[Xfce4-commits] <xfce4-docs:xfce4-panel-master> Review preferences.page.

Nick Schermer noreply at xfce.org
Sat Apr 16 15:34:05 CEST 2011


Updating branch refs/heads/xfce4-panel-master
         to e65bd30410568f07f8da1a0bf410d9e9b84b6ef6 (commit)
       from b9a2588439833e8fd851e0a777dc38d43450c7c9 (commit)

commit e65bd30410568f07f8da1a0bf410d9e9b84b6ef6
Author: Nick Schermer <nick at xfce.org>
Date:   Sat Apr 16 15:24:14 2011 +0200

    Review preferences.page.

 preferences.page |  152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 files changed, 106 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

diff --git a/preferences.page b/preferences.page
index df4d435..ea68c95 100644
--- a/preferences.page
+++ b/preferences.page
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
   <title>Preferences</title>
 
    <p>
-       The Xfce panel preferences dialog gives you the ability
-       to customize your panel. You can change the size, appearance,
-       and orentation of your panels. You can also add or remove extra 
-       panels on your desktop.  
+     The Xfce panel preferences dialog gives you the ability
+     to customize your panel. You can change the size, appearance,
+     and orientation of your panels. You can also add or remove extra
+     panels on your desktop.  
    </p> 
 
   <figure>
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
     <title>Accessing Panel Preferences</title>
 
     <p>
-    The panel preferences can be opened by going to <guiseq>
-    <gui>Settings</gui><gui>Panel</gui></guiseq> in your applications menu. 
-    You can also access panel preferences by right clicking on your panel
-    and going to <gui>Panel Settings</gui>. If you right click on space occupied by a 
-    panel plugin, you can access panel preferences by going to <guiseq><gui>Panel</gui>
-    <gui>Panel Settings</gui></guiseq>.
+      The panel preferences can be opened by going to <guiseq>
+      <gui>Settings</gui><gui>Panel</gui></guiseq> in your applications menu. 
+      You can also access panel preferences by right clicking on your panel
+      and going to <gui>Panel Settings</gui>. If you right click on space occupied by a 
+      panel plugin, you can access panel preferences by going to <guiseq><gui>Panel</gui>
+      <gui>Panel Preferences...</gui></guiseq>.
     </p>
   </section>
   
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
     <title>Selecting a panel</title>
     
     <p>
-      You can select a panel from the dropdown list at the top of the dialog.
+      You can select a panel from the drop down list at the top of the dialog.
       Next to this are two buttons that can be used to remove (-) the currently 
       selected panel or add (+) a new empty panel.
     </p>
     
     <p>
-      The panel selected in the dialog should also show a slection around
+      The panel selected in the dialog should also show a selection around
       the panel, so it is clear which panel you are editing.
     </p>
   </section>
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
           <p>
             If you have multiple monitors connected to the computer, this
             option will appear in the properties dialog. This will tell the panel
-          to stretch across multiple monitors instead of only being restricted to
-          one monitor. This tells the panel to look at the total screen size instead
-          of the size of an individual monitor.
+            to stretch across multiple monitors instead of only being restricted to
+            one monitor. It look at the total screen size instead of the size of
+            an individual monitor.
           </p>
         </item>
         
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
           <p>
             Don't show the handles on the panel which allow you to move
             the panel. When this option is disabled, you can drag the panel 
-          anywhere you want on your screen. The panel will also snap to the 
-          edges of your screen.
+            anywhere you want on your screen. The panel will also snap to the 
+            edges of your screen.
           </p>
         </item>
         
@@ -160,46 +160,57 @@
       <terms>
         <item>
           <title><gui>Style</gui></title>
-       <p>
-        This allows you to change the transparency, color, and background
-        image of the panel. You have three options to choose from.
-       </p>
-        
-      <terms>
-        <item>
-          <title><gui>None (user system style)</gui></title>
+
           <p>
-            The panel inherits colors from the currently selected GTK+
-            theme. You can view and change the current GTK+ theme by going to
-            <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>.
+          This allows you to change the transparency, color, and background
+          image of the panel. You have three options to choose from.
           </p>
-        </item>
         
