QuickLaunch Applet

by:

Dan Mueth


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QuickLaunch Applet

QuickLaunch Applet

QuickLaunch is an applet which holds application launchers. It shrinks the launcher icons to their smallest size to save room on your panel. The example QuickLaunch Applet shown in Figure 1 contains eight GNOME application launchers in a standard-sized Panel. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Utility->QuickLaunch.

Figure 1. QuickLaunch Applet

Usage

To add a launcher to the QuickLaunch applet, just drag it from its current position (either on a Panel or in the Main Menu) onto the QuickLaunch applet using the left mouse button. To remove a launcher from the QuickLaunch applet, just right-click on the launcher and select Delete launcher. To configure the properties of a launcher which is in your QuickLaunch applet, right-click on the launcher and select Launcher Properties….

The vertical bar at the left edge of the applet is used for easily moving the applet in your Panel. Grab the applet by depressing the left or center mouse button and then move the applet, releasing the mouse button when finished. This vertical bar is also used to access the applet menu items by right-clicking on this bar.

If you right-click on the vertical bar on the left side of the applet, it brings up a menu, containing the following commands:

  • About… — shows info about the Drive Mount Applet, inluding version and author's name.

  • Help… — brings up this document.

Known bugs and limitations

It is not possible to re-arrange launchers inside the QuickLaunch applet. It is also not possible to have multiple QuickLaunch applets with different contents.

Authors

This applet was writen by Fabio Gomes de Souza . To submit suggestions and bug reports, use The GNOME Bug Tracking System or the bug-buddy utility in the Main Menu.