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+<?xml version='1.0'?>
+<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY manrevision "1.2">
+ <!ENTITY date "November 2004">
+ <!ENTITY appversion "4.2">
+ <!ENTITY app "<application>xfce4-panel</application>">
+]>
+
+<article id="xfce4-panel" lang="en">
+
+<!-- Header -->
+<articleinfo>
+
+ <title>Xfce 4 Panel</title>
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2004</year> <holder>Jasper Huijsmans</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+<!-- translators: uncomment this:
+
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2002</year> <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin
+ translation)</holder>
+ </copyright>
+
+ -->
+
+<!-- I don't know about this
+ <legalnotice id="legalnotice">
+ <para>
+ This document is provided under the terms of the GNU GPL, version
+ 2 or (at your option) any later version.
+ </para>
+ </legalnotice>
+-->
+ <authorgroup>
+
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Jasper</firstname> <surname>Huijsmans</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <address><email>jasper@xfce.org</email></address>
+ </affiliation>
+ </author>
+
+<!-- This is appropriate place for other contributors: translators,
+maintainers, etc. Commented out by default.
+
+ <othercredit role="translator">
+ <firstname>Latin</firstname> <surname>Translator 1</surname>
+ <affiliation>
+ <orgname>Latin Translation Team</orgname>
+ <address><email>translator@gnome.org</email> </address>
+ </affiliation> <contrib>Latin translation</contrib>
+ </othercredit>
+-->
+
+ </authorgroup>
+
+ <!--
+ <revhistory>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.4</revnumber>
+ <date>May 2003</date>
+ <authorinitials>jbh</authorinitials>
+ </revision>
+ <revision>
+ <revnumber>0.3</revnumber>
+ <date>February 2003</date>
+ <authorinitials>jbh</authorinitials>
+ </revision>
+ </revhistory>
+ -->
+
+ <releaseinfo>This manual describes &app; version &appversion;.
+ Last updated: &date;
+ </releaseinfo>
+
+</articleinfo>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-intro">
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The Xfce 4 panel is part of the <ulink url="http://www.xfce.org"
+ type="html">Xfce 4 Desktop Environment</ulink> and features program
+ launchers, panel menus, a clock, a desktop switcher and more. Many
+ aspects of the panel can be configured through graphical dialogs. This
+ manual should provide you with all necessary information on how to adjust
+ the panel to your liking.
+ </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-getting-started">
+ <title>Getting Started</title>
+
+ <para>You will usually start the panel as part of your Xfce session, using
+ the <application>startxfce4</application> script. The command that will be
+ run for the panel is &app;.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ When you start the panel you will see a bar appearing at the bottom
+ of your screen, looking like this:
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="default-panel-fig">
+ <title>Default Xfce panel</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/default_panel.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/default_panel.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>The Xfce Panel default configuration: several launchers,
+ a new mail monitor, a clock and a desktop pager; also includes
+ an opened panel menu.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>
+ The figure shows the default panel configuration with one open panel
+ menu. Hovering the mouse over an item will show a tooltip. The Xfce
+ Panel makes extensive use of left and right mouse buttons. Left clicking
+ performs the default action of an item, while right-clicking usually
+ brings up a context menu. Shift + left click may commonly be used
+ instead of a right-click. Note that this manual assumes the use of a
+ right-handed mouse.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>There is a move handle on each side of the panel. You can use it to
+ drag the panel anywhere on the edges of the screen. Dragging over half
+ of the screen will move the panel to the opposite screen edge. Clicking
+ with the right mouse button on one of them shows a popup menu ...
+ Go on, try it ;-)
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="handle-popup-fig">
+ <title>Move handle popup menu</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/handle-popup.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/handle-popup.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Move handle popup menu.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>The area between the move handles contains panel items. The available
+ items are are described in the
+ "<ulink url="#panel-items">Panel Items</ulink>" section. Most items
+ perform an action when clicked. Right-clicking on an item will popup a
+ menu from which you can open a properties dialog, remove the item or
+ add a new item. Items can also be added from the right-click menu on one
+ of the move handles (see above).
