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- # props.info 3 July 1991, rev'd by James Brook
- # new helpopen path 11 July 1991
- #
- # This help text is for the workspace properties.
- #
- # Open Windows Version 3 FCS
- #
- # @(#)props.info 1.16 91/09/14
- #
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- :CategoryInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Category
-
- Press MENU to choose a category and display the
- Workspace properties you can change:
-
- Color Workspace and window color
- (for color systems only)
-
- Icons Location of icons on Workspace
-
- Menus Drag-Right distance for pointer
- SELECT Mouse Press
-
- Miscellaneous Beep
- Set Input Area
- Scrollbar Placement
-
- Mouse Scrollbar Pointer Jumping
- Pop-up Pointer Jumping
- Multi-click Timeout
-
- Localization Language- and culture-related
- settings
- #
- :ApplyInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Apply
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to make the new settings
- take effect and dismiss the Properties window.
-
- Some properties take effect immediately, while
- others take effect the next time you start an
- application.
-
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- :ResetInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Reset
-
- Click SELECT on Reset to return the properties
- to their original settings and remove any change
- bars.
-
- #
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- # Color Category
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- #
- :ColorPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Color Category
-
- Choose options in this window to change the
- color of the Workspace or windows.
-
- You can preview your color choices before
- applying them.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply your changes.
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- :ColorChoiceInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Workspace/Windows
-
- Click SELECT on Workspace to edit Workspace
- color.
-
- Click SELECT on Windows to edit Window color.
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- :CustomColorInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Custom/Palette
-
- Click SELECT on Custom to display the Color
- properties window. This is where you create a
- custom color, using the Hue, Saturation, and
- Brightness sliders.
-
- Click SELECT on Palette to return to the color
- palette.
-
- :PaletteInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Palette Grid
-
- This grid contains a variety of predetermined
- colors that are ideal for windows and the
- Workspace.
-
- There are eight hues, each with four saturations,
- and two brightness levels. On the right are eight
- levels of gray scale.
-
- Click SELECT on a color to choose it. When you
- choose a a new color for Windows, look in the
- upper left corner of the pane to see a preview.
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- :AppImageInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Preview Area
-
- This is the preview of your current color
- selections.
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- :HueSlider:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Hue Slider
-
- Press SELECT and drag the slider to set the hue.
-
- :SaturationSlider:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Saturation Slider
-
- Press SELECT and drag the slider to set the
- saturation.
-
- Moving this slider all the way to the left makes
- all colors look gray and effectively disables
- the Hue slider.
-
- :BrightnessSlider:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Brightness Slider
-
- Press SELECT and drag the slider to set the
- saturation.
-
- Moving this slider all the way to the left turns
- all colors black and effectively disables the Hue
- and Saturation sliders.
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- #
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- # Icons Category
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- #
- :IconPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Icon Category
-
- Choose options in this window to change the
- location of icons on the Workspace.
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- :IconLocationInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Icon Location
-
- Choose where on the screen new icons will be
- displayed:
-
-
- Top First icon appears in the upper left
- corner. Subsequent icons appear to the
- right of the first icon.
-
- Bottom First icon appears in the lower left
- corner. Subsequent icons appear to the
- right of the first icon.
-
- Left First icon appears in the upper left
- corner. Subsequent icons appear below
- the first icon.
-
- Right First icon appears in the upper right
- corner. Subsequent icons appear below
- the first icon.
-
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the location
- setting.
-
- When you start a new application, its icon will
- use the new location setting.
-
- Icons already displayed will not change location.
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- #
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- # Menus Category
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- #
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-
- :MenuPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Menus Category
-
- Choose options in this window to change settings
- affecting how you choose from menus.
-
-
- :MenuDragRightInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Drag-Right distance (pixels):
-
- Specifies how far you must drag the pointer
- before it displays a submenu. The smaller the
- number, the faster the submenu appears.
-
- Enter the number of pixels you want to drag the
- pointer before it displays the submenu.
-
- Default = 5 pixels
-
- This setting takes effect as soon as you click
- SELECT on Apply.
