[xubuntu-users] dragging document icons to reposition them in the top menu-bar-type icon list apparatus

[Dan Hitt]

Thanks Don and Fred!

So the secret seems to be:

(1) right click somewhere empty on the panel
(2) choose Panel > Panel Preferences
(3) click on the Items tab
(4) double-click on the 'Window Buttons' line
(5) go to the sorting order popup, and select 'None, allow drag-and-drop'.

And, when i said 'icon', i should have said 'Window Button', i think.

Note that when i right-click on a Window Button, the menu items (such
as move) seem to refer to the window itself, and not the Window
Button.  (That's fine, since i can now drag and drop the Window
Buttons, and probably useful as well.)

Thanks again for your help in getting my desktop much better organized!!

dan


On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 2:33 AM, Don <donohio53 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Right click any specific icon -> Move, will unlock that icon and "glue" it
> to the mouse which can then be dragged along the panel to a new position
> noted by a vertical bar in the panel for placement.  Left click to release
> and place the item in the new position on the Panel."
>
> It is true that it might move and item to another location, but to move it
> truly to some place like the middle of the panel you have to use
> "separators" (found that on a Google search), but I never got it to work and
> it moves whenever some item was opened and listed on the left panel, so not
> locked into position.  Not sure why Xubuntu cannot make their panels work
> like Ubuntu-MATE works.  There you just "unlock" from panel, select "move"
> and then wherever you want it, you place it, then "lock" it again, and it
> totally holds in that position.  Works beautifully.  Xubuntu needs to make
> this change to make a user friendly positioning of objects in the panel.
>
> Don
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 4:12 AM, fred roller <fredroller66 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 1:24 AM, Dan Hitt <dan.hitt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> So, first, what is the name of the GUI element that exists along the
>>> very top of the screen?
>>>
>>
>> The top bar with the time, etc, etc, is a Panel.  Right click anywhere ->
>> Panel -> Panel Preference to make adjustments to the panel itself.
>>
>>>
>>> I want to arrange the icons in a different order.
>>
>>
>> Right click any specific icon -> Move, will unlock that icon and "glue" it
>> to the mouse which can then be dragged along the panel to a new position
>> noted by a vertical bar in the panel for placement.  Left click to release
>> and place the item in the new position on the Panel.
>>
>> -- Fred
>>
>>
>>
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