Editing Cinnamon (desktop environment) (section)

==Features==
Features provided by Cinnamon include<ref name="cinnamon 1.2" />
* Desktop effects, including animations, transition effects and transparency using composition;
* Panels equipped with a main menu, launchers, a window list and the system tray can be adjusted on left, right, upper or lower edge of the screen
* Various extensions;
* Applets that appear on the panel
* Overview with functions similar to that in GNOME Shell; and
* Settings editor for easy customization. It can customize:
** The panel
** The [[Calendar software|calendar]]
** Themes
** Desktop effects
** Applets
** Extensions
* Volume and brightness adjustment using [[scroll wheel]] while pointing at the respective taskbar icon.
* [[Hot corners]] on the screen

{{As of|2012|1|24}} there was no official documentation for Cinnamon itself,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medvim.com/view?v=sWuxiDDepus |title=Cinnamon 1.4 (GNOME Shell Fork) |work=medvim.com |date=13 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406052835/http://www.medvim.com/view?v=sWuxiDDepus |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2016 }}</ref> There is documentation for the Cinnamon edition of Linux Mint, with a chapter on the Cinnamon desktop.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/ |title=User guides for Linux Mint, Cinnamon edition, many languages and versions |website=linuxmint.com |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-date=14 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614010749/http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/Cinnamon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Overview mode===
New overview modes have been added to Cinnamon 1.4. These two modes are "Expo" and "Scale", which can be configured in Cinnamon Settings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Cinnamon-1.4|title=Cinnamon 1.4|last1=Schürmann|first1=Tim|last2=Kißling|first2=Kristian|date=|website=[[Linux Magazine]]|access-date=15 May 2022|archive-date=11 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111062002/https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Cinnamon-1.4|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Extensibility ===
Cinnamon can be modified by themes, applets and extensions. Themes can customize the look of aspects of Cinnamon, including but not limited to the menu, panel, calendar and run dialog. Applets are icons or texts that appear on the panel. Five applets are shipped by default, and developers are free to create their own. A tutorial for creating simple applets is available.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=156|title=How to make a Cinnamon applet (Force Quit applet tutorial)|last=Lefebvre|first=Clement|date=31 January 2012|work=cinnamon.linuxmint.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204113500/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=156|archive-date=4 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Extensions can modify the functionalities of Cinnamon, such as providing a dock or altering the look of the [[Alt-Tab|{{key press|Alt|Tab}}]] window switcher.

Developers can upload their themes, applets and extension to Cinnamon's web page and let users download and rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=141|title=New sections for themes, applets and extensions: Cinnamon|last=Lefebvre|first=Clement|date=28 January 2012|work=cinnamon.linuxmint.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531205219/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=141|archive-date=31 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>