To change the behavior of desktop windows,
double-click on the Desktop Behavior
icon in the Preferences Editor.
You can configure the following:
Save on close
sets whether or not you are prompted to save changes
made to the desktop window before you close it
Default desktop display mode
specifies whether icons are displayed as images or names
Desktop opening display method
if you change the way icons are displayed in a
desktop window from the View menu,
specifies whether future desktop windows display icons the
same way (``Always inherit'') or display according
to the value set in the ``Default desktop display mode''
field (``Never inherit'')
Desktop traversal mode
determines if opening a new desktop reuses the
current window, or displays a new window