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Bug 167090 - Run Applications should be dropped from main menus
Run Applications should be dropped from main menus
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-02-11 16:26 UTC by Bryan W Clark
Modified: 2015-03-24 13:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Remove "run application" from menu bar (2.16 KB, patch)
2005-02-12 08:47 UTC, Vincent Untz
none Details | Review

Description Bryan W Clark 2005-02-11 16:26:41 UTC
I mentioned how it shouldn't be in the Applications menu as a top level item in
bug 161613  However it seems to have gotten in anyway. :-\

If it's in there just because we couldn't find a place for it I'd like to see it
dropped all together.  It is an applet after all, so the 'power user' can still
access it quickly.  Most 'power user' people I know use it with the Alt-F2
combination to call this dialog.  

Leaving it at the top level of Applications makes our menu appear as if you'll
need to type in commands to this dialog in order to run parts of the desktop. 
And that's not the message I want to send.
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2005-02-12 08:47:09 UTC
Bryan: it was my impression that there was no agreement on this, but I might
have been biased...

I'm attaching a patch to remove this item from the menu bar. Feel free to send a
mail to ask permission to break UI string if you feel it should go in for 2.10.
Comment 2 Vincent Untz 2005-02-12 08:47:38 UTC
Created attachment 37386 [details] [review]
Remove "run application" from menu bar
Comment 3 Bryan W Clark 2005-02-13 00:10:12 UTC
Thanks Vincent, sorry about.  I didn't press the issue and then forgot to follow
up on the progress of the menu.

I'll send mail to the release team and desktop-devel asking for this.  Thanks again.
Comment 4 Pat Suwalski 2005-02-13 17:19:50 UTC
Should "Run Application" not still be in the System menu or some easy-to-access
location? It is by far the command I use most in the panel, since, lets face it,
not everything comes with an application menu entry.
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2005-02-14 17:44:02 UTC
Moving to 2.12 target.
Comment 6 Vincent Untz 2005-03-27 16:44:11 UTC
Let's start the new flamewar ;-)

2005-03-27  Vincent Untz  <vincent@vuntz.net>

	Remove "Run application" from the menus.
	Fix bug #167090

	* menu.c: (main_menu_append): don't append the run application item
	* panel-menu-bar.c: (panel_menu_bar_recreate_menus): kill
	(panel_menu_bar_append_applications_menu): kill
	(panel_menu_bar_create_applications_menu): kill
	(panel_menu_bar_instance_init): just call create_applications_menu()
	to create the applications menu, we don't need lockdown notifications
	(panel_menu_bar_finalize): kill
	(panel_menu_bar_class_init): we don't have a specific finalize anymore
Comment 7 javiermon 2005-10-17 08:36:54 UTC
Hi

I'm a ubuntu user, currently using gnome 2.12. I was surprised to see that this
menu item was taken away from the gnome panel. Is there any plans on adding it
somewhere else or maybe a different aproach for this? Other Desktop eviroments
have a similar item in their menu (or at least a way of adding it.)

Maybe an alternative solution could be to add a formal app (for example
something called gnome-run-application) so people could add this item to their
gnome panel structure. Having to use the Alt+f2 key is not very intuitive & I
personally prefered the gnome panel item. I know that there's also an applet,
but I prefere having the item somewhere in the main menus.

Thanxs.
Comment 8 Vincent Untz 2005-10-17 19:30:27 UTC
Javier: there are plans to add the possibility to totally edit the menus. Now,
we just need more free time :-)