To bring up the preferences for the monitor, right-click on
the monitor in the panel and then choose
Preferences context (right-click) menu context menuPreferences DialogAppearanceCompact view
This view shows only a single graphic in the panel, either an
upright battery to indicate remaining capacity or a plug to
indicate your laptop is connected to an external power source.
Compact View
The compact view is the default view for the monitor as of GNOME
2.12.
Expanded view
The expanded view is old look from previous versions of GNOME. It
has the larger graphic for the battery as well as a separate
graphic to indicate what state the battery is in.
Expanded ViewShow time/percentageSelecting this option will display one of two
pieces of information. Show time remaining
will tell you how many hours and minutes until the battery is
fully discharged or recharged. Show percentage
remaining will tell you the percentage charge remaining
in the battery.Notifications
Warn when battery charge drops to
Selecting this option will cause a warning dialog to be displayed
whenever your laptop
battery reaches specified value, either as a percentage remaining or
a number of minutes remaining. This indicates that the amount of
charge remaining in your battery is critically low.
charge. You can dismiss this warning dialog yourself, otherwise it
will vanish automatically when you plug your laptop into mains
power.
Notify when the battery is fully recharged
Selecting this option notifies when your battery is fully
recharged. If you have compiled the  with libnotify
support a non-intrusive notification will popup from the monitor on
the panel.
