Re: multiple proper menus on the panel

[Ben FrantzDale <bfrantzdale hmc edu>]

> Anyone
> 
> every time I have gone to use gnome for any length of time the thing I have
> most wanted was the ability to add menus to the pnel, menus like hte main
> menu (with the foot icon) that have small text and small icons (if you want
> the icons) in the menu. I know hte panel hs draws but they are an absolute
> PITA IMO as I hate the large icons they have taking up so much space when
> you open the drawer (and it looks like a cde throwback anyway). I want to
> know is it possible to add another menu on the panel like the foot menu (ie
> an icon on the panel which when clicked open up a manu you define somewhere)
> that has text and possibly small icons.
> 
> I have not looked at the source code for the foot menu but I would be
> surprised if the menus were not done in a genric manner that would allow
> multiple menus of that type to be defined, so I always assumed it must be
> possible to have lots of arbitrary menus on the panel and I was just unable
> to work out how to set them up.
> 
> Can anyone enlighten me on this?

You can add your favorates menu to the panel... there doesn't appear to
be functionality for adding a general menu to the panel, though... I'd
try using a favorates menue (that's what I do).

--Ben

PS
It would be very nice to be able to add arbitrary directories to the
panel as a menu... it would be a quick way to get a nautilus window in a
directory or open a file (if you added a ``/'' or ``~'' menu to the
panel) Plus you could create a directory simply for being a menu.