:`Super(Windows)` by default. The menu has many subcategories to launch each application. To move an application from the menu to the desktop right click on it and select :menuselection:`Add to desktop`. The :menuselection:`Leave` menu has options to :menuselection:`Hibernate`, :menuselection:`Leave`, :menuselection:`Logout`, :menuselection:`Reboot`, :menuselection:`Shutdown`, or :menuselection:`Suspend`. If you want to lock your screen use :menuselection:`Lock Screen`. If you want to lock your screen select :menuselection:`Lock Screen`. If you mouseover a program you can see a description of that program in the menu. To go back one level or close the root level of the menu press the :kbd:`Escape` key. The desktop switcher allows you to switch to another virtual desktop, allowing you to keep your workspace organized by left clicking on the desktop number or using the mousewheel to change desktops. To see your desktop names simply mouseover the desktop number to see the desktop name.
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To add a different optional menu add the :guilabel:`Fancy Application Menu` widget. To open this fancy menu simply left click on it. At the top you can search in the :guilabel:`Search` bar at the top. To the left if a bar of added favorites to your menu. To click through your menu for applications left click on the category names on the right. To open an about dialog about LXQt press the :guilabel:`Hummingbird` button in the bottom left hand corner of the menu. To open LXQt Configuration Center left click the :guilabel:`light bulb in front of a gear` button towards the bottom right of the menu. To bring up a shutdown menu left click the :guilabel:`Power` button. To close the menu left click on the menu on the panel with the panel open or press :kbd:`Escape` to close the fancy menu.
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.. image:: menu_search.png
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.. image:: fancy-menu.png
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To add a program to your desktop from the fancy menu right click and select :menuselection:`Add to desktop`. To add a program from the menu to your favorites right click on it and select :menuselection:`Add to Favorites`. To remove an item from your favorites right click on it and select :menuselection:`Remove from Favorites`.
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The quick launch bar allows you to conveniently launch your file manager (PCManFM) and web browser (Firefox) by left clicking on the program. If you right click on the icons in quick launch on something like Firefox will have items for each program. To add a program to quick launch open the menu and find it there and drag it down onto the panel. To move an item on your quick launch to the left right click the icon and select :menuselection:`Move left` or press :kbd:`Control` and drag the icon to the left. To move an item to the left right click the icon and select :menuselection:`Move right` or press :kbd:`Control` and drag the icon to the right. Another way to reorder items on quicklaunch is to hold :kbd:`Control` and drag and drop to the desired position. To remove an item from quick launch right click on the icon and select :menuselection:`Remove from quicklaunch`. To refresh your quicklaunch right click and select :menuselection:`Refresh`. To show your desktop press the blue show desktop button between quick launch and the taskbar. To see all your windows again press the blue show desktop button again.
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@ -80,11 +82,9 @@ Shipped widgets not enabled by default:
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.. image:: panel-config-widgets.png
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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 circle with three dots button. The :guilabel:`Icon` checkbox 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:`Button text` lets you add text that can be anything you want to your menu. To change your own font size check the :guilabel:`Custom font size` checkbox and change your font size on the field to the right. To change the shortcut to open the menu from the default :kbd:`Left Super (Windows)` you can press the button for keyboard shortcut and a countdown will begin a countdown and press the button. To choose another file to use as a menu press use the :guilabel:`Menu file` field to choose a different menu. To set a custom keyboard shortcut to open the menu left click on :guilabel:`Click the button to record shortcut` button then press the keyboard shortcut you want.
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To change settings with fancy application menus right click on the menu icon and select :menuselection:`Configure "Fancy Application Menu"`. To set a custom icon for your fancy menu left click the :guilabel:`Icon` checkbox. To choose a custom icon for your menu enter the path in the field right of :guilabel:`Icon` or press the :guilabel:`Folder` button. To change the font size for your menu check the :guilabel:`Custom font size` checkbox and then select the font size on the right. To have the fancy menu automatically switch to a menu category after you mouseover check the :guilabel:`Auto select after` checkbox and then choose how long to wait to autoselect. To choose a different application menu type the path in the :guilabel:`Menu file` field or press the :guilabel:`Folder` button to change to select a path for the menu. To set a keyboard shortcut to show menu left click on the :guilabel:`Click the button to record shortcut` and press the keyboard shortcut you want to show up. To have search cleared each time you open the menu check the :guilabel:`Clear search upon showing menu` checkbox. To switch the buttons for shutdown, configuration center, and about buttons change the :guilabel:`Buttons row position` menu. To change which side the categories menu is on change the :guilabel:`Categories position` menu.
