Re: "Global" panel properties

[Adam Moyes <adam macfar demon co uk>]

Lee wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone thought about moving the panel's "global properties" menu
> option into the control center?
> 
> At the moment, it wouldn't be obvious to the first-time user that the
> global panel properties even existed. (example: how many times does a
> windows user right click the taskbar? I'd bet not many).
> 
> My personal justification is that with a corner panel (which is
> fantastic, incidentally:), it can be difficult to actually find an area
> of panel to right-click that isn't taken up by a launcher or an applet.
> 
If you push the mouse pointer against one of the extremes of the screen that
your panel is flush against, the right click will bring up the menu. I.e.
there is a small border around the panel that you can click on, so if your
panel is a horizontal north-west corner panel, you just push the mouse to
the top of the screen and click - easy! ;o)

> Plus the whole point of the control-center is to centralize the
> configuration of gnome, right?
> 
I like the idea of context menus, the idea of menus coming to you rather
than the other way around. Maybee it's just a matter of finding the right
context?

Adam.
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