# Where in e16 can I manage desktop widgets

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**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/where-in-e16-can-i-manage-desktop-widgets/3912 "2024-05-20T12:30:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/where-in-e16-can-i-manage-desktop-widgets/3912/2 "2024-05-20T14:47:01Z")

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1. There are options to manipulate those using the key-combo 'Ctlr+Alt+right-mouse-click' or, in case of windows the little blue square top-left allows the same options.

2. For a tad advanced users who don't mind some command-line magic, there's the 'eesh' shell specifically for e16.  
Do a `'eesh help all'` to see what's available.

3. Then there's the menu: 'Enlightenment' -\> 'Desktop' and 'Settings' where inside the latter there are options under the 'Desks' and 'Areas' buttons.

There's a tutorial on customizing E16 here with a section on the pager here:

> [@Tutorial on handling E16 by customizing the desktop](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/tutorial-on-handling-e16-by-customizing-the-desktop/2799):
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> This Tutorial can also be viewed as webpage here: or downloaded as a PDF: Getting to know Elive-E16 desktop by customizing it. History Elive on it's introduction, made quite a splash. A distribution that excelled in the way the E17 desktop environment was presented. Snazzy with great optical effects whilst being fast and stable. [image] Elive Stable with its E17 Desktop ​ That was more than a decade ago and the Stable version from those days is only available in it's original 32 bit De…

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