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* **Folder**: this name refers to both the icon opening a window and the window itself. Folders can contains any items: apps and shortcuts, but also widgets... or other folders. | * **Folder**: this name refers to both the icon opening a window and the window itself. Folders can contains any items: apps and shortcuts, but also widgets... or other folders. | ||
* **Panel**: a kind of folder, but displayed directly in the desktop. Unlike folders, it does not open over the desktop in its own window, and it scrolls as every other item when you scroll the desktop. | * **Panel**: a kind of folder, but displayed directly in the desktop. Unlike folders, it does not open over the desktop in its own window, and it scrolls as every other item when you scroll the desktop. | ||
+ | * **Container**: a generic term for Desktop, Folder or Panel. A container holds items. | ||
===== The desktop ===== | ===== The desktop ===== | ||
The desktop is an unlimited surface where you can put apps, widgets, folders or other objects. Each desktop is made of several pages, each page has the same size as the screen. | The desktop is an unlimited surface where you can put apps, widgets, folders or other objects. Each desktop is made of several pages, each page has the same size as the screen. | ||
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The key concept is that the desktop does not consist in a horizontal stripe of pages, but in a grid. It means that you can scroll left and right, but also up and down. | The key concept is that the desktop does not consist in a horizontal stripe of pages, but in a grid. It means that you can scroll left and right, but also up and down. |