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<title>Deskbar</title>
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<div><span>User guide</span></div>
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« <a href="tracker-add-ons.html">Tracker Add-Ons</a>
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<div id="content">
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<div>
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<table class="index" id="index" summary="index">
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<tr class="heading"><td>Index</td></tr>
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<tr class="index"><td>
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<a href="#deskbar-menu">The Deskbar Menu</a><br />
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<a href="#tray">The Tray</a><br />
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<a href="#list-of-apps">The list of running programs</a>
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</td></tr>
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</table>
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<h1>Deskbar</h1>
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<p>The Deskbar is the little panel that by default is located in the upper right corner of the screen. It's Haiku's version of Windows' taskbar with its Start button. It contains the Deskbar menu from where you can start applications and preferences, a tray with a clock and other tools below that and a list of currently running programs at the bottom.</p>
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<img src="images/deskbar-images/positions.png" alt="positions" />
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<p>You can move the Deskbar to any corner or as a bar along the upper or lower border of the screen by gripping the knobbly area on one side of the tray and drag&drop it into the new position. You can also fold it into a more compact layout by drag&dropping the knobbly area onto the Deskbar menu.</p>
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<h2>
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<a href="#"><img src="../images/up.png" style="border:none;float:right" alt="index" /></a>
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<a id="deskbar-menu" name="deskbar-menu">The Deskbar Menu</a></h2>
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<p>A menu opens when you click on the Deskbar's top:</p>
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<img src="images/deskbar-images/deskbar.png" alt="deskbar.png" />
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>About this system...</b> - Shows some basic information of the system, licenses and the credits of the Haiku project.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Find...</b> - Opens the <a href="queries.html">Query</a> dialog.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Show replicants</b> - Shows/hides the little <a href="gui.html#replicants">Replicant</a> widget you use to drag it around, remove or access its context menu.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Mount</b> - Offers the same options as when invoked by right-clicking the Desktop (see <a href="tracker.html#mounting-volumes">Mounting Volumes</a>).</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Deskbar preferences...</b> - Opens a panel to configure the Deskbar (see below).</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Shutdown</b> - Offers options to either <span class="menu">Restart system</span> or <span class="menu">Power off</span>.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Recent documents, folders, applications</b> - List of the last recently opened documents, folders and applications (see <span class="menu">Deskbar preferences</span> below).</p></li>
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<li><p><b>Applications, Demos, Deskbar applets, Preferences</b> - List of installed applications, demos, applets and preferences.<br />You can add links to other programs (or any folder, document, query etc.) by putting them into <span class="path">~/config/settings/deskbar/menu/</span>.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>
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<a href="#"><img src="../images/up.png" style="border:none;float:right" alt="index" /></a>Deskbar Preferences</h3>
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<img src="images/deskbar-images/prefs-deskbar.png" alt="prefs-deskbar.png" />
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<p>The Deskbar preference panel is devided into three sections.</p>
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<h4>Applications</h4>
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<p>The following settings don't apply to your installed applications, but to the behavior and visuals of the list of running applications.</p>
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<table summary="layout" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Sort running applications</span></td><td> </td><td>Sorts the list of running programs alphabetically.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Tracker always first</span></td><td> </td><td>Even if you sort alphabetically, the Tracker entry always stays first in the list.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="onelinetop"><span class="menu">Show application expander</span></td><td> </td><td>Provides a small widget to show/hide all windows of a program directly under its entry in the Deskbar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Expand new applications</span></td><td> </td><td>Newly launched programs have their windows automatically expanded under their entry in the Deskbar.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Hide application names</span></td><td> </td><td>Removes the text labels of running applications.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Icon size</span></td><td> </td><td>Adjusts the icon size of running applications. </td></tr>
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</table>
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<h4>Menu</h4>
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<p>While the first couple of menu items of the Deskbar are fixed, you can customized the ones below <span class="menu">Shutdown...</span>.<br />
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Here you can set the number of recent documents, folders and applications that are shown in their menu in the Deskbar, or if you want to see them at all.<br />
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The button <span class="button">Edit menu...</span> opens the folder <span class="path">~/config/settings/deskbar/menu/</span>. In it you'll find the files and folders that appear in the Deskbar, by default these are <span class="menu">Applications</span>, <span class="menu">Demos</span>, <span class="menu">Deskbar applets</span>, and <span class="menu">Preferences</span>.<br />
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You can delete or add entries like links to applications, documents or even queries by simply copying/deleting them to/from this folder.</p>
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<p>It's even easier to simply drag a file, folder or saved query and drop it where you want it into the Deskbar.</p>
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<h4>Window</h4>
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<p>Finally, the preferences for the Deskbar window.</p>
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<table summary="layout" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Always on top</span></td><td> </td><td>The Deskbar always stays above all other windows.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Auto-raise</span></td><td> </td><td>The Deskbar pops to the front if the mouse pointer touches it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="menu">Auto-hide</span></td><td> </td><td>The Deskbar is reduced to only a few pixels and only pops up if the mouse pointer touches them.</td></tr>
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</table>
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<h2>
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<a href="#"><img src="../images/up.png" style="border:none;float:right" alt="index" /></a>
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<a id="tray" name="tray">The Tray</a></h2>
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<img src="images/deskbar-images/calendar.png" alt="calendar.png" />
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<p>Among other things, the tray is housing the clock. Hover the mouse over it to display the date in a tooltip. Left-click it to show a calendar. Right-click it to hide/show the clock or launch the <a href="preferences/time.html">Time</a> preferences to set it.</p>
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<p>Any program can install an icon in the tray to provide an interface to the user. The email system, for instance, shows a different symbol when there's unread mail and offers a context menu to e.g. create or check for new mail. <span class="app">ProcessController</span> is another example that uses its icon in the tray to provide information (CPU/memory usage) and to offer a context menu.</p>
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<h2>
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<a href="#"><img src="../images/up.png" style="border:none;float:right" alt="index" /></a>
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<a id="list-of-apps" name="list-of-apps">The list of running programs</a></h2>
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<img src="images/deskbar-images/list-of-apps.png" alt="list-of-apps.png" />
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<p>You can change to a specific running application by clicking on its entry in the Deskbar and choosing (one of) its windows, from the submenu. By right-clicking you can minimize or close a window or the entire application.</p>
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<p>If you activated Expanders in the Deskbar settings, you can expand/collapse the list of windows directly under an application's entry.</p>
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<p>In front of every application's windows is a symbol providing info on its state. A bright symbol means a window is visible, a dark one that it's minimized. Three lines in front of a symbol shows that it's not on the current workspace.</p>
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