Style Manager File Menu Exit Closes the Style Manager window Style Manager Help Menu Overview Displays the introduction help topic for Style Manager Tasks Displays task instructions for most Style Manager operations Reference Displays reference summaries for various Style Manager features, such as windows, dialog boxes, and menus On Item Enables you choose an item in a Style Manager window and then displays help information about that item Using Help Provides help on using the help windows About Style Manager Displays the version and copyright information for Style Manager Style Manager Main Menu The Style Manager window contains controls that open dialog boxes for simple customization tasks. Open Style Manager by choosing its control in the Front Panel. Select desktop colors and palettes. (See .) Select application font sizes. (See .) Select workspace backdrop patterns. (See .) Set key click volume or character repeat capability. (See .) Change mouse button click settings, double-click speed, pointer acceleration, or pointer movement threshold. (See .) Change beep volume, tone, or duration. (See .) Specify screen saver and screen lock. behavior. (See .) Specify how a window acquires focus, if the window raises when it receives focus, and where window icons are placed. (See .) Specify how your session begins and ends. (See .) Select which input method to use, specify input method start mode for next login session, as well as the input method style for preediting. This Internationalization control appears only if appropriate for the current locale. (See .) Style Manager Color Dialog Box palettes adding palettes palettes, adding colors, selecting Palettes Lists the color palettes available to your display. (See .) Add Displays the Add Palette dialog box for creating your own palette. (See .) Color Buttons Display the colors that make up the currently selected palette. The Number of Colors setting determines how many color buttons are available and which desktop elements receive the colors on the buttons. See for color button mappings for the different Number of Colors settings. Modify Displays the Modify dialog box for modifying the currently selected color button. (See .) Number of Colors Displays the Number of Colors dialog box for setting the number of colors used by the Desktop. (See .) OK Saves specified changes and closes the Color dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. Help Displays help about the dialog box. palettes, adding adding palettes Style Manager Add Palette Dialog Box New Palette Text field for entering the new palette to add OK Adds the palette and closes the Add Palette dialog box Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes Help Displays help about the dialog box Style Manager Delete Palette Dialog Box deleting palettes palettes, deleting Message area Lists the palette that will be deleted. OK Deletes the palette and closes the Delete Palette dialog box Cancel Closes the dialog box without deleting the palette Help Displays help about the dialog box Style Manager Modify Color Dialog Box modifying palettes palettes, modifying When you change the settings in this dialog box, you change a color in the currently selected palette. If you have a default palette (one of the palettes provided with the desktop) selected, you may want to copy it before you adjust the palette. (See .) This ensures that you can return to the original settings of the default palette if necessary. Old Shows the current color. New Shows the new color as you make changes. Grab Color Displays a pointer for you to choose a color in your workspace. When you click on a color, the dialog box controls are set to the correct values for that color. R, G, B Changes red, green, and blue values. Hue Changes red, green, and blue proportions. Saturation Changes the color's purity. Value Changes the color's brightness. OK Saves changes and closes the Modify Palette dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. All color settings are returned to the values they had before the dialog box was displayed. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. The color of text in titles, labels, lists, and text fields is toggled between white and black depending on the settings of the Hue, Saturation, and Value controls. Style Manager Number of Colors Dialog Box colors, setting number of The color use option selected goes into effect for your next session. To save the color use choice, you must either choose to restart the current session or save a home session before you log out. More Colors for Desktop Eight color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right, top to bottom): Active window borders Inactive window borders Switch for workspace 1 and every fourth additonal workspace (workspace 5, 9, ...) Text and list areas Main window background and switch for workspace 2 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 6, 10, ...) Dialog box background and menu bar and switch for workspace 3 and every fourth additional workspace (workspace 7, 11, ...) Switch for workspace 4 and every fourth addional workspace (workspace 8, 12, ...) Front panel background More Colors for Applications Four color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right): Active window borders Window bodies: Inactive window borders Main window and dialog box backgrounds and menu bar Front Panel background Workspace switches and backgrounds Text and list backgrounds Most Colors for Applications Two color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right): Active window borders Everything else Black and White Two color buttons, listed as they appear in the