Add to desktop (menu icons)

[Andre Campos Rodovalho]

As John said, the "add to desktop" function is working for me on 14.04. The
Menu gets locked, this is known for a while. I remember Ali reporting this.
You can click Menu button again to make Menu regress...



2015-03-17 17:49 GMT-03:00 John Hupp <lubuntu at prpcompany.com>:

>  On 3/17/2015 4:38 PM, Aere Greenway wrote:
>
> On 03/17/2015 02:16 AM, Steven Duckworth wrote:
>
>  Greetings all!
>
>  When I first installed Lubuntu the "add to desktop" function worked. Now
> it doesn't. This is when I click on the Lubuntu button on bottom left,
> mouse over an item and right click to add the icon to the desktop.
>  I also notice that when I want exit this roll up menu, it freezes for a
> while, and does not disappear.
>  Can anyone help with this?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Steve
>
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>  Steve:
>
> Usually, I just click on the Lubuntu Menu icon (far left of the task-bar),
> and the menu will disappear on the first (or second) try.
>
> I just tried it (adding PulseAudio Volume Control to the desktop), and it
> worked that way.  I'm using 14.04.
>
> However, in experimenting more with this, I ended up with the first menu
> staying there, without ever going away - regardless what I did.
>
> In that state I could move the mouse-pointer around and click on things,
> but nothing would respond - even the shut-down menu, or switching to
> another workspace.
>
> The CPU indicator in the taskbar showed no above normal activity, but my
> system was essentially hung, and the ONLY way I could get out of it, was by
> turning off the power.
>
> This is apparently a very dangerous thing to experiment with...
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Aere
>
>
> I regard it as bug, and I vaguely recall seeing a bug report.  But as a
> workaround, if you back out of the sub-menu then you can Esc from the main
> Menu.
>
> I have not had any problems with the "add to desktop" function, but I have
> not used it within the past couple weeks or so.
>
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