Configuring an appletAfter you have an applet placed (Web servers)
Configuring an appletAfter you have an applet placed and running, you may be able to play withconfiguration options. Some of these options enable you to change whatinformation is displayed. Others have a variety of look-and-feel settings. To check for which configuration and other options are available for yourapplet, follow these steps: 1.Right-click the applet and examine the shortcut menu that appears. This shortcut menu is different from applet to applet. The bottom por- tion is always the same: Remove From Panel and Move. Common entriesfor the top portion are Help and About. The rest of the items are eitherconfiguration options (see Step 2) or special applet features, such as theability to copy the date from the Clock applet. 2.Choose Preferences from the shortcut menu. Not every applet has a Preferences dialog box. If this one does, thedialog box opens when you choose this option, and whichever configu- ration features this applet has are displayed. 3.Alter the selections in the Preferences dialog box tocustomize thisapplet s behavior. Now you get to have some fun. Make changes so that you can see whatthis applet can do as you make your changes, they appear in theapplet on your panel. Each applet has its own set of features, so I can tdo a general walkthrough here. Just remember that you can always goback and change the settings or remove the applet from your panel later. Figure 15-1: The GNOMEandFedora 3Add ToBottomPaneldialog box. 295Chapter 15: Gettin Gooey with the GUIs21_