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When you
launch an application it is opened in a window. There are several
features windows offers that can be used to control your applications
(since GNOME can use a variety of window managers, the details of
your system may be different):
- The very top center
of the window is called the title bar, which contains the name
of the application. If you click and hold on the title bar with
the right mouse button you can actually drag the window to a
different position on the desktop.
- The button at the
far right with the picture of the file cabinet is the Window Menu
button. This button allows you to control the window with several
commands:
- Close:
This closes the application entirely.
- Annihilate:
This forcibly destroys a window (very useful for applications
that have stopped responding to the system).
- Iconify:
This causes the window to be displayed as just an icon on
the task bar, taking up no space on the desktop.
- Raise:
This places a window in front of other windows on the desktop.
- Lower:
This places a window behind other windows on the desktop
- Shade/Unshade:
This will cause only the title bar of the window to be displayed
on the desktop (called shading). If the window is already
shaded, this option will unshade it.
- Stick/Unstick:
This special button will cause the window to be displayed
on all desktops, not just the desktop where it was created
(which is the default behavior).
- Desktop:
Use this to move the window to another desktop. When moved,
the window will only be displayed on the new desktop.
- Windows
Size: This allows you to change the window size using the
arrow keys on the keyboard.
- Remember
State: This will store the setting of the window so that next
time you open the window it will open with the same settings.
- Set Stacking:
This places the window behind or on top of other windows on
the screen.
- Set Border
Style: Use this to change the way the window borders look.
The border is the thin area in which the window is contained.
- At the far right of
the top of the window are three shortcut buttons. The button with
an underscore icon will iconify the window. The button with the
hollow square icon will maximize the window, causing it to take
all available space on the screen. The last button has an X icon.
Left-clicking on this button will close the window gracefully,
while right-clicking on the button will annihilate the window.
- By moving the mouse
to the bottom, left or right border of the window, you mouse pointer
will change into a double-headed arrow. When you see this pointer
you can hold down the right mouse button and drag the window border
to change the size of the window. Once the window is the size
you want, let go of the mouse button.
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