Chapter 2.

Configuring the Panel

Tip

For more information on configuring panels, refer to the GConf chapter of the GNOME Desktop Ad 

ministration Guide available through Applications (the main menu on the panel) => Help, selecting

the Desktop Category, and choosing the System Administration Guide Document.

Note

For information on locking down the panel, refer to Section 4.3 Locking Down the Panel.

2.1. Panel Configuration

The following material is meant to serve as a more technical reference for panel configuration.

2.1.1. Configuration Layout

The panel configuration contains a more complex set of GConf keys. This section gives an overview

of how those keys are organized.

Most of the panel configuration is stored in

/apps/panel/

. The

general/

directory contains the

following keys:

toplevel_id_list

The list of panel identifiers. Each identifier is also the name of the sub directory in the

toplevels

directory which contains the actual preferences for that panel.

object_id_list

The list of panel object identifiers. Each identifier is also the name of the sub directory in the

objects

directory which contains the actual preferences for that panel object.

applet_id_list

The list of panel applet identifiers. Each identifier is also the name of the subdirectory in the

applets

directory, which contains the actual preferences for that panel applet.

Thus, the default contents of

/apps/panel/

looks something like:

/apps/panel/general:

applet_id_list = [mixer,clock,systray,...]

object_id_list = [menu_bar,web_launcher,...]