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To turn off searching in the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Filter menu entries` checkbox. To turn off showing matching items directly in top layer of the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Show matching entries` checkbox. Leave both of these checked to allow searching. To set the most number of search results in the menu change the :guilabel:`Maximum visible items` field. To change how wide each search result can be change the :guilabel:`Max. item width` field. To not hide what section of the menu everyone has :guilabel:`Hide menu entries while searching` checkbox. To not clear your search upon reopening the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Clear search upon showing menu` checkbox.
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.. image:: menu-pref.png
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.. image:: fancy-menu-config.png
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To customize the Desktop switcher right click on the desktop switcher :menuselection:`Configure Desktop Switcher` or press the :guilabel:`three dots` button. To change the number of rows on your desktop change the :guilabel:`Number of rows` field. To change how desktops are labeled change the :guilabel:`Desktop Labels` field. To only show the current desktop check the :guilabel:`Show only active desktop` checkbox. To change the name of each desktop enter a name under :guilabel:`Desktop Names`.
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@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ To add two or more panels right click on the panel and :menuselection:`Add New P
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Non-Default widgets
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The application menu allows you to browse and search through available programs; a keyboard shortcut is conveniently available for this and is set to :kbd:`Super(Windows)` by default. The menu has many subcategories to launch each application. To move an application from the menu to the desktop right click on it and select :menuselection:`Add to desktop`. The :menuselection:`Leave` menu has options to :menuselection:`Hibernate`, :menuselection:`Leave`, :menuselection:`Logout`, :menuselection:`Reboot`, :menuselection:`Shutdown`, or :menuselection:`Suspend`. If you want to lock your screen use :menuselection:`Lock Screen`. If you want to lock your screen select :menuselection:`Lock Screen`. If you mouseover a program you can see a description of that program in the menu. To go back one level or close the root level of the menu press the :kbd:`Escape` key. The desktop switcher allows you to switch to another virtual desktop, allowing you to keep your workspace organized by left clicking on the desktop number or using the mousewheel to change desktops. To see your desktop names simply mouseover the desktop number to see the desktop name.
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.. image:: menu_search.png
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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 circle with three dots button. The :guilabel:`Icon` checkbox 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:`Button text` lets you add text that can be anything you want to your menu. To change your own font size check the :guilabel:`Custom font size` checkbox and change your font size on the field to the right. To change the shortcut to open the menu from the default :kbd:`Left Super (Windows)` you can press the button for keyboard shortcut and a countdown will begin a countdown and press the button. To choose another file to use as a menu press use the :guilabel:`Menu file` field to choose a different menu. To set a custom keyboard shortcut to open the menu left click on :guilabel:`Click the button to record shortcut` button then press the keyboard shortcut you want.
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To turn off searching in the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Filter menu entries` checkbox. To turn off showing matching items directly in top layer of the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Show matching entries` checkbox. Leave both of these checked to allow searching. To set the most number of search results in the menu change the :guilabel:`Maximum visible items` field. To change how wide each search result can be change the :guilabel:`Max. item width` field. To not hide what section of the menu everyone has :guilabel:`Hide menu entries while searching` checkbox. To not clear your search upon reopening the menu uncheck the :guilabel:`Clear search upon showing menu` checkbox.
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.. image:: menu-pref.png
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To add an easy way to change brightness to your panel add the :guilabel:`Backlight` widget. To bring the applet to change backlight level left click on the icon. To make the backlight more faint drag the slider to the bottom and to make it brighter drag the slider towards the top.
