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The Fedora Desktop Panels are probably the most useful aspect of the entire desktop. As with just about every other aspect of the GNOME desktop, these panels are accompanied by extensive configuration options. In this chapter of [[Fedora Desktop Essentials]] we will look at each of these configuration options in detail.

Any of the sub-menus in the ''Applications'', ''Places'' or ''System'' menus may be added as icons to the main panel. To add, for example, an icon to access the ''Application->Accessories'' menu to the panel, open the ''Applications'' menu and right click on any item in the ''Accessories'' menu item. From the popup menu, select the ''Entire menu...'' followed by ''Add this as menu to panel''. An icon will then appear on the panel which, when clicked, drops down a the ''Accessories'' menu:

Alternatively, the menu may be added to the panel as a ''Drawer'' by selecting ''Add this as drawer to panel''. A draw drawer is similar to the menu with the exception that only the icons are displayed and an ''Up'' arrow button is used to close the drawer: