Monica Kochofar
monicakochofar@gmail.com 2012
Explains the meanings of the icons located on the right of the top bar.
Shantha kumar,
shkumar@redhat.com 2013

# What do the icons in the top bar mean?

This section explains the meaning of icons located on the top right corner of the screen. More specifically, the different variations of the icons provided by the GNOME interface are described.

GNOME Shell top bar

GNOME Shell top bar

# Universal Access Menu Icons

| Leads to a menu that turns on accessibility settings.

# Volume Control Icons

| The volume is set to high.
| The volume is set to medium.
| The volume is set to low.
| The volume is muted.

# Bluetooth Manager Icons

| Bluetooth has been activated.
| Bluetooth has been disabled.

# Network Manager Icons

Cellular Connection

| Connected to a 3G network.
| Connected to a 4G network.
| Connected to an EDGE network.
| Connected to a GPRS network.
| Connected to a UMTS network.
| Connected to a cellular network.
| Acquiring a cellular network connection.
| Very high signal strength.
| High signal strength.
| Medium signal strength.
| Low signal strength.
| Extremely low signal strength.

Local Area Network (LAN) Connection

| There has been an error in finding the network.
| The network is inactive.
| There is no route found for the network.
| The network is offline.
| The network is receiving data.
| The network is transmitting and receiving data.
| The network is transmitting data.

Virtual Private Network (VPN) Connection

| Acquiring a network connection.
| Connected to a VPN network.

Wired Connection

| Acquiring a network connection.
| Disconnected from the network.
| Connected to a wired network.

Wireless Connection

| Acquiring a wireless connection.
| The wireless network is encrypted.
| Connected to a wireless network.
| Very high signal strength.
| High signal strength.
| Medium signal strength.
| Low signal strength.
| Very low signal strength.

# Power Manager Icons

| The battery is full.
| The battery is partially drained.
| The battery is low.
| Caution: The battery is very low.
| The battery is extremely low.
| The battery has been unplugged.
| The battery is fully charged.
| The battery is full and charging.
| The battery is partially full and charging.
| The battery is low and charging.
| The battery is very low and charging.
| The battery is empty and charging.