[opensuse] Add menu to panel
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. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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. 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. I have no regrets about leaving KDE3 behind. Of course if you can code in perl, ruby or PHP you can add you own :-) -- "Education must precede motivation." Jim Rohn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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 :-)
No experience with any of those. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
James Knott said the following on 05/21/2012 11:24 AM:
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.
Then you're doing it wrong! Do I have to drive over there and show you? No really; 1. Create a panel on the right hand side Autohide Left Align 2. Add the quicklaunch to that panel 3. Add items to the quicklaunch There, its vertical and since its auto hide it saves space. personally I think David had a cool idea with this side panel, but personally I'm not bothered by the small icon in the rows when quicklaunch is on the bottom bar when I'm using a wide screen. As I said, it you don't like the way it works, write your own using a scripting language. There are plenty of websites showing how easy it is; go google for one. I've not found anything I wanted to do in KDE3 that I can't do equally well - even if it isn't exactly the same - in KDE4. If you want to bitch about minor differences that really don't matter, then why not berate GM for 'wasting" an extra wheel nut since Ford demonstrate that four are quite adequate to hold wheels in place. The we get onto the argument about having the gear selector on the column rather than the floor. After all, it it was good enough for a 56 Chevy inline ... -- We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
James Knott said the following on 05/21/2012 11:24 AM:
Of course if you can code in perl, ruby or PHP you can add you own :-)
No experience with any of those.
Once upon a time neither did I, but I decided to change that. -- Better to light a candle than curse the dark. - old saying -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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