Anton Aylward wrote:
James Knott said the following on 05/21/2012 09:54 AM:
This is a continuation of a thread in the LibraOffice mail list.
In KDE 3, it was possible to add a section of the main menu to the panel, so that you could have a pop-up list of applications. In OS/2, it was possible to add a "Drawer" to the task bar, so that you could have a list of applications to choose from. Is there anything similar available in KDE 4 (KDE 3 mode), so that you could click on an icon on the panel that opens a list of apps to chose from? All I can find is the menu launcher, which simply duplicates the menu that's normally at the left end of the panel. Yes. Unlock, add widgets then ...
There's "drawer" as "shelf" and there's also "quick access" but that's not really geared to apps.
I've tried shelf, but it doesn't quite do it. It seems to be only able to add app catagories and not sub-menus I created or individual applications. For example, I'm trying to create a list of LibreOffice apps that I can select from by clicking on an icon on the panel. I even created a LibreOffice submenu in the main menu. However, I cannot select that sub-menu nor individual LO apps, to be included in that shelf. In KDE 3, a sub-menu could be added. With KDE 4, if I try to add a sub-menu, I get a Konqueror folder that does not contain what the sub-menu did.
There's also "quicklaunch'. I set up a side panel with ONLY quicklauch and all the apps I want. The side panel hides when not in used/mouseover. This is great and is of high utility value and I'm sure you'll be impressed with it.
David Rankin mentioned this in a post here long ago; grep the archives or contact him for details.
The Quicklaunch panel is not what I was looking for, as it stores the icons horizontally and doesn't provide much beyond what can be accomplished by adding the app directly to the panel. One benefit of a pop up list is that it saves a lot of panel space.
I have no regrets about leaving KDE3 behind.
I certainly do. This is but one of many things that were broken in going from KDE 3 to KDE 4.
Of course if you can code in perl, ruby or PHP you can add you own :-)
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