https://wiki.amigaos.net/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Workbench%2FPrefs%2FWorkbench 2026-05-29T16:09:16Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://wiki.amigaos.net/w/index.php?title=Workbench/Prefs/Workbench&diff=12387&oldid=prev 2023-11-08T19:27:51Z

<p>Corrected &quot;and /&quot; after mouse pointer.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:27, 8 November 2023</td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Workbench is the unique Graphical User Interface (GUI) of AmigaOS. It provides one of the means of interaction with AmigaOS and is typically the first screen that is displayed when AmigaOS is finished booting. It is composed of a menu system that is accessed by clicking the right mouse button<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> and /</del> or pointing the mouse pointer at the top of the screen and clicking the right mouse button; icons that are initially visible on the screen and can be displayed by double-clicking the individual image with the left mouse button; and an optional docking system that can be used to organize and control the look and feel of the icon display.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Workbench is the unique Graphical User Interface (GUI) of AmigaOS. It provides one of the means of interaction with AmigaOS and is typically the first screen that is displayed when AmigaOS is finished booting. It is composed of a menu system that is accessed by clicking the right mouse button or pointing the mouse pointer at the top of the screen and clicking the right mouse button; icons that are initially visible on the screen and can be displayed by double-clicking the individual image with the left mouse button; and an optional docking system that can be used to organize and control the look and feel of the icon display.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Workbench Preferences allows the user to configure and control this GUI and the programs to which it refers. Currently (2023), the Preferences are found by pointing the mouse into the main area of the Workbench and clicking and holding the right mouse button. A menu panel then appears which shows 11 choices, one of which is Workbench Preferences. Hold down the right mouse button and hover over the Preferences menu item to access the 32 programs that determine, in large part, how the Workbench is presented and functions.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Workbench Preferences allows the user to configure and control this GUI and the programs to which it refers. Currently (2023), the Preferences are found by pointing the mouse into the main area of the Workbench and clicking and holding the right mouse button. A menu panel then appears which shows 11 choices, one of which is Workbench Preferences. Hold down the right mouse button and hover over the Preferences menu item to access the 32 programs that determine, in large part, how the Workbench is presented and functions.</div></td> </tr> <!-- diff cache key docwiki:diff:1.41:old-12386:rev-12387:wikidiff2=table:1.14.1:bc2a06be --> </table>

Brian Deneen https://wiki.amigaos.net/w/index.php?title=Workbench/Prefs/Workbench&diff=12386&oldid=prev 2023-11-07T09:30:20Z

<p>Added this item describing the Workbench Preferences menu for new users.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Workbench is the unique Graphical User Interface (GUI) of AmigaOS. It provides one of the means of interaction with AmigaOS and is typically the first screen that is displayed when AmigaOS is finished booting. It is composed of a menu system that is accessed by clicking the right mouse button and / or pointing the mouse pointer at the top of the screen and clicking the right mouse button; icons that are initially visible on the screen and can be displayed by double-clicking the individual image with the left mouse button; and an optional docking system that can be used to organize and control the look and feel of the icon display.<br /> <br /> Workbench Preferences allows the user to configure and control this GUI and the programs to which it refers. Currently (2023), the Preferences are found by pointing the mouse into the main area of the Workbench and clicking and holding the right mouse button. A menu panel then appears which shows 11 choices, one of which is Workbench Preferences. Hold down the right mouse button and hover over the Preferences menu item to access the 32 programs that determine, in large part, how the Workbench is presented and functions.</div>

Brian Deneen