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coldReactive
September 8th, 2009, 05:19 PM
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21364/image/1/ (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21364/)

Basically, I want to make launchers easier to be made from main menu, etc.
clonne4crw
September 11th, 2009, 04:00 AM
What's funny is that you've been able to do that in Gnome from the start.
coldReactive
September 11th, 2009, 04:02 AM
Yeah well, XFCE is supposed to be "Light."
clonne4crw
September 11th, 2009, 04:10 AM
Got my vote, even though I don't use XFCE very often. Seems weird that you can drag and drop shortcuts in windows 95 but not a modern desktop environment.
kerry_s
September 11th, 2009, 04:13 AM
you can drag & drop from the app finder program to create desktop icons.
on the panel you have to put a launcher, then you can drag & drop to the launcher properties window.
coldReactive
September 11th, 2009, 04:21 AM
you can drag & drop from the app finder program to create desktop icons.
on the panel you have to put a launcher, then you can drag & drop to the launcher properties window.

Not when the main menu/menu can't even drag an item to begin with.
kerry_s
September 11th, 2009, 06:09 AM
Not when the main menu/menu can't even drag an item to begin with.

accessories-> app finder
it's so simple, you don't need to drag from the menu, there's a program that provides that & unlike the menu you don't have to keep opening it to drag stuff.
coldReactive
September 11th, 2009, 06:13 AM
accessories-> app finder
it's so simple, you don't need to drag from the menu, there's a program that provides that & unlike the menu you don't have to keep opening it to drag stuff.

It would be simpler for those who are migrating from Ubuntu to Xubuntu though.
kerry_s
September 11th, 2009, 06:39 AM
It would be simpler for those who are migrating from Ubuntu to Xubuntu though.

why, cause you don't want to learn?
xfce4 is not gnome, it's different yes, has it's own way of doing things, sure they could probably do the drag-able menus, why not just throw simplicity out the door, sacrifice a little speed, why not, things are getting bloated already, whats a little more. :lolflag:

but seriously they have a program, where you can drag & drop all you want, doesn't interfere with the menu just being a menu. if you want you can even drag from /usr/share/applications, not like you need to but you can.
simonn
September 11th, 2009, 08:57 AM
It would be simpler for those who are migrating from Ubuntu to Xubuntu though.

Why migrate to XFCE if you want gnome's features?
Stewart09
March 25th, 2011, 11:14 PM
Didnt know that you can drag and drop once you searched with the aplication manager THANKS!

It might take me time to learn the differences but wow I have a faster old laptov than I could Imagine