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Deskbar Settings

If you choose Always on Top, the Deskbar will always appear on top of any window placed in that area of the desktop.

Choosing Sort Running Apps will show the running apps in an alphabethic order in the Application List in the Deskbar.

Tracker Always First will show the Tracker first in the Application List, even if you have activated the Sort Running Apps.

24 Hours will change the way the time is shown in the Status View, from am/pm to 24 hours.

By default Zeta doesn't show seconds on the digital clock in the Status View, that can be changed here. By default Zeta will also show the American date format, the digital clock is also capable of showing the date in the European date format.

Show Application Expander will enable the Application List in the Deskbar to show all windows you have open in the different applications that you have running.

Show Fast Launch will give you fast access to your most commonly used applications. First time you launch it a dialog box will appear on the screen, telling you how to activate it.

Show Replicants.
A replicant is a "live view" that can be dragged out of its application and dropped onto the desktop. Show Replicants tells all replicants to display their draggers, the little handles that you use to grab the replicant view. Replicants are described in detail here... .

Recent menus
Here you can set how many of the recently opened applications, files and folders you want Zeta to remember the location of.

Configuring the Zeta Menu

From Deskbar Preference application you can adjust the contents of the Zeta Menu. The panel lets you modify the favorites list, and set the "depth" of the recent documents and applications lists.

By defalt the Deskbar is set to give you access to the 10 last used Applications, Documents and Folders. You can set the number higher or lower. Zeta will when these options are activated keep track of them through queries.

The favorites list.
The scrollable area on the right side of the panel displays the favorites list. To descend into a folder (or "group"), simply double-click the item or click the Open button. To return to a higher level of the list, pop open the menu above the list (the one that's initially labelled Be) and choose the level you want to return to.

You can add a new item to any level of the favorites list by dragging and dropping the item into the panel, or by clicking the Add... button and browsing the file system for the item you want to add. To remove an item, click the Remove button. To change its name, click Edit... to bring up the name-editing panel.

Changing the name of an item in the favorites list does not change the name of the file or folder that the item represents. Similarly, removing an item just erases its name from the favorites list, it doesn't actually delete the file or folder.

To add a new group, click the New Group icon. A group is a "virtual folder" into which you can add other "real" folders or files. For instance you can add a group for shortcuts to online radios, and then add a shortcut to BeOS Radio. Next time you want to listen to this station, you can choose it from your favorite list and it will start your default streaming audio application.

Fast Launch

Fast Launch lets you fast and easily access your most commonly used applications, folders, queries and more.

You can, as most places, simply just drag and drop the files you want have available in Fast Launch in the Zeta menu.

You can lauch the application directly from the Deskbar preflet, rename or delete it, as the icons only represents aliases (shortcuts) to the actual files.

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