Applet QuickLaunch

Copyright © 2000 by Dan Mueth

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QuickLaunch Applet

QuickLaunch Applet

QuickLaunch is an applet which holds application launchers. It shrinks the launcher icons to their smallest size to save room on your panel. The example QuickLaunch Applet shown in Figure 1 contains eight GNOME application launchers in a standard-sized Panel. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Utility->QuickLaunch.

Figure 1. QuickLaunch Applet

Usage

To add a launcher to the QuickLaunch applet, just drag it from its current position (either on a Panel or in the Main Menu) onto the QuickLaunch applet using the left mouse button. To remove a launcher from the QuickLaunch applet, just right-click on the launcher and select Delete launcher. To configure the properties of a launcher which is in your QuickLaunch applet, right-click on the launcher and select Launcher Properties….

The vertical bar at the left edge of the applet is used for easily moving the applet in your Panel. Grab the applet by depressing the left or center mouse button and then move the applet, releasing the mouse button when finished. This vertical bar is also used to access the applet menu items by right-clicking on this bar.

Right-clicking on the vertical bar on the left side of the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:

  • Help — displays this document.

  • About… — shows basic information about APPLET Applet, inluding the applet's version and the author's name.

Known Bugs and Limitations

It is not possible to re-arrange launchers inside the QuickLaunch applet. It is also not possible to have multiple QuickLaunch applets with different contents.

Authors

QuickLaunch applet was written by Fabio Gomes de Souza (). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.

This manual was written by Dan Mueth (). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to . You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License is included as an appendix to the GNOME Users Guide. You may also obtain a copy of the GNU General Public License from the Free Software Foundation by visiting their Web site or by writing to

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