Backgrounds
let you dress up your desktop with the background images of your
choice. You can use one of the background pictures that come with
Zeta, or use one of your own.
In Zeta setting a background is more then just making your desktop
look good! It's also a way to better memorize where your applications
are running. This is important as Zeta lets you have up to 32 desktops.
Each can be customized with it's own color or image.

The Preference application also lets you set a background image
for each Tracker window (in Icon or Mini Icon mode;
List View mode doesn't display background images).
The Backgrounds window looks like this:
The pop up above the right box lets you set the target (workspace
or folder) that you're applying the settings to.
The two Workspaces commands apply the settings to all workspaces
or to the current workspace. Default folder applies the settings
to all Tracker folders; other folder... lets you choose a specific
folder. or to a specific folder (Other). When you add a background
to a specific folder, the name of the folder is added to the Folder:
list (at the bottom of the menu) so you can retrieve the settings
later.
To set a background color, choose None from the Image: popup and
use the color control sliders to set the color you want.
A background image can be added in two ways: By clicking the pop-down
menu Image:, and choose Other.... A dialog box appears and you can
choose an image from the default Background folder or you can choose
one of your own pictures.
An easier way to add you own background image, is simply to drag
the image file itself onto the Preview box.
After adding the wanted image, you have to choose a placement option
from the Placement: popup (the Center and Scale to Fit placements
apply only to desktop backgrounds, not to folders). If you choose
the Manual setting, the X: and Y: fields will display the coordinates
of the image's origin (upper-left corner). To move the image, simply
drag it into the Preview screen, or type in the X: and Y: fields.
The Icon label background box, if checked, applies the chosen color
to the label boxes below desktop icons.
If it's unchecked, the label boxes are transparent. In either case,
the label text color is either black or white-- whichever is more
legible with the icon label color.
If you're setting a background color (as opposed to a background
image), the Icon label background checkbox is disabled and the label
backgrounds are transparent. Again, the icon label color is decided
on the basis of legibility.
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