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type="topic" style="reference"
id="shell-terminology">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#desktop" />
<desc>An overview of terms used to describe different parts of the desktop.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-02-19" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
<email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
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</info>
<title>Activities, dash, top bar... What are they?</title>
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<terms>
<item>
<title>Activities overview</title>
<p>The <em>activities overview</em> is the screen that's displayed when you
click on <gui>Activities</gui> at the top left of the screen.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Alt-Tab window switcher</title>
<p>When you hold down the <key>Alt</key> key and then press <key>Tab</key>, a
<em>window switcher</em> appears. This shows the icons of the applications you
have currently open.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Dash</title>
<p>The <em>dash</em> is the list of your favorite applications that is shown
on the left-hand side of the activities overview. Applications that are
currently running are also shown here. The dash is sometimes referred to as the
<em>dock</em>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Hot corner</title>
<p>The <em>hot corner</em> is the corner at the top left of the screen. When
you move the pointer to this corner, the activities overview opens.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Notifications</title>
<p><em>Notifications</em> are messages that pop up at the bottom of the screen,
telling you that something just happened. For example, when someone chatting
with you sends a message, a notification will pop up to tell you. If you don't
want to deal with a message right now, it is hidden in your messaging tray. Move
your mouse to the bottom-right corner to see your messaging tray.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>System settings</title>
<p>The <em>system settings</em> are where you can change preferences and so on,
similar to the Control Panel in Windows or the System Preferences in Mac OS.
Click your name on the top-right of the top bar and select
<gui>System Settings</gui> to access them.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Top bar</title>
<p>The <em>top bar</em> is the bar that runs along the very top of the screen.
The <gui>Activities</gui> link is on one end of the top bar and your username
is on the other.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Workspace</title>
<p>You can put windows on different <em>workspaces</em>. They are a convenient
way of grouping and separating windows.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Workspace selector</title>
<p>The <em>workspace selector</em> is the list of workspaces that is shown on
the right-hand side of the <gui>Windows</gui> view in the activities overview.</p>
</item>
</terms>
</page>
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