Unity how to....

[Jim Byrnes]

anlarye wrote:
> add "gnome-panel" to your start up applications, this will bring the
> gnome-panels back, you can customize them from that point. I would turn off
> the expand and turn on the auto hide.
> those are panel applets and the top bar in unity isnt a gnome panel like we
> are used to in previous versions of gnome.
>
> hope that helps !
>

Sorry for the delay, got busy and didn't have much time to play with 
Natty.  I did what you suggested and I see a panel at the bottom but not 
the top.  I imagine that's why you referred to turning off expand and 
turning on auto hide.  After thinking about it for awhile and since this 
laptop has nothing critical on it I decided try to figure out Unity 
rather than putting some gnome stuff back on.

I was curious why Glipper showed up on the topbar and Topshelf did not. 
After reading the help again it must be that someone made Glipper 
indicator menu aware but Topshelf is not.

Right now Topshelf is on my desktop and is working.  I tried to keep it 
on the Launcher but it will not run when I try to launch it.

Thanks,  Jim

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> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 22:23, Jim Byrnes<jf_byrnes at comcast.net>  wrote:
>
>> Earlier today I upgraded my notebook to Natty.  I have to say it couldn't
>> have gone smoother.  Now I have to figure out how to use it.
>>
>> I had Glipper and Top Shelf on the top panel.  Now Glipper is still there
>> but Top Shelf is missing.  According to Snaptic it is still installed.  How
>> can I get it back on the top panel?
>>
>> I have so many apps on the Launcher that I must scroll it down to see the
>> Workplace Switcher.  I make alot of use of the different workplaces that
>> used to be on the bottom panel.  I tried to move the Workplace Switcher up
>> where it would be more visible.  I can't drag it up.  I tried moving other
>> apps down under it to push it up, but no slot will open beneath it. Any way
>> to move it up?
>>
>> I have Thinkpad with a Fn key on it I don't use, but no windows keys.  I
>> want to try to make the Fn key the super key.  I looked in the keyboard and
>> keyboard shortcuts but didn't see a way to change it.  Is there a central
>> location to change Unity preferences?
>>
>> My biggest complaint is what they did with the scroll bars.  At first I
>> could only get them to pop up by accident. Then I noticed the thin colored
>> vertical line and realized how to activate them.  I can see no way to grab
>> them with the mouse and drag them up or down.  Also clicking on an arrow and
>> holding down the button does not scroll them. To get any scrolling I must
>> tap the mouse button.
>>
>> Regards,  Jim
>>
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