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====== Usage ====== | ====== Usage ====== | ||
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===== Background ===== | ===== Background ===== | ||
There are various options for setting a background image - the final background is composed of a solid color or gradient, with an image (with optional transparency) composited on top. Images can be manipulated in various ways to fill the screen, such as being stretched, zoomed, scaled, centered or tiled. | There are various options for setting a background image - the final background is composed of a solid color or gradient, with an image (with optional transparency) composited on top. Images can be manipulated in various ways to fill the screen, such as being stretched, zoomed, scaled, centered or tiled. | ||
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Rather than an image, a color or gradient of two colors can also be used as the desktop background. Gradients can be either horizontal or vertical. | Rather than an image, a color or gradient of two colors can also be used as the desktop background. Gradients can be either horizontal or vertical. | ||
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As the final background can be composed of a color and an image on top, you can mix the two to produce some interesting effects using semi-transparent images on top of various colors. When an image is centered or scaled and doesn' | As the final background can be composed of a color and an image on top, you can mix the two to produce some interesting effects using semi-transparent images on top of various colors. When an image is centered or scaled and doesn' | ||
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<note tip>If the image style is set to **None** and a transparent color is chosen, then the desktop background defaults to plain white.</ | <note tip>If the image style is set to **None** and a transparent color is chosen, then the desktop background defaults to plain white.</ | ||
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Icons drawn on the desktop can either be file/ | Icons drawn on the desktop can either be file/ | ||
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<figure "Edit launcher from context menu"> | <figure "Edit launcher from context menu"> | ||