If your computer supports a 3D graphics card with Xgl, you can use graphical effects like turning your desktop into a rotating 3D cube, enabling translucent or transparent windows, and zooming in and out of the desktop screen. You can also use other window effects such as shadows, fading, and transformations. If you do not have a 3D graphics card, some effects may be disabled or reduce the performance of your system. If the performance of your system is too low, disable the compositing effect for your current session with Alt+Shift+F12.
To configure the effects on your desktop, proceed as follows:
Start the personal settings window as described in Section 4.3, “Modifying Personal Settings”.
Select + and choose . If your graphic card does not support 3D, you will be notified.
Optionally, choose some configuration from
Select the effects in the tab. The info icon gives you a small explanation. Some effects may have a configuration dialog for further adjustments.
Use to enable the effects permanently.
With Xgl , you can make use of the following effects:
Wrap your virtual desktops around a cube and rotate the cube to get to another virtual desktop. Rotate the cube with Ctrl+Alt+→ or Ctrl+Alt+←.
Fly through the range of virtual desktops without having to use the pager and select the one to use. To change to this panel-like view, use Ctrl+Alt+↓. To scroll to a desktop left or right of the current one, keep holding Ctrl+Alt and use → and ←.
Zoom into certain parts of the desktop. Select the area to enlarge and right-click while holding the Windows key.
Show all windows opened on one virtual desktop as if they were resized so all fit in the display at once. Arrange the windows using Ctrl+Alt+↑. While holding down Ctrl+Alt, use the arrow keys to determine the focus.