An overview of terms used to describe different parts of the desktop.
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David Aguilera
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# Activities, dash, top bar... What are they?

# Activities overview

The activities overview is the screen that's displayed when you click on Activities at the top left of the screen.

# Alt-Tab window switcher

When you hold down the Alt key and then press Tab, a window switcher appears. This shows the icons of the applications you have currently open.

# Dash

The dash is the list of your favorite applications that is shown on the left-hand side of the activities overview. Applications that are currently running are also shown here. The dash is sometimes referred to as the dock.

# Hot corner

The hot corner is the corner at the top left of the screen. When you move the pointer to this corner, the activities overview opens.

# Notifications

Notifications are messages that pop up at the bottom of the screen, telling you that something just happened. For example, when someone chatting with you sends a message, a notification will pop up to tell you. If you don't want to deal with a message right now, it is hidden in your messaging tray. Move your mouse to the bottom-right corner to see your messaging tray.

# Paràmetres del sistema

The system settings are where you can change preferences and so on, similar to the Control Panel in Windows or the System Preferences in Mac OS. Click your name on the top-right of the top bar and select System Settings to access them.

# Top bar

The top bar is the bar that runs along the very top of the screen. The Activities link is on one end of the top bar and your username is on the other.

# Workspace

You can put windows on different workspaces. They are a convenient way of grouping and separating windows.

# Workspace selector

The workspace selector is the list of workspaces that is shown on the right-hand side of the Windows view in the activities overview.