[TriLUG] gnome desktop panel question

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 16:56, Loren Watterson wrote:
> I've managed to somehow mess up my gnome desktop behavior
> and I'm hoping someone might know the magic incantation
> to restore things to "normal".  Whenever I minimize
> an application or terminal window, the minimized
> box no longer shows up on the main desktop panel
> at the bottom.  I've been through the main edge
> panel configuration options (rigth click->Panel->Properties)
> and can't find anything about minimization behavior
> that I can change.  Anyone have any ideas on how
> to change this?  It's been going on for a week or so
> and I've gotten in the habit of just double-clicking
> on the title bar to collapse the window, but every once
> in a while I minimize something out of habit where it
> then disappears into the twilight zone.

You probably managed to remove the "Window List" applet from your
panel.  Right-click on a blank area in the Panel, choose "Add to Panel",
choose the "Utility" menu and then "Window List."  This will restore
that applet to your panel.  (Note: those instructions are for RHL 9, the
location could be slightly differently in other versions or
distributions.)

Also, you should be able to use alt-tab which will cycle between all of
your windows.  If you have a minimized window, alt-tab will maximize it
as it cycles through, thus restoring it from the "twilight zone."  :-)

Hope this helps,
Jeremy

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