Possibility to add "Create Launcher" to right click context-menu in Nautilus

[Rodney Dawes]

On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 08:32 +1000, Kieran Grant wrote:
> Whether it is better to allow users to add icons to their Desktop (where
> they'll probably not use it) or not, is something that Canonical and the
> upstream GNOME guys can ponder.

Something that has always worked in GNOME (though I don't know if it
works in gnome-shell, as I haven't used it), and which does work in
Unity, is to drag a launcher from the applications menu, and drop it
on the background (or even in a folder in Nautilus). From Unity, since
there isn't really a menu though, you can open the dash, go to the
Applications view, find the app you want to add a launcher for, and
drag it to where you want. Then you have a launcher for the application,
with the correct icon, and if for some reason you really need to edit
it, then you can easily do so.

However, the launcher panel on the left side of the screen in Unity at
least, is designed to be the place to place your favorites for
launching, rather than on the workspace background. In the launcher
panel, they will be always accessible, even when working in a full-
screened application, while placing them in the background makes
them inaccessible if any windows are covering them.