Color dialog box (from left to right): Active window borders Everything else Default Sets Number of Colors to Use to default setting. OK Saves changes and closes the Number of Colors dialog box Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes Help Displays Help about the dialog box Style Manager Font Dialog Box selecting fonts fonts, selecting fonts font size Size (list) Lists a series of relative font sizes (not the actual font size). Preview Displays the selected font size. The text outside of the text field shows the font to be used for titles and labels. The text inside the text field shows the font to be used for lists and text fields. You may select the text field and type your own sample text. OK Applies the selected font size and closes the Font dialog box. The selected font size is then used by new applications. To use the selected font size in currently running applications, you must exit and restart the application. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Style Manager Backdrop Dialog Box backdrops, selecting selecting backdrops backdrops, changing changing backdrops Viewing area Sample of the backdrop that is currently selected. Backdrops (list) Lists available backdrops OK Puts the backdrop you selected on the workspace and closes the Backdrop dialog box. Apply Puts the backdrop you selected on the workspace Close Closes the dialog box without making changes Help Displays Help about the dialog box Style Manager Keyboard Dialog Box keyboard, customizing customizing keyboard Default Sets Auto Repeat and Click Volume to default settings. Auto Repeat Turns on auto repeat, which means a key repeats for as long as it is pressed. Click Volume Specifies the volume of the keyboard click. A value of 0 turns off keyboard click. OK Applies changes and closes the Keyboard dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Style Manager Mouse Dialog Box mouse buttons, mapping mapping mouse buttons Default Set all controls to the default mouse settings. Handedness: Specifies the mapping of the mouse buttons. The Right setting arranges the buttons from left to right, the typical mapping for use by right-handed people. The Left setting arranges them from right to left. The mouse picture in the upper left corner shows the button arrangement for the current selection. Button 2: Specifies whether the middle mouse button performs the Transfer or Adjust operation for lists and text. Transfer refers to the drag-and-drop action and Adjust is also known as extend. With the Transfer setting, you use mouse button 2 to drag and drop list or text items, if such action is supported in the application. With the Adjust setting, you extend list selections in a multiple-select list or extend the text selection in text fields with mouse button 2 and you drag and drop list and text items with mouse button 1. Double-click Specifies the double-click speed, or the speed at which you must click a mouse button twice for the system to sense a double-click. Test the new speed by double-clicking the mouse picture in the upper left corner of the dialog box. Acceleration Specifies how fast the pointer moves across the screen when in acceleration mode. A setting of 2, for example, causes the pointer to move twice as fast as the mouse moves. Threshold Specfies the minimum number of pixels you must move the mouse at one time before the pointer moves at the accelerated speed. With threshold and acceleration adjustments, the mouse can be used for precise alignment when it is moved slowly, or moved quickly across the screen at the accelerated speed. OK Saves specified changes and closes the Mouse dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Style Manager Beep Dialog Box setting beep volume beep volume, setting Default Sets Volume, Tone, and Duration of the system beep to default values. Volume Specifies the beep volume in percent of total possible volume. The range is 0 to 100%, where 0 is off. Tone Specifies the frequency or pitch of the system beep, from 82 to 9000 Hertz. Duration Specifies the duration of the system beep, from .1 to 2.5 seconds. OK Saves changes and closes the Beep dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Style Manager Screen Dialog Box screen saver screen locking Default Sets all controls in the dialog box to default values, but does not change the current screen saver selections. Screen Blanker Enables (On) or disables (Off) the screen saver immediately, even before you click OK. When Screen Blanker is On the Start Blanker slider is active. Start Blanker Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen is blanked. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK. Use Backgrounds For Lock Enables the lock backgrounds. Transparent Lock Backgrounds are not used when the screen is locked. Backgrounds List Displays the available backgrounds in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a background by clicking on the list item. Background Preview Displays the last background selected. Start Saver Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer movement or keystroke before the screen saver starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK. Time Per Background Specifies the number of minutes each selected background runs before the next one starts when the screen is being saved. The backgrounds are cycled through in the same sequence as they appear in the list. A setting of 0 (zero) results in only the last background (the one currently in the preview area) being used. OK Saves changes and closes the Screen dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making any specified changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Default Sets all controls in the dialog box to default values, but does not change the current screen saver selections. Screen Saver: Enables (On) or disables (Off) the screen saver. When Screen Saver is On, the Start Saver slider is active. Start Saver Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer move or keystroke before the screen saver starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK. In a system without screen lock extensions, the default system screen saver is used, not the screen savers shown in this dialog box. In this case, the screen savers in this dialog box are used only for screen lock. Screen Saver Preview Displays a demonstration of the last screen saver selected. Screen Saver List Displays the available screen saver behaviors in a multiple-select list. Select or deselect a behavior by clicking on the list item. Time per Saver Specifies the number of minutes each selected screen saver runs before the next one starts. Screen Lock: Enables (On) or disables (Off) Screen Lock on a timeout. When this setting is changed, the new setting goes into effect immediately, even before the dialog box is closed. If screen saver and screen lock are both enabled (On) and the Start Lock value is smaller than the Start Saver value, when the screen lock times out it replaces the contents of the screen with the currently selected screen savers. If Start Lock is greater than Start Screen, then the automatic screen lock simply continues the current screen saver. If the screen saver is disabled (Off) and automatic screen lock is enabled (On), when the screen lock times out the screen contents of the screen are not covered with a screen saver. Start Lock Specifies the number of minutes from the last pointer move or keystroke before the screen lock starts. When this value is changed, the new value goes into effect immediately, even before you click OK. Style Manager Window Dialog Box Default Puts all controls in the dialog box at their default settings Point In Window To Make Active &newline;Makes a window active when the mouse pointer enters it Click In Window To Make Active &newline;Makes a window active when you click mouse button 1 inside the window Raise Window When Made Active &newline;Brings a partially concealed window to the top when it becomes active Allow Primary Windows On Top &newline;Keeps a primary window totally visible Show Contents During Move Moves the window during a window move (instead of moving its outline first) Use Icon Box Displays an icon box in which to hold window icons Place On Workspace Places window icons on the workspace (instead of in an icon box) OK Saves changes and closes the Window dialog box Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes Help Displays Help about the dialog box The changes specified in the Window dialog box do not take effect until you restart Workspace Manager. If you specify a change, you are prompted to restart Workspace Manager after you click OK. Style Manager Startup Dialog Box Home session, return to current session, resuming return to home session resume current session defining home session home session, defining Resume current session Starts your next session with the workspace contents the way you left them in your last session, including any setting, client, or resource modifications. Return to Home session Starts the session with the workspace contents the way you left them in a special arrangement called your home session. If you have not set your home session, the system default session starts. Logout Confirmation Dialog When On, asks you to confirm that you want to log out. Set Home Session Defines a new home session based on the current state of your desktop environment. OK Applies changes and closes the Startup dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. Style Manager Internationalization Dialog Box Input Method Server host, specifying specifying Input Method Server host input method, specifying specifying input method preediting To open the Internationalization dialog box, click the Style Manager Internalization control. Input Method Specifies the Input Method Server host and the input method to use. Input Method Start Mode Specifies whether the user will be asked at each login to select an Input Method to use, or wheter the currently selected Input Method will be invoked automatically. Preedit Type Specifies the preferred ordered list of input method styles to use. The input method style determines how pre-editing will occur. You can change the order of this list, by selecting an element, then moving it up or down using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. OK Applies changes and closes the Internationalization dialog box. Cancel Closes the dialog box without making changes. Help Displays Help about the dialog box. resources, Style Manager Style Manager Resources For information about Style Manager resources, see the dtstyle man page by typing man dtstyle at the command line in a Terminal window. Style Manager Command-line Syntax command-line syntax, Style Manager For information about Style Manager command-line syntax, see the dtstyle man page by typing man dtstyle at the command line of a Terminal window. For information about Style Manager command-line syntax, see the dtstyle man page by typing man dtstyle at the command line of a Terminal window. Input Method Server host, specifying specifying Input Method Server host input method, specifying specifying input method preediting Click to select the input method to use, the input method start mode for the next login session, and the input method style for preediting.