[ubuntu-za] Launcher icons

[Hilton Gibson]

About adding apps to the launcher.
See attached from the desktop help guide.
Search for "Help" in the Dash.

Cheers

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On 2 May 2012 20:29, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net> wrote:

>  Hi again Bruce, I had a look in Launchpad then restarted my system and
> the problem went away!
>
> Thanks for helping.
>
> Jan
>
>
> On 02/05/2012 19:48, Jan Greeff wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> I now remember how I did it last time, but now it does not work, the link
> seems to drag across fine but the moment it is dropped on the desktop it
> becomes damaged and I get this feedback:  'This link cannot be used,
> because its target "../../lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/writer.desktop" doesn't
> exist.'
>
> Any more ideas?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jan
>
>
> On 02/05/2012 19:23, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>
> On 02/05/2012 09:35, Robin Bownes wrote:
>
>
>
> On 05/02/2012 05:59 AM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>
> Thanks Bruce, removing the icon and re-launching the program sorted the
> problem out.
>
> Jan
>
>  Pleased to hear that Jan. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. Doesn't
> matter how often I remove the button, and reload the program, or change
> themes, etc. - still the same. I've even tried tracking down the
> LibreOffice .desktop file and editing that to point to a particular icon
> file - still no joy.
>
> So if anyone out there has a flash of brilliance, please let me know. It
> only does this with my LibreOffice launcher button.
>
> Robin
>
>
>
> Hi Jan,
>
> Glad you got it sorted out! :) To place a shortcut onto your desktop, you
> won't be able to drag it from the launcher onto your desktop, but you can
> drop an icon onto your desktop through the unity dash.
>
> All the best,
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
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