-        <item>
-          <title><gui>Solid Color</gui></title>
-          <p>
-            You can select a color using the provided color picker. 
-            The color you select will be applied to the panel.
-          </p>
-        </item>
-        
-        <item>
-          <title><gui>Background Image</gui></title>
-          <p>
-            Select a background for your panel.
-          </p>
-        </item>
-      </terms>
+          <terms>
+            <item>
+              <title><gui>None (user system style)</gui></title>
+              <p>
+                The panel inherits colors from the currently selected GTK+
+                theme. You can view and change the current GTK+ theme by going to
+                <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Appearance</gui></guiseq>.
+              </p>
+            </item>
+            
+            <item>
+              <title><gui>Solid Color</gui></title>
+              <p>
+                You can select a color using the provided color picker. 
+                The color you select will be applied to the panel.
+              </p>
+            </item>
+            
+            <item>
+              <title><gui>Background Image</gui></title>
+              <p>
+                Select a background for your panel.
+              </p>
+            </item>
+          </terms>
         </item>
         
         <item>
           <title><gui>Alpha</gui></title>
           <p>
             Change the alpha transparency of the panel.
-            Some panel plugins may still retain a non-transparent backgound.
+            Some panel plugins may still retain a non-transparent background.
             This option is only available if your panel style is set to <gui>None</gui>
             or <gui>Solid Color</gui>.
           </p>
+          
+          <note>
+            <p>
+              The opacity and alpha settings are only available if the X server supports
+              compositing and this is enabled in the window manager. To enabled this in Xfwm4
+              activate <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Window Manager Tweaks</gui>
+              <gui>Compositor</gui><gui>Enable display compositing</gui></guiseq>
+              from the applications menu.
+            </p>
+          </note>
         </item>
         
         <item>
@@ -225,7 +236,9 @@
     
     <section>
       <title>Opacity</title>
+      <p>
         These options set the transparency of the entire panel.
+      </p>
       <terms>
         <item>
           <title><gui>Enter</gui></title>
@@ -280,9 +293,56 @@
     </p>
     
     <p>
-      Only limition in this dialog, compared to mouse handling, is that
+      Only limitation in this dialog, compared to mouse handling, is that
       you cannot move items between panels and access custom menu items
       a plugin can add in the item menu.
     </p>
   </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Hidden Properties</title>
+    
+    <terms>
+      <item>
+        <title>disable-struts</title>
+        <p>
+          When the panel is snapped to a monitor edge and it is not between
+          two monitors on the same screen, it will avoid windows from overlapping
+          the panel (ie. the window manager will reserve space for the panel).
+        </p>
+        
+        <p>
+          This behavior can be disabled per-panel with the xfconf property
+          <var>disable-struts</var>. This can be changed with <app>xfconf-query</app>
+          like the command below. Remember to replace <var>panel-0</var> with the
+          appropriate panel number, which is the number of the panel in the preferences
+          dialog minus one.
+        </p>
+        
+        <p>
+          <cmd>xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-0/disable-struts -t bool -n -s true</cmd>
+        </p>
+      </item>
+    </terms>
+  </section>
+  
+  <section>
+    <title>Style Settings</title>
+    
+    <terms>
+      <item>
+        <title>Class <em>PanelWindow</em></title>
+        <terms>
+          <item>
+            <title><var>popup-delay</var></title>
+            <p>Control the popup delay of a hidden panel in milliseconds. Defaults to 225.</p>
+          </item>
+          <item>
+            <title><var>popdown-delay</var></title>
+            <p>Control the popdown delay of a hidden panel in milliseconds. Defaults to 350.</p>
+          </item>
+        </terms>
+      </item>
+    </terms>
+  </section>
 </page>



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