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Frequently Asked Questions

kenfallon edited this page Oct 4, 2012 · 8 revisions

How do I customise the task manager ?

Right-click on an empty space on the task manager and click "Configure." You will be presented with a window allowing you to select

  • Show windows from current desktop
  • Show windows form all desktops
  • Button style (Icon and text, Icon only, or Text only)
  • Max button width

How do I add a application to the quicklaunch panel

You can simply drag and drop applications to the quick launch panel from the main menu.

For example if you wish to add the qtFM file manager to the panel you first need to locate it in the menu.

Razor Menu -> Accessories -> qtFM (Qt File Manager) 

The drag it down to the panel.

You can change order of the items on the quicklaunch panel by right clicking on the icon you wish to move and select either Move left or Move right


How do I change the date and time format in the clock ?

You can right click on the clock plugin and select clock then Configure. The Razor Clock settings window then presents a number of options including

  • Show seconds
  • 12 hour style
  • Show date
  • Show date in new line
  • Date format drop down with some common selections

If you wish to have a different format, for example "2012-10-04" for date and "16:38:09" for time, then you can modify some entries in the file ~/.config/razor/razor-panel (this may be ~/.razor/razor-panel in versions less than 0.4.1). Modify the value of the keys dateFormat and timeFormat in the [clock2] section.

[clock2]
dateFormat=yyyy-MM-dd
timeFormat=HH:mm

Further information on the format can be found here

How do I change the time in the clock to display other time zones ?

Unfortunately the clock applet can only display local times issue