Editing ROX Desktop (section)

== Software components ==
{{See also|List of GTK applications}}
The ROX Desktop is a [[desktop environment]] based on the ROX-Filer [[file manager]]. Files are loaded by applications using [[drag and drop]] from the filer to the application, and saved by dragging back to the filer. Applications are [[application directory|executable directories]], and thus can be [[Installation (computer programs)|installed]] (copied), uninstalled (deleted), and run directly through the filer interface. ROX has a strong link with Zero Install, a system for identifying and executing programs via a [[URL]], which aims to make software installation automatic.

The desktop uses the [[GTK]] toolkit, similar to the [[GNOME]] and [[Xfce]] desktops. The design focuses on small, simple programs that use drag-and-drop to move data between them. For example, a user might load data from a compressed file from the web into a spreadsheet by dragging the file from the web browser to the archiver, and then from the archiver into the spreadsheet. A program could be installed similarly, by dragging the archive from the web to the archiver, and then from the archiver to the applications directory in the filer.

Drag-and-drop saving allows a user to save a file to any directory, or directly to another application, such as an archiver on the panel.