Unable to delete icons from panels

[Nils Kassube]

George Dvorak wrote:
> Thank you.How in the world did you discover this? This method is
> obfuscation to the highest degree!

Hmm, I always thought this was the only sensible way to do it. :)

But seriously: I was playing with the panel options when I noticed this 
new behaviour.

> On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 2:54 AM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

BTW: It would be nice, not to use top-posting - then it is much easier 
to follow discussions (see also [1] - section "Technical guidelines"). 

> > It seems like the way to remove icons has changed and you can't
> > enable the old feature. For me it works like this: Unlock widgets,
> > right-click on the panel and then select "Panel Options" -> "Panel
> > Settings". Move the cursor over the icon you want to remove and
> > then there should appear an option above the icon to configure
> > (spanner) or remove (X) the icon.

Nils

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