Click a task to minimize or maximize it.
The following sections describe some things you can do with the GNOME panel.
Using the Applications, Places, and System Menus
The Applications menu displays most of the applications and system tools you will use from the
desktop. The Places menu lets you select places to go, such as the Desktop folder, home folder,
removable media, or network locations. The System menu lets you change preferences and system
settings, as well as get other information about GNOME.
Click Applications on the panel, and you see categories of applications and system tools that you
can select. Click the application you want to launch. To add an item from a menu so that it can
launch from the panel, drag-and-drop the item you want to the panel. You can manually add items
to your GNOME menus.
To add to the main menu, create a .desktop file in the /usr/share/applications directory.
The easiest way to do that is to copy an existing .desktop file that is on the menu you want and
modify it. For example, to add a video player to the Sound & Video menu, you can do the following
(as root user):
# cd /usr/share/applications
# cp gnome-cd.desktop vidplay.desktop
Next, use any text editor to change the contents of the vidplay.desktop file you created by
adding a comment, a file to execute, an icon to display, and an application name.
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