Gnome Window Background and Side Panel Changes for Newbie.

[Steve Haines]

On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 17:25 +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
>  --- ankitmalik <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> skrev: 
> > 
> > Brian Durant Wrote: 
> > > I have been looking like crazy, trying to find out
> > how
> > > to change window backgrounds and set a side panel
> > in
> > > Nautilus. I am sure it has something to do with
> > the
> > > GConf editor, but not really sure how to enable
> > this
> > > in Warty. Every instruction in other distros just
> > says
> > > to go to the Edit menu for changing the background
> > and
> > > to the View menu for the side pane, but I don't
> > see
> > > any such items in those menus. Please help a
> > newbie.
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
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> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > >
> >
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> > You mean the background for the file manager? 
> > 
> > Well, that is easy!
> > 
> > a)Go to Computer > Home .
> > b) Go to Edit > Backgrounds and Emblems
> > 
> > There you go! Check out the 'err... not so cool '
> > patterns or add
> > yours!

> 
> Actually, I ended up having to into GConf -> apps ->
> nautilus -> preferences and tick "background set"
> before I could get the item at the bottom of the edit
> menu in a nautilus window.

I ws able to change the background color for the desktop, the upper and
lower panels, and the main window in nautilus. But absolutely cannot
change the background in the side panel in nautilus. Is there a special
secret? I tried setting and unsetting the box in GConf > Apps > Nautilus
> Side panel background set.