Hi!
Just installed Centos 5 (I've been running 4.x which was an upgrade from previous versions, for a long time), but this one was a fresh install.
Now Gnome gives me the two panel configuration (one at top, one at bottom) but I prefer the single, larger panel at the bottom.
Anyone know how to tweak Gnome to revert to the single-panel form?
Thanx!
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:08:32 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
Anyone know how to tweak Gnome to revert to the single-panel form?
Just right-click on the panel that you don't want and delete it.
Right-click on the other one and use the properties menu to increase its size.
Once you're happy with it, put your configuration into /etc/skel so new users will automatically get it too.
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:15:13PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:08:32 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
Anyone know how to tweak Gnome to revert to the single-panel form?
Just right-click on the panel that you don't want and delete it.
Right-click on the other one and use the properties menu to increase its size.
Once you're happy with it, put your configuration into /etc/skel so new users will automatically get it too.
But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one?
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:19:13 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one?
Right-click on the item you want to move, select move, move it to the bottom one.
Or just delete the whole top panel and re-create it on the bottom by right-clicking on the bottom panel and selecting "Add to Panel".
On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 16:23 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:19:13 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one?
Right-click on the item you want to move, select move, move it to the bottom one.
Or just delete the whole top panel and re-create it on the bottom by right-clicking on the bottom panel and selecting "Add to Panel".
I would just delete the bottom and use properties on the remaining on to specify bottom orientation.
-- Bill
On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 04:23:37PM -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:19:13 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
But how do I get the menus, etc., from the top panel onto the bottom one?
Right-click on the item you want to move, select move, move it to the bottom one.
Or just delete the whole top panel and re-create it on the bottom by right-clicking on the bottom panel and selecting "Add to Panel".
OK, I can see how that can be made to work.
But that doesn't seem to give me what I want, still.
When I upgraded from a Centos-3 to centos-4 system, I retained the older look of the panels. But when installing Centos4 afresh it gives the new look.
Even doing what you propose doesn't, as far as I can see, make the panel look like it did in the older versions. But since one can retain that look when upgrading an older system to the newer gnome, I surmise that the difference is entirely in the configuration.
So, if I knew how to hack at the configurations (which I've not been able to figure out, so far) I should be able to get what I want.
Example: the workspace switcher, in the older version, is a box that is 2X2, not four in a row. The panel buttons for switching tasks take up half the height of the panel, not the full height (as they do when I simply enlarge the panel of the new installation) and can be stacked two high on the panel.
Frank, I appreciate your helpful advice! It's just that it doesn't seem to be taking me quite where I would like to go. Thanks anyhow!
Fred
On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:53:54 -0400 fred smith fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us wrote:
Example: the workspace switcher, in the older version, is a box that is 2X2, not four in a row. The panel buttons for switching tasks take up half the height of the panel, not the full height (as they do when I simply enlarge the panel of the new installation) and can be stacked two high on the panel.
Right-click on the workspace switcher, select Preferences, "Show all workspaces in 2 rows" and "Number of Workspaces 4"
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