Re: panel menu functionality...

[Glenn Arndt <gmarndt indiana edu>]

Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andrew Hill <andru@treshna.com>
> To: Glenn Arndt <gmarndt@indiana.edu>
> Cc: GNOME GUI list <gnome-gui-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: panel menu functionality...
> 
> > Glenn Arndt wrote:
> >
> > > There are not many things I miss about Windows, but here's one thing I
> > > always pine for when using menus on the panel (i.e., the GNOME foot,
> > > etc.) -- it would be cool if you could drag an icon from anywhere on the
> > > panel and drop it into the main menu (or at least the "favorites" menu)
> > > anywhere you want. Also, I'd like to be able to do menu editing (i.e.,
> > > adjusting the order of menus and launchers, as well editing launcher
> > > properties) entirely within the menu itself. One good thing about the
> > > Windows GUI is how you can edit the properties of any "shortcut" or menu
> > > item with a right-click. It would make menu editing much more convenient
> > > if it could be done like Windows does. (What I'm talking about just
> > > applies to the panel, though, not within apps themselves.)
> > >
> > > How easy would this be to implement? Is this too much of a headache to
> > > bother with? I would do it myself, but I've just started to learn C/C++.
> > > --
> > > email: gmarndt@indiana.edu
> > >        glenn@schmim.com
> > >        glenn.arndtii@marchFIRST.com
> > > icq:   #20116268
> >
> > You can edit the properties of the menu items on the panel by right
> > clicking.
> > I don't think left hand click and drag in the menu is a good thing. I've
> > seen
> > new users to win98 accedently drag items of there menu and put them on
> > there desktop,
> > with no idea of how to put them back. I think it'll be better to have a
> > item on the
> > right click menu with something like 'add to desktop'.  There is already
> > add to launcher
> > and add to favourties.
> 
> I believe the (mis)feature you speak of (draging from the menu to the
> desktop) already exists in Gnome. I'd agree with the first poster that
> drag&drop within the menu would be a more ``direct manipulation'' way to do
> it.
> 
> --Ben

That's what I'm saying -- although you can right-click to edit the
launcher's properties, a feature that i like, i'd also like to be able
to move/arrange/reorder the menu items just by dragging them around. i
am always editing my menus, as apps come and go for me, and it is
frustrating sometimes to be forced to start up a menu editing app just
to change the *order* of my menu items.. it's not a problem that will
kill me, but I think it would be convenient. If it's a usability problem
for extreme newbies, then have it turned off by default, and let me turn
it on if I so choose.. 

Glenn Arndt
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icq:   #20116268