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="item-popup-fig">
+ <title>Item popup menu</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/item-popup.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/item-popup.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Item popup menu.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>When you want to add an item, a dialog is opened showing all
+ available panel items. Some items can appear only once in the panel,
+ e.g. the system tray, and they will appear greyed out when one is
+ already present.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="add-item-dialog-fig">
+ <title>Add item dialog</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/add-item-dialog.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/add-item-dialog.eps" format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Dialog with available panel items</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>
+ Global panel preferences can be changed from the Xfce 4 Settings
+ Manager, which can be started either from a panel launcher, or by running
+ <application>xfce-settings-show</application>.
+ See "<ulink url="#panel-settings">Panel Preferences</ulink>" for an
+ explanation of the available options.
+ </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-items">
+ <title>Panel Items</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The Xfce 4 panel has the possibility to load external plugins as well
+ as builtin ones. In this section we will only describe panel items that
+ are installed with the panel.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The properties dialog for a panel item can be opened from the
+ right-click menu on the item. Each type of panel item has its own
+ configuration dialog. Every dialog offers at least these options:
+ </para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>Change the position of the item on the panel.</listitem>
+ <listitem>Remove the item. </listitem>
+ <listitem>Close the dialog. </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+
+ <sect2 id="launcher-item">
+ <title>Launcher</title>
+
+ <para>The most common panel item is the launcher item. It allows you to
+ start programs from the panel. The properties dialog offers the
+ following options:
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Icon</term>
+ <listitem><para>The icons used by the panel will follow the icon theme
+ you choose from the
+ <ulink url="xfce-mcs-plugins.html#ui-settings">user interface
+ settings dialog</ulink>. Of course you can also choose a custom
+ icon, either by browsing the file system from the button next
+ to the entry or by dragging an image on the preview area from
+ a file manager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Command</term>
+ <listitem><para>You can type the command to run or browse the file
+ system. There is an option to start in a terminal and one to use
+ startup notification. This last option means that the window manager
+ can show an hourglass while the program is loading. But, the
+ application has to support it as well. Programs build with Gtk 2.2
+ should support it.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Tooltip</term>
+ <listitem><para>The panel item will show this tooltip if you hold the
+ mouse over it.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Menu</term>
+ <listitem><para>A launcher can have a panel menu attached to it. When
+ this option is selected a small button with an arrow will appear
+ next to the item. Look <ulink url="#subpanels">here</ulink> for more
+ info on panel menus. The position of the menu button can be changed
+ from the global settings dialog.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <figure id="launcher-fig">
+ <title>Launcher item</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/launcher-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/launcher-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for launcher item.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="clock-item">
+ <title>Xfce Clock</title>
+
+ <para>The Xfce Clock has a number of options to change the way it looks.
+ There are three clock types available: analog, digital and LED.
+ There is an option to show seconds and for the digital and LED clock
+ types you can choose whether the clock will be in 24 hour mode, 12
+ hour mode, or 12 hour mode with AM/PM indication. The clock shows the
+ current date as a tooltip. Clicking on the clock will not perform any
+ action.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="clock-fig">
+ <title>Clock item</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/clock-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/clock-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for clock item.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="mailcheck-item">
+ <title>Mail checker</title>
+
+ <para>The mail checker monitors a mailbox for incoming mail. The
+ mailbox can be in mbox or Maildir format.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The mailbox icon will follow
+ your icon theme. You can choose the location of the mailbox, the
+ command to run when you click on the button and the interval between
+ checks. The command has the same options as the launcher item command
+ (see <ulink url="#launcher-item" type="html">above</ulink>).
+ You can also choose a command to run when new mail arrives.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="mailcheck-fig">
+ <title>Mail checker item</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/mailcheck-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/mailcheck-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for mail checker item.</phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <para>For advanced usage you can also provide a remote POP3 mailbox if
+ you use the following format for the mailbox entry:
+ <option>pop3://user:password@server:port</option>. If you omit the port
+ it will default to 110.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that this feature is still experimental. Before using it, make
+ sure you have a good network connection, because when the mail check
+ fails it can block the panel.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="switcher-item">
+ <title>Desktop Switcher and Graphical Pager</title>
+
+ <para>The panel provides two items that deal with virtual desktops. A
+ CDE-like desktop switcher, that shows buttons with the desktop name
+ and a graphical pager that shows a miniature view of the desktops and
+ even allows you to move windows to another workspace by dragging the
+ mini-window in the pager. The graphical pager also allows you to
+ change workspaces by using the mouse scrollwheel.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For the graphical pager you can set the number of rows to use, or
+ columns when the panel is in vertical mode.</para>
+
+ <figure id="pager-fig">
+ <title>Graphical pager</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/pager-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for the graphical pager.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="systembuttons-item">
+ <title>System Buttons</title>
+
+ <para>A systembuttons item shows one or two buttons which can perform
+ special system actions. The buttons follow your panel icon theme.
