Get familiar with Desktop

The Desktop application serves as the primary interface for user interaction with the Olares system. It offers an intuitive and efficient way to manage and utilize both built-in system applications and those you install.

Desktop concepts

Dock & Launchpad

• Dock: An application quick-launch bar located on the side of the screen.
• Launchpad: Accessed by clicking the "Launchpad" icon on the Dock, it displays all installed applications.

Application windows

• Applications open in "window" mode by default.
• Windows support standard operations: dragging, resizing, minimizing, maximizing, and closing.
• Search: Enables quick application launching, file searching, and more.

Use the Launchpad

From the Launchpad, you can:

• View all installed applications.
• Click an application icon to open it.
• Drag icons to reorder them within the Launchpad.
• Drag an icon to the Dock for quick access.

Uninstall applications

1. Press and hold an application icon to enter the editing mode.
2. If an "X" appears in the top-right corner of the application icon, click it to delete the application.

Note

Built-in system applications such as Files, Market, and Profile cannot be uninstalled.

Controll application windows

You can access applications via two modes.

By default, applications open in "window" mode, which is an iframe page embedded within the desktop. You can manipulate these windows much like standard computer windows:

• Drag the title bar to move the window.
• Drag the window's edges to resize it.
• Minimize, maximize, or close the window.
• Click the open_in_new button to open the application in a new browser tab.

Note

Some applications only support opening in a tabbed view.

Search within Olares

You can quickly call out global search using one of the following methods:

• Press the keyboard shortcut: Shift + Space
• Click the "Search" icon in the Dock.

Search target	Supported actions
Installed Applications	Open the application directly.
Documents directory in File Manager Storage	Search by filename or full-text content.
Other directories in File Manager Storage	Search by filename only.
File Manager Synced Drive	Search by filename only.
Wise Reader Content	Search full-text content of RSS feeds, web pages, & PDFs.
More
Settings	Adjust Olares appearance.
Applications	Install, uninstall, or update applications.