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- :SelectMousePressInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- SELECT Mouse Press:
-
- Determines what happens when you use the SELECT
- mouse button on a menu button.
-
- Selects Default Shows the default setting for the
- menu when you press SELECT.
- Executes the default when you
- release SELECT.
-
- Displays Menu Displays the menu.
-
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
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- # Miscellaneous
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- #
-
- :MiscPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Miscellaneous Category
-
- Choose options in this window to change settings
- for beep, input area, and scrollbar placement.
-
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- :Beep:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Beep:
-
- Choose when your system will beep:
-
- Always Beeps for all applications.
-
- Notices Only Only beeps when a Notice is
- displayed.
-
- Never Never beeps.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
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- #
- :InputFocusInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Set Input Area:
-
- Choose how you activate the input caret to type
- in a window or text field:
-
- Click SELECT Move the pointer into a window and
- click SELECT.
-
- Move Pointer Move the pointer into a window.
-
- This setting takes effect as soon as you click
- SELECT on Apply.
-
- With either setting, you can set a new insert
- point by clicking SELECT in a text field or
- pane.
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- :ScrollbarPlacementInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Scrollbar Placement:
-
- Choose where the scrollbar is placed in a pane:
- Left or Right.
-
- This setting applies to all applications on the
- Workspace.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
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- # Mouse Settings
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-
- :MouseSetPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Mouse Settings Category
-
- Choose options in this window to change
- mouse-related settings.
-
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- :ScrollbarPointerJumpInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Scrollbar Pointer Jumping:
-
- Sets the pointer so it follows the moves of the
- scrollbar elevator.
-
- Click SELECT on the check box to set the pointer.
- To undo the setting, click on the check box
- again.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
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- :PopupPointerJumpInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Pop-up Pointer Jumping:
-
- Sets the pointer so it jumps into a pop-up
- window when you open it.
-
- Click SELECT on the check box to set the pointer.
- To undo the setting, click on the check box
- again.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
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- :MultiClickInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Multi-click Timeout (sec/10):
-
- Specifies in 10ths of a second the length of
- time between clicks for multi-click operations.
-
- If the time between clicks is longer than the
- number in the setting, each click is treated as
- a separate event.
-
- For example, with a setting of 4/10, if you
- double-click on a icon with clicks that are 5/10
- of a second apart, you select the icon instead
- of opening it.
-
- You can type a number from 2 to 10 or use the
- slider to set the time.
-
- Click SELECT on Apply to apply the setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
-
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- # Localization Settings
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- :LocalizationPanelInfo:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Localization Category
-
- In this window, you can change language- and
- culture-related Workspace properties.
-
- Changes will apply when you start a new
- application, and will not affect applications
- that are already running.
-
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- :BasicSetting:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Basic Setting:
-
- Press MENU on the menu button to choose the
- language or culture area to be used in the
- Workspace.
-
- Choice of a basic setting determines the choices
- and defaults available for Specific Setting
- entries.
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- :SpecificSetting:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Specific Setting:
-
- These entries are essential to each localized
- environment. They include Display Language, Input
- Language, Time Format, and Numeric Format
- settings.
-
- Choices and defaults for Specific Setting
- entries vary according to the Basic Setting.
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- :DisplayLanguage:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Display Language:
-
- Specifies the language in which messages, labels,
- menu items, titles, and help text are shown.
-
- Press MENU on the menu button to choose a new
- setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
- #
- :InputLanguage:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Input Language:
-
- Specifies the language used for input.
-
- Press MENU on the menu button to choose a new
- setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
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- :TimeFormat:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Time Format:
-
- Specifies the format for time and date display.
-
- Press MENU on the menu button to choose a new
- setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
- #
- :NumericFormat:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Numeric Format:
-
- Specifies the format for numeric display.
-
- Press MENU on the menu button to choose a new
- setting.
-
- New applications will use the new setting. The
- setting will not change for applications that
- are already running.
-
- #
- :SupplementarySetting:$OPENWINHOME/bin/helpopen handbooks/workspace.handbook
- Supplementary
-
- This setting is not currently available.
-
-