# Using the Desktop

The BoredOS desktop environment is designed to be intuitive while providing powerful window management and icons for quick access to your files and applications.

## Window Management

BoredOS uses a stacking window manager (BoredWM) that allows you to overlap and organize multiple windows.

### Basic Actions
-   **Focus**: Click anywhere on a window to bring it to the front and make it the active window.
-   **Move**: Click and drag the **title bar** (the top bar of the window) to reposition it on the screen.
-   **Close**: Click the red traffic light close button in the top-left corner of the window.

### System-wide Shortcuts
BoredOS includes several global shortcuts to help you manage your workflow:
-   **`Ctrl + P`**: Take a screenshot. The image will be saved to `/root/Desktop` as `screenshot.jpg`.
-   **`Shift + Ctrl + Space`**: Toggle **Lumos** search (see the [Lumos guide](lumos.md)).

## Desktop Icons

Your desktop represents the contents of the `/root/Desktop` directory.

-   **Launching**: Double-click an icon to open the file or launch the application.
-   **Snapping**: Icons automatically snap to a grid for a clean look. You can toggle "Snap to Grid" and "Auto Align" in the [Settings app](../launching_apps.md).
-   **Context Menu**: Right-click on the desktop background to create new files, folders, or refresh the layout.

## The Bottom Dock

The dock at the bottom of the screen provides quick shortcuts to your most-used applications, with for example:
-   **Files**: Browse the entire filesystem.
-   **Terminal**: Access the command-line interface.
-   **Calculator / Notepad / Grapher**: Essential productivity tools.

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