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.. image:: directory-config.png
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To add a different optional menu add the :guilabel:`Fancy Application Menu` widget. To open this fancy menu simply left click on it. At the top you can search in the :guilabel:`Search` bar at the top. To the left if a bar of added favorites to your menu. To click through your menu for applications left click on the category names on the right. To open an about dialog about LXQt press the :guilabel:`Hummingbird` button in the bottom left hand corner of the menu. To open LXQt Configuration Center left click the :guilabel:`light bulb in front of a gear` button towards the bottom right of the menu. To bring up a shutdown menu left click the :guilabel:`Power` button. To close the menu left click on the menu on the panel with the panel open or press :kbd:`Escape` to close the fancy menu.
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.. image:: fancy-menu.png
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To add a program to your desktop from the fancy menu right click and select :menuselection:`Add to desktop`. To add a program from the menu to your favorites right click on it and select :menuselection:`Add to Favorites`. To remove an item from your favorites right click on it and select :menuselection:`Remove from Favorites`.
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To change settings with fancy application menus right click on the menu icon and select :menuselection:`Configure "Fancy Application Menu"`. To set a custom icon for your fancy menu left click the :guilabel:`Icon` checkbox. To choose a custom icon for your menu enter the path in the field right of :guilabel:`Icon` or press the :guilabel:`Folder` button. To change the font size for your menu check the :guilabel:`Custom font size` checkbox and then select the font size on the right. To have the fancy menu automatically switch to a menu category after you mouseover check the :guilabel:`Auto select after` checkbox and then choose how long to wait to autoselect. To choose a different application menu type the path in the :guilabel:`Menu file` field or press the :guilabel:`Folder` button to change to select a path for the menu. To set a keyboard shortcut to show menu left click on the :guilabel:`Click the button to record shortcut` and press the keyboard shortcut you want to show up. To have search cleared each time you open the menu check the :guilabel:`Clear search upon showing menu` checkbox. To switch the buttons for shutdown, configuration center, and about buttons change the :guilabel:`Buttons row position` menu. To change which side the categories menu is on change the :guilabel:`Categories position` menu.
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.. image:: fancy-menu-config.png
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To add an applet that can show your current keyboard layout and if capslock, numlock, or scrollock is pressed use the :guilabel:`Keyboard State Indicator` applet. If shown the capslock indicator if shown will have a highlighted :guilabel:`C` to show if you have capslock on. The numlock indicator if shown has the :guilabel:`N` is highlighted. The scrollock indicator if shown will have a highlighted :guilabel:`S` to show if scrolllock is on. Then to the right of your panel shows your current keyboard layout with either text or a flag by the for your keyboard layout.
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To change settings on keyboard state indicator right click and select :menuselection:`Configure Keyboard State Indicator` or press the :guilabel:`...` button on configuring the panel on :guilabel:`Keyboard State Indicator`. To hide showing the caps lock uncheck the :guilabel:`Show Caps Lock` checkbox. To hide your numlock indicator uncheck the :guilabel:`Show Num Lock` check. To hide the scroll lock indicator uncheck the :guilabel:`Show Scroll Lock` checkbox. To toggle showing an indicator for your keyboard layout check/uncheck the :guilabel:`Keyboard Layout Indicator` checkbox. To have clicking switch your keyboard layout everywhere press the :guilabel:`Global` button under :guilabel:`Switching Policy`. To have your layout switched by only a window press the :guilabel:`Window` under :guilabel:`Switching Policy`. To have your keyboard layout switched on a certain application press the :guilabel:`Application` button under :guilabel:`Switching Policy`. To show a flag in your panel first install the iso-flags-svg package and in the :guilabel:`Flags path pattern` field type in :kbd:`/usr/share/iso-flags-svg/country-squared/%1.svg` to show the flags. To open the configuration of your keyboard layouts press the :guilabel:`Configure layouts` button.
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To have a set of eyes that look towards where the mouse cursor is add the :guilabel:`QEyes` widget. The eyes look towards where the mouse cursor is relative to from the eye.
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.. image:: QEyes.png
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