power button placement

James Takac p3nndrag0n at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 01:23:02 BST 2007


On Wednesday 27 June 2007 10:08:58 Tate Johnson wrote:
> On 27/06/2007, at 9:43 AM, James Takac wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 June 2007 13:28:12 Tate Johnson wrote:
> >> On 26/06/2007, at 12:40 PM, James Takac wrote:
> >>> Hi Guys
> >>>
> >>> I tried to exchange the places of the clock and the power button
> >>> and it didn't
> >>> work as expected. The clock was on the far right with the power
> >>> button to its
> >>> left. I wanted to reverse that order and now my power button is
> >>> further left
> >>> (left of the network icon) and I can't so much as return it to the
> >>> original
> >>> pos. Anyone know how to remedy this?
> >>>
> >>> James
> >>
> >> Hi James,
> >>
> >> You'll need to "right click" on the applets and uncheck "Lock". This
> >> will permit you to freely position the click and power button however
> >> you want. Everything on your panel is an applet and can be locked,
> >> moved, deleted and added.
> >>
> >> Good luck
> >>
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> >> Tate Johnson
> >> http://tatey.com
> >>
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> > Hi Tate
> >
> > That was the 1st thing I tried to do. However there are 2 icons
> > that will not
> > unlock - the network icon and the search icon. Well was able to
> > quit from the
> > search so 1 icon not able to unlock. So still no joy with trying to
> > move it
> > back
> >
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> James,
>
> I suppose you're referring to the "Notification applet" which is
> similar to the "System tray" in Windows. You're right, you can't move
> individual icons, but you can move the applet itself. If you right
> click just to the left of both icons, you'll be able to unlock the
> applet. There will be a little divider which marks the start of the
> applet.
>
> Tate

Hi Tate

Got it where I wanted just b4 getting your reply. I couldn't just drag n drop. 
I had to actually selet the move option in the context menu for each item to 
reposition them. Coupled with Marks suggestion of unlocking and moving the 
notification area



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