Chapter 4. Working With Panels

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4.6. Buttons

4.6.b. Lock Screen Button

The Lock Screen button locks your screen and activates your screensaver. To access your session again, you must enter your password.

To add a Lock Screen button to a panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose Add to Panel, then choose Lock Screen from the Add to Panel dialog. See the section called Adding an Object to a Panel for more on this.

Right-click on the Lock Screen button to open a menu of screensaver-related commands. Table 4.1, Lock Screen Menu Items describes the commands that are available from the menu.

Table 4.1. Lock Screen Menu Items

Menu Item	Function
Activate Screensaver	Activates the screensaver immediately. This will also lock the screen if you have set Lock screen when screensaver is active in the Screensaver preference tool.
Lock Screen	Locks the screen immediately. This command performs the same function as when you click on the Lock Screen button.
Properties	Opens the Screensaver preference tool, with which you can configure the type of screensaver that is displayed when you lock the screen.

(Next: Log Out Button)

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Chapter 4. Working With Panels
Table of Contents

4.1. Introduction
      4.1.a Top Edge Panel
      4.1.b. Bottom Edge Panel

4.2. Managing Panels
      4.2.a. Moving a Panel
      4.2.b. Panel Properties
      4.2.c Hiding a Panel
      4.2.d. Adding a New Panel
      4.2.e. Deleting a Panel

4.3. Panel Objects
      4.3.a. Interacting With Panel Objects
      4.3.b. Adding an Object to a Panel
      4.3.c. Modifying the Properties of an Object
      4.3.d. Moving a Panel Object
      4.3.e. Locking a Panel Object
      4.3.f. Removing a Panel Object

4.4. Applets

4.5. Launchers
      4.5.a. Adding a Launcher to a Panel
      4.5.b. Modifying a Launcher
      4.5.c. Launcher Properties

4.6. Buttons
      4.6.a. Force Quit Button
      4.6.b. Lock Screen Button (you are here)
      4.6.c. Log Out Button
      4.6.d. Run Button
      4.6.e. Screenshot Button
      4.6.f. Search Button
      4.6.g. Show Desktop Button

4.7. Menus  

4.8. Drawers
      4.8.a. To Open and Close a Drawer
      4.8.b. To Add a Drawer to a Panel
      4.8.c. To Add an Object to a Drawer
      4.8.d. To Modify Drawer Properties

4.9. Default Panel Objects
      4.9.a. Window Selector Applet
      4.9.b. Notification Area Applet
      4.9.c. Main Menu Panel Object
      4.9.d. Menu Bar Panel Object

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