Gnome Window Background and Side Panel Changes for Newbie.

[Brian Durant]

 --- Steve Haines <haines at ita.com.py> skrev: 
> 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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> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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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. 

Drag the color or patern just like you would to the
window background.

Brian