+ There are four buttons available:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Lock</term>
+ <listitem><para>Runs the <application>xflock4</application> script that
+ will attempt to lock the screen using either xscreensaver or if
+ that fails xlock.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Exit</term>
+ <listitem><para>This will popup a logout dialog to end your Xfce
+ session.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Info</term>
+ <listitem><para>The info button will show the
+ <emphasis>About Xfce 4</emphasis> dialog.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Setup</term>
+ <listitem><para>Pressing the setup button will open the Xfce settings
+ manager dialog, from which you have access to the settings for all
+ Xfce components as well as some system settings, such as mouse
+ behaviour and user interface settings.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <figure id="systembuttons-fig">
+ <title>Systembuttons item</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/systembuttons-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/systembuttons-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for systembuttons item.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="separator-item">
+ <title>Separator</title>
+
+ <para>This item simply adds a separator line to the panel. It has no
+ options to set except its position.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that it may be a bit hard to popup the right-click menu,
+ because you only have a small area to click on.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="nooptions-fig">
+ <title>Item without options</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/nooptions-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/nooptions-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for item without options.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="subpanels">
+ <title>Panel Menus</title>
+
+ <para>Panel launcher items can have a menu associated with it, which can
+ be opened by clicking on the small arrow button next to the item. The
+ actual position of these popup buttons is configurable from the global
+ preferences dialog. You can also open the menu by pressing the launcher
+ button and holding it down. After a short delay the menu will open.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Use the 'Add launcher' item at the top of a panel menu to add
+ a new item or drag an executable to this item from a file manager.
+ To remove items from a panel menu use the 'Remove' button in the
+ properties dialog.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>A special feature of panel menus is that they can be detached from the
+ panel and live in their own window. To detach a menu click on the small
+ line at the bottom of the menu (see the <ulink
+ url="#default-panel-fig">screenshot</ulink> of the default panel).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The properties dialog for a menu item is opened immediately
+ when clicking the right mouse button. The dialog itself is very similar
+ to the dialog for launcher type panel items.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="menuitem-fig">
+ <title>Menu Item</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/menuitem-properties.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/menuitem-properties.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for menu items.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+</sect1>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-settings">
+ <title>Panel Preferences</title>
+
+ <para>The properties dialog for the Xfce 4 Panel can be opened from
+ the Xfce 4 Settings Manager or from the right-click menu on one of the
+ panel move handles.
+ </para>
+
+ <figure id="panel-settings-fig">
+ <title>Panel Settings</title>
+ <screenshot>
+ <mediaobject>
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/panel-settings.png"
+ format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ <!--
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="images/panel-settings.eps"
+ format="EPS"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ -->
+ <textobject>
+ <phrase>Shows properties dialog for global panel preferences.
+ </phrase>
+ </textobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ </screenshot>
+ </figure>
+
+ <sect2 id="panel-apearance">
+ <title>Appearance</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Size</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>There are four panel sizes available: small,
+ medium big and huge. Medium is the default.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Orientation</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The Xfce 4 Panel can be set to a vertical orientation as well
+ as the standard horizontal layout.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Popup position</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This option change the position of the buttons that open
+ a panel menu. It can be above, below, to the left or to the
+ right of their associated panel item.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="panel-behaviour">
+ <title>Behaviour</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <!--
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Always on top</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If you choose the always on top option, the panel frame will
+ always appear above other windows, and maximized windows won't
+ cover the panel area.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ -->
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Autohide</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>If you choose autohide, the panel will collapse to a thin bar.
