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authorJoachim Noreiko <joachimn@src.gnome.org>2006-03-11 09:44:45 +0000
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rewritten section 'Adding an Object to a Panel'. Fixes #332309
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-rw-r--r--gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog5
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2 files changed, 30 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
index c0cf09f..974ff35 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-03-11 Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko@yahoo.com>
+
+ * gospanel.xml:
+ rewritten section 'Adding an Object to a Panel'. Fixes #332309
+
2006-03-11 Brent Smith <gnome@nextreality.net>
* goseditmainmenu.xml:
diff --git a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml
index 6490d42..561e97b 100644
--- a/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml
+++ b/gnome2-user-guide/C/gospanel.xml
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ popup menu.</para>
way. For more information, see <xref linkend="gospanel-39"/>.</para>
</section>
<section id="panels-addobject">
- <title>To Add an Object to a Panel</title>
+ <title>Adding an Object to a Panel</title>
<!-- preserve for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
<anchor id="gospanel-15"/>
@@ -472,33 +472,31 @@ way. For more information, see <xref linkend="gospanel-39"/>.</para>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>adding</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>You can add an object to a panel in several ways, as follows: </para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>From the panel popup menu</para>
- <para>Right-click on a vacant space on a panel to open the panel popup menu.
-The panel popup menu contains an <guisubmenu>Add to Panel</guisubmenu> submenu.
-The <guisubmenu>Add to Panel</guisubmenu> submenu enables you to add the following
-objects to your panels: <itemizedlist><listitem><para>Applets in the following categories: <guilabel>Accessory</guilabel>, <guilabel>Amusement</guilabel>, <guilabel>Internet</guilabel>, <guilabel>Multimedia</guilabel>, <guilabel>Utility</guilabel>.</para></listitem><listitem><para>Buttons for quick access to common actions: <guibutton>Force
-Quit</guibutton> button, <guibutton>Lock</guibutton> button, <guibutton>Log
-Out</guibutton> button, , <guibutton>Run</guibutton>
-button, <guibutton>Screenshot</guibutton> button, <guibutton>Search</guibutton>
-button, <guibutton>Show Desktop</guibutton> button.</para></listitem><listitem><para>Launchers</para></listitem><listitem><para>Launchers from menus</para></listitem><listitem><para><guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu></para></listitem><listitem><para><application>Menu Bar</application></para></listitem><listitem><para>Drawers</para></listitem></itemizedlist></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>From any menu</para>
- <para>When you right-click on a launcher in any menu, a popup menu for the
-launcher opens. You can use this popup menu to add the launcher to a panel. </para>
- <para>You can also drag menus, launchers, and applets from menus to panels. </para>
+ <para>To add an object to a panel, perform the following steps:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Right-click on a vacant space on a panel to open the panel popup menu.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Choose <guisubmenu>Add to Panel</guisubmenu>.</para>
+ <para>The <guilabel>Add to Panel</guilabel> dialog opens.The available panel objects are listed alphabetically, with <link linkend="launchers">launchers</link> at the top.</para>
+ <tip><para>You can type a part of the name or description of an object in the <guilabel>find</guilabel> box. This will narrow the list to those objects that match what you type.</para>
+ <para>To restore the full list, delete the text in the <guilabel>find</guilabel> box.</para>
+ </tip>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>From the file manager</para>
- <para>Each launcher corresponds to a <filename>.desktop</filename> file. You
+ <listitem><para>
+ Either drag an object from the list to a panel, or select an object from the list and click <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add it at the spot on the panel where you first right-clicked.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+
+
+ <para>You can add also add any item in the <guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu to the panel: right-click the menu item and choose <guimenuitem>Add this launcher to panel</guimenuitem>.</para>
+
+ <para>Each launcher corresponds to a <filename>.desktop</filename> file. You
can drag the <filename>.desktop</filename> file on to your panels to add the
launcher to the panel. </para>
<!--Each menu corresponds to a directory. You can drag the directory on to your panels to add the directory to the panel as a menu object. Is this still true?-->
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+
</section>
<section id="gospanel-9">
<title>To Modify the Properties of an Object</title>
@@ -783,8 +781,10 @@ the applet.</para>
</orderedlist>
</section>
</section>
- <section id="gospanel-16">
+ <section id="launchers">
<title>Launchers</title>
+ <!-- preserve id for backwards compatibility: 2.12 -->
+ <anchor id="gospanel-16"/>
<indexterm>
<primary>panel objects</primary>
<secondary>launchers</secondary>