Re: adding dead space to floating panels

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hey,

On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 07:27, Alex Deucher wrote:
> I just made the jump to gnome 2.1.x from 1.4, and I'm very impressed. 
> I've been playing with floating panels and I'm wondering if there is
> some way to add "dead" space to the panel.  The reason I ask is because
> when I add any applets or launchers to the floating panel, they take
> over all the area making it just about impossible to click on the panel
> itself.  Hence I can't move the floating panels when there are applets
> on them since the panel resizes to the size of the applet.  I'd like to
> add some dead space at the ends of the panel so that I can click on the
> panel and move it around the desktop.  Is there a way to do this?

	So, I think I've come to the conclusion that floating panels without
buttons should have a grab handle on each end. I've tried it out and it
doesn't look too bad at all. Thoughts anybody ?

Good Luck,
Mark.