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Bug 162177 - [patch] Property contextual menu on item...
[patch] Property contextual menu on item...
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
2.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
: 342521 355006 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-24 17:39 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified: 2020-11-06 20:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
adds a 'menu item properties' item in the gnome menu context menu, and associated dialog (4.31 KB, patch)
2006-03-29 21:46 UTC, Michael Frank
needs-work Details | Review

Description Sebastien Bacher 2004-12-24 17:39:33 UTC
This bug has been opened here: https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/4836

"Hello,

sometimes it's quite usefull to know the executable name of an application
(because it can be usefull to know why an application don't work using console
and showing warnings)

Unfortunately default gnome-menu doesn't provide an easy right-click contextual
menu with "Property".

To know the name I need to

Put the item on the taskbar (right click on the item 'Add ....')
Right-click on the new item on the taskbar than Property
Delete the item on the taskbar...

So could you add a property shortcut in the contextual menu in the gnome menu.

Regards."
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2005-03-23 22:10:42 UTC
Shouldn't be too hard: we can edit the file, and if it's changed, save it in
~/.config/ (or somewhere else... need to look at the spec :-))
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2006-01-24 19:29:44 UTC
Mass changing: milestone 2.12.x => milestone 2.14.x
Comment 3 Michael Frank 2006-03-29 21:46:17 UTC
Created attachment 62334 [details] [review]
adds a 'menu item properties' item in the gnome menu context menu, and associated dialog

should i update the properties dialog to make properties editable?
Comment 4 Lionel Dricot 2006-04-06 07:27:49 UTC
I confirm this bug. (and it is indeed very annoying). I hope to see the patch in for 2.16.
Comment 5 Adam Pond 2006-08-05 13:26:27 UTC
Making some properties in this new properties menu would be very useful.

For example, after installing VLC, I noticed that the default start up is not with --skins2, as opposed to windows which does. To edit this was far from obvious as it involved starting the Alacarte menu editor in Ubuntu (may be different for other distros).
Comment 6 Daniel Holbach 2006-09-25 14:59:50 UTC
Did anybody have time to check the patch already?
Comment 7 Vincent Untz 2007-01-15 11:38:24 UTC
*** Bug 355006 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 8 Vincent Untz 2007-01-15 22:54:11 UTC
*** Bug 342521 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Vincent Untz 2007-01-15 22:55:04 UTC
We'd want to do this with PanelDItemEditor and make it possible to edit the entries.
Comment 10 Gezim Hoxha 2007-11-05 15:18:38 UTC
Anyone know the status of this? The patch seems to exist (haven't tried it, though) and we still don't have it committed (it's not in 2.20, anyway).

I do recall the "Properties" option being available in the context menu but was taken off for some reason. A ridiculous decision in my opinion.

-Gezim
Comment 11 André Klapper 2020-11-06 20:25:10 UTC
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