The Deskbar is the panel in the top right corner of the screen. It holds the system menu, the clock and status icons, and a list of running applications.

Layout

From top to bottom, the default Deskbar has three parts:

• The Deskbar menu. The button at the top opens it. It lists your applications, preferences and recent documents, and it’s where you log out, restart or power off.
• The tray. Under the menu button sit the clock and small status icons such as network and volume. These are replicants (see below).
• The application list. Every running application gets an entry. Click one to bring its windows forward, or expand it to pick a single window. Right-click an entry for Hide all, Show all, Close all and Quit application.

Dragging

Grab the handle on the Deskbar’s edge and drag it. As you move it around the screen, the Deskbar changes shape to fit where you drop it:

• In a corner it stays a compact panel, either expanded with the application list or folded into a small mini mode.
• Along the top or bottom edge it stretches into a long horizontal bar, like the taskbar on Windows or the menu bar on a Mac.

You can take it all the way around the screen, through every edge and corner, and it follows. Layout options and the clock settings are under Deskbar preferences in the Deskbar menu.

Replicants

A replicant is a small part of an application that lives inside another window. Applications that support it can put a status icon in the tray, and many can also leave a replicant on the desktop by dragging the small handle in the corner of their window. Right-click a replicant to remove it. Show replicants in the Deskbar menu toggles those handles.

The workspace switcher is a separate application that can also live in the Deskbar. See Workspaces.