+ Moving the mouse over it will unhide the panel.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-advanced">
+ <title>Advanced</title>
+
+ <sect2 id="panel-files">
+ <title>Files and Environment Variables</title>
+
+ <para>Xfce now uses the Basedir Specification as defined on <ulink
+ url="http://freedesktop.org">Freedesktop.org</ulink> to locate its
+ data and configuration files. This means that file locations will
+ be specified as a path relative to the directories described in
+ the specification.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}</term>
+ <listitem><para>The first base directory to look for configuration
+ files. By default this is set to <filename
+ role="directory">~/.config/</filename>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS}</term>
+ <listitem><para>A list of system directories that contain configuration
+ data. By default the panel will look in <filename
+ role="directory">${sysconfdir}/xdg/</filename> and
+ <filename role="directory">/etc/xdg/</filename>. The value of
+ ${sysconfdir} depends on how the program was build and will often be
+ <filename role="directory">/etc/</filename> for binary
+ packages.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>&lt;basedir&gt;/xfce4/panel/contents.xml</term>
+ <listitem><para>This is the location of the xml configuration file
+ that describes the contents of the panel, relative to the base
+ directories metioned above.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>&lt;basedir&gt;/xfce4/mcs_settings/panel.xml</term>
+ <listitem><para>This is the relative location of the global panel
+ settings. This file is managed by the settings manager, rather than
+ by the panel itself.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>&lt;basedir&gt;/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc</term>
+ <listitem><para>Kiosk Mode configuration file. See <ulink
+ url="#panel-kiosk">next section</ulink> for an explanation.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>&lt;basedir&gt;/xfce4/transparency</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Transparency configuration. Further explanation is given in
+ <ulink url="#panel-transparency">this section</ulink> below.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>None of the configuration files, except
+ <filename>kioskrc</filename> and <filename>transparency</filename>, are
+ designed to be edited by hand; in fact the changes will be overwritten
+ if you edit them while the panel and the settings manager are running.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="panel-kiosk">
+ <title>Kiosk Mode</title>
+
+ <para>The panel now has support for Kiosk Mode, that will prevent users
+ from making changes to their panel configuration. To use it you have to
+ edit or create the file
+ <filename>${sysconfdir}/xdg/xfce4/kiosk/kioskrc</filename>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The best way to explain the format of this file is by using an
+ example. The xfce4-panel section of your kioskrc might look like this:
+ </para>
+
+<programlisting>
+[xfce4-panel]
+CustomizePanel=%powerusers,foo
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This allows only users in the group powerusers and the user foo to
+ customize their panels.
+ </para>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="panel-transparency">
+ <title>Transparency</title>
+
+ <para>Please, note that transparency only works with an X server that
+ supports the Composite extension, like XOrg &gt;= 6.8.0 and the
+ composite extension has been enabled in the configuration file and
+ the window manager supports it (e.g.
+ <application>xfwm4</application> has to be compiled with
+ <option>--enable-compositor</option>).
+ </para>
+
+ <para>By default the panel will be transparent unless the autohide option
+ has been set. When the mouse moves over the panel, the transparency will
+ be temporarily removed.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>You can create the file
+ <filename>&lt;basedir&gt;/xfce4/transparency</filename> if
+ you want to change the transparency value for the panel (or
+ the iconbox). Create the file and add a line with the format
+ <emphasis><option>panel=&lt;value&gt;</option></emphasis>, where
+ value is a number between 0 and 100. Setting it to 0 effectively turns
+ transparency off.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>For example, a transparency file may look like this:</para>
+
+<programlisting>panel=25
+iconbox=0</programlisting>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
+ <!-- extra space -->
+ <para>&nbsp;</para>
+
+<sect1 id="panel-copyright">
+ <title>About &app;</title>
+
+ <para>&app; was written by Jasper Huijsmans
+ (<email>jasper@xfce.org</email>). To find more information, please visit
+ the <ulink url="http://www.xfce.org" type="http">Xfce web site</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or
+ this manual, use the bug tracking system at <ulink
+ url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/"
+ type="http">http://bugzilla.xfce.org/</ulink>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>If you have questions about the use or installation of this package,
+ please ask on the <ulink
+ url="http://lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce"
+ type="http">xfce</ulink> mailing list. Development discussion takes
+ place on the <ulink
+ url="http://lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev"
+ type="http">xfce4-dev</ulink> mailing list.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>&app; is distributed under the terms of the
+ GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307,
+ USA.
+ </para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+</article>