[Usability] Alt-drag panel items?

[José Alvarado <akrodha gmx de>]

Hello everyone

I'm a huge fan of the Alt-drag trick for moving windows around. I was  
wondering if the same thing could be done with the panel? Currently  
moving panel items is a mess. Most can only be moved by right- 
clicking and selecting move, although some of them (application  
launchers) can simply be dragged—provided they're not locked.

Maybe we can simplify the panel by locking ALL items (thereby  
removing the need for the "Lock" context menu item), but letting the  
user Alt-drag them around (thereby removing the need for the "Move"  
context menu item) and maybe even dragging them off the panel or into  
the Wastebasket (thereby removing the need for the "Remove" context  
menu item). This could free up the context menu for other purposes.

Does it sound like a good idea?

–José Alvarado,
newcomer to the mailing list

P.S. I commented in Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi? 
id=303135), but I figured this might interest the Usability group.

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