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Chapter 4. Working With Panels
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4.8. Drawers

A drawer is an extension of a panel. You can open and close a drawer in the same way that you can show and hide a panel. A drawer can contain all panel objects, including launchers, menus, applets, other panel objects, and other drawers. When you open a drawer, you can use the objects in the same way that you use objects on a panel.

The following figure shows an open drawer that contains two panel objects.

Open drawer. The context describes the graphic.

The arrow on the drawer icon indicates that the icon represents a drawer or menu.

You can add, move, and remove objects from drawers in the same way that you add, move, and remove objects from panels. (Next: To Open and Close a Drawer)

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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
      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 (you are here)
      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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