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If you are on a laptop the panel will also show the battery meter to show how much power you have remaining. To view your current charge level mouseover the battery meter and it will show if your battery is charging by mousing over. To view information about your battery left click the battery icon. The field :guilabel:`Energy Full Design` shows how much power your battery held when it was brand new. The field :guilabel:`Energy Full` shows the current full charge of your battery in your current health.The :guilabel:`Energy Now` shows how much power is in your battery. The :guilabel:`Technology` field shows what kind of battery you have.
If you are on a laptop the panel will also show the battery meter to show how much power you have remaining. To view your current charge level mouseover the battery meter and it will show if your battery is charging by mousing over. To view information about your battery left click the battery icon. The field :guilabel:`Energy Full Design` shows how much power your battery held when it was brand new. The field :guilabel:`Energy Full` shows the current full charge of your battery in your current health.The :guilabel:`Energy Now` shows how much power is in your battery. The :guilabel:`Technology` field shows what kind of battery you have.
..image:: battery-info.png
As mentioned before, the panel is highly configurable and you can customize it by right clicking at various places. If you do not want to mess up your panel right click on the panel and select :menuselection:`Lock This Panel` and do the same again to unlock your panel.
As mentioned before, the panel is highly configurable and you can customize it by right clicking at various places. If you do not want to mess up your panel right click on the panel and select :menuselection:`Lock This Panel` and do the same again to unlock your panel.
Customizing
Customizing
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To show the date on the clock check the :guilabel:`Date` checkbox. To change where the date appears on the clock change the :guilabel:`Position` drop down menu.To further customize your panel select :menuselection:`Custom` from the :guilabel:`Format` drop down. To show the year press the :guilabel:`Show year` checkbox. To show what day of the week it is check the :guilabel:`Show day of week` checkbox. To make the day two digits check the :guilabel:`Pad day with zero` checkbox. To not abbreviate the months and days of week check the :guilabel:`Long month and day of week names` checkbox. To reset your changes to the time and date press the :guilabel:`Reset` button.
To show the date on the clock check the :guilabel:`Date` checkbox. To change where the date appears on the clock change the :guilabel:`Position` drop down menu.To further customize your panel select :menuselection:`Custom` from the :guilabel:`Format` drop down. To show the year press the :guilabel:`Show year` checkbox. To show what day of the week it is check the :guilabel:`Show day of week` checkbox. To make the day two digits check the :guilabel:`Pad day with zero` checkbox. To not abbreviate the months and days of week check the :guilabel:`Long month and day of week names` checkbox. To reset your changes to the time and date press the :guilabel:`Reset` button.
To add a second panel right click on the panel and :menuselection:`Add New Panel` and a new panel will be created with the dialog to customize your second panel. To remove a panel right click on the panel and select :menuselection:`Remove Panel` and you will be asked if you really want to do this as it can't be undone.
To add a second panel right click on the panel and :menuselection:`Add New Panel` and a new panel will be created with the dialog to customize your second panel. To remove a panel right click on the panel and select :menuselection:`Remove Panel` and you will be asked if you really want to do this as it can't be undone.
Non-Default widgets
Non-Default widgets
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To use your sensors widgets which you would have to add manually as shown above. A sensor bar will appear with as many sensors as on your panel. To view the temp as a number mouse over the sensor bar to see what your temperature is in a number.
To use your sensors widgets which you would have to add manually as shown above. A sensor bar will appear with as many sensors as on your panel. To view the temp as a number mouse over the sensor bar to see what your temperature is in a number.
To have a bar that shows CPU Load shows a bar graph with your CPU usage. To bring up settings for your CPU usage is right click on the CPU bar :menuselection:`Configure CPU Monitor`. The :guilabel:`Show text` checkbox shows a number for CPU usage. The field for :guilabel:`Update interval` is how often to update your CPU usage. The :guilabel:`Bar orientation` says what side to start the bar graph. The :guilabel:`Bar width` is how wide to make the bar graph. If you want to reset your changes press the :guilabel:`Reset` button.
To have a bar that shows CPU Load shows a bar graph with your CPU usage. To bring up settings for your CPU usage is right click on the CPU bar :menuselection:`Configure CPU Monitor`. The :guilabel:`Show text` checkbox shows a number for CPU usage. The field for :guilabel:`Update interval` is how often to update your CPU usage. The :guilabel:`Bar orientation` says what side to start the bar graph. The :guilabel:`Bar width` is how wide to make the bar graph. If you want to reset your changes press the :guilabel:`Reset` button.
