Re: request for a feature for panel

[Ben Frantzdale <frantb rpi edu>]

On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Sri Ramkrishna wrote:

> > Sri Ramkrishna <sri@aracnet.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I don't know about you all.  But one of the most annoying things about teh
> > > applets is given a desktop witch many panels; it's hard to predict which
> > > panel it will decide to attach itself to.  It's generally the one I don't
> > > want it on.  For instance, some applets will attach itself to the menu
> > > panel.
> > 
> > Well, one thing you can do currently is drag the menu entry to exactly
> > where on the panel you want the applet to be.
> 
> Do you think this is a feature you might be interested in?  Perhaps I can
> code it.  It doesn't seem overly difficiult feature to put in
> gnome-core.  It might possibly can be written as an applet "ie
> applet-attractor" or something.

Foir what it's worth, I've always thought applets should appear where I
right clicked to open the applet. Perhaps that would be a way to do it.
(or as close as possable if there's no room, of course)

--Ben