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Bug 594370 - Adding an applet to the Gnome panel
Adding an applet to the Gnome panel
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 525523
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: panel
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-09-07 12:06 UTC by Tor Klingberg
Modified: 2010-01-14 03:12 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tor Klingberg 2009-09-07 12:06:23 UTC 
Sending upstream from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/424890

To add an applet to the Gnome panel, I am supposed to right-click on an empty part of hte panel and choose "Add to Panel...". On my desktop (Ubuntu Jaunty Netbook Remix) there is no empty part of the panel. It is all taken up by the icons. The only way to add an applet is:
1. Right click on the notification area to the left of the applets and uncheck "Lock to Panel".
2. Right click on the notification area again and click "Move".
3. Move the mouse a bit to the left and left-click.
4. Now I can right-click on the empty part of the panel and choose "Add to Panel...".
5. Right-click on the notification area again, choose Move and drag it back.
6. Right-click on the notification area for he fourth time and check "Lock to Panel".

This took a long time to figure out and is not very convenient. Suggested solutions:
* The "Add to Panel..." option should appear when right-clicking on the clock or perhaps on all the icons.
* Panel options should appear under Preferences in the main menu. Right-click menus should never be the only way to access something. (Gnome bug #525523)
Comment 1 Vincent Untz 2010-01-14 03:12:13 UTC 
This is really bug 525523, as indicated in the report...Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 525523 ***