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Bug 557232 - libpanel-applet should allow a way to show the "Add to Panel" dialog
libpanel-applet should allow a way to show the "Add to Panel" dialog
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: libpanel-applet
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-10-21 12:02 UTC by Neil Jagdish Patel
Modified: 2020-11-07 12:15 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: Unversioned Enhancement


Description Neil Jagdish Patel 2008-10-21 12:02:58 UTC 
On small screens (< 1024px wide), it is very hard for users to add new applets to the panel if there is an EXPAND_MAJOR applet on the panel (like the window-picker-applet). It would be great if there was a way to invoke the "Add to Panel" dialog from an applet, so these applets could provide this option as part of their context menu.
Comment 1 Magnus Bergman 2008-12-25 17:09:22 UTC 
This is what the XFCE panel does (adding "add applet" and "panel settings" to all menus), and it's definitely a good idea I think. Perhaps the whole panel menu should be appended to the applet menus, since none of it's items could otherwise be accessed in the circumstances described?
Comment 2 andrejx 2010-11-03 10:04:52 UTC 
Could we please fix this? I urgently need it for my applet.
Hacking around with panel_applet_set_size_hints() to achieve this is just masochistic. :P
Comment 3 André Klapper 2020-11-07 12:15:22 UTC 
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