Adding app shortcuts to panels

[David McGlone]

On Saturday 20 June 2009 03:24:14 am Nils Kassube wrote:
> D. R. Evans wrote:
> > Jerry Lapham said the following at 06/19/2009 01:39 PM :
> > > On Friday 19 June 2009 1:06:50 pm Nils Kassube wrote:
> > >> Donn wrote:
> > >>> On Friday, 19 June 2009 18:22:46 vince spicer wrote:
> > >>>> I an running kde 4.3, and I can right click on any menu item and
> > >>>> "Add to Panel"
> > >>>
> > >>> Ah well, things to look forward to I guess :) (I am on 4.2.blah)
> > >>
> > >> But it works the same way in 4.2.2, no need to wait :)
> > >
> > > It doesn't here.  If I right click on a menu item it opens another
> > > instance, just like it does if I left click.
> >
> > Same here. But maybe because I'm using the (so-called) "classic"
> > version of the menu as the least of the evils on offer at this point.
>
> I just tried the classic view and yes, that's exactly the problem. If
> you use the new kickoff menu view it does work. Therefore, right click
> on the menu symbol in your panel and select "kickoff view". Then you can
> right click on a menu entry and select "add to panel", "add to
> favourites" and "add to desktop". Well, the text may be a bit different
> because these were my translations.

 Or you can just use the "unlock widgets" and right click on any icon in the 
menu and it says "add to panel" :-)

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David M.
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