To add a new Panel to your desktop,
select
Panel->Create
panel from the Main
Menu. Choose from the following
Panel types:
Menu Panel — The Menu
Panel is a special Panel
which is always placed at the top of your screen and
contains several pull-down menus. These are
Programs, Favorites,
Settings, Desktop, and
a special menu which provides quick access to GNOME-related
Internet resources (look for the bullet hole icon). This
Panel can also hold the other objects
which other Panels can hold, but it
does not have the configuration properties which other
Panels have. Note that the
Menu Panel is more restrictive than
other Panels, and some normal
Panel operations, such as moving the
Panel, cannot be performed on it.
Edge Panel — An Edge
Panel is exactly like the main
Panel that starts up with GNOME; it
stretches along the whole length of one of screen edges. By
selecting this type of Panel, you
may add a new Panel to another edge
of your screen to give yourself more functionality.
Aligned Panel — An
Aligned Panel is also positioned
along one of the screen edges. But unlike an Edge
Panel, an Aligned Panel
will not stretch across the entire edge of the screen it is
on; It will only stretch as much as necessary to display
the icons and applets it contains. It can be positioned
either at one of the corners (in this case, it will stretch
towards the opposite corner) or at the center of the edge
(in this case, it will stretch in both directions,
automatically recentering when you add new objects).
If an Aligned Panel is aligned with
one of the corners, the hide buttons will work slightly
differently than for an Edge Panel.
The hide button closest to the edge of your screen will hide
the Panel as usual but the other hide
button will send the whole Panel to
the opposite corner. When the latter move is made it will
not hide the Panel since it is
changing the side of the screen it resides on. If you want
to hide it you will have to press the hide button once again.
Sliding Panel — A
Sliding Panel is very similar to an
Aligned Panel, but can be placed
anywhere along the screen edge, not necessarily in one of
the corners or in the center. As you add objects, it will
only grow in one direction — it won't automatically
recenter.
Floating Panel — A
Floating Panel can be placed anywhere
on your screen, not necessarily along one of the edges.
Any Panel you have on your desktop(except
a Menu Panel) can be
moved by pressing the middle mouse button, or by simultaneously
pressing the left and right mouse buttons, while dragging the
Panel to
the desired position on your screen. If you do not have a middle
mouse button and did not configure your mouse to emulate a
middle button you may also move a Panel
by changing its location in the Panel
properties dialog. You can read more about this in
the section called Individual Panel Properties of this documentation.