Re: how to invoke deskbar in gnome 2.14

["yinglcs2 yahoo com" <yinglcs2 yahoo com>]

I can't find the deskbar applet from the "Add to
Panel".  but I just install fedora 5. 

Can you please tell me how to fix that?

--- Don Scorgie <DonScorgie Blueyonder co uk> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 08:42 +0000, Neil Bird wrote:
> > Around about 23/03/06 03:50, yinglcs2 yahoo com
> typed ...
> > > I have installed fedora 5 with gnome 2.14.
> > > How can I invoke the deskbar in gnome 2.14?
> > > I tried "Alt -f3", but nothing happens.
> > 
> >    Sorry, don't follow.  "Deskbar"?  I know of
> <Alt-F1> to get the main menu, 
> > and <Alt-F2> for 'Run'.  <Alt-F3> is a new one on
> me.  Do you mean <Alt-Tab>? 
> >   Or maybe <Ctrl-Alt-Tab> [to get to the panel]
> then <tab> to the windowlist 
> > applet?
> > 
> 
> The deskbar is a new panel applet that was
> introduced in GNOME 2.14.
> For more details on what it is, have a look at the
> release notes:
>
http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/en/rnusers.html
> (about 1/3rd of the way down the page)
> 
> To invoke the deskbar, you have to have the applet
> on a panel.  You can
> put it on a panel by right-clicking on the panel and
> selecting "add to
> panel..." and choosing it from the list of applets. 
> This will put a
> text entry on the panel.
> 
> To invoke the deskbar, either click on the text
> entry and start typing
> or (from anywhere on the desktop) use the keys "alt
> - F3", which will
> focus the deskbar entry where you can start typing.
> 
> Hope this helps
> Don
> 
> 


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