Howto put a "submenu" on the Panel in KDE4

[Dan Johansson-6]

In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application Menu" direct
accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to do this in KDE4. I can
only add the complete Application Menu" to the Panel but not a sub-menu.
Any tips on how to solve this?
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On Sunday 01 November 2009 14:58:54 Dan Johansson wrote:
> In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application Menu"
>  direct accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to do this in
>  KDE4. I can only add the complete Application Menu" to the Panel but not a
>  sub-menu. Any tips on how to solve this?
>
Try using the Lancelot launcher menu in place of kickoff (there's nothing to
stop you having both until you see what works best for you).  Then read
http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ#Add_a_launch_menu_to_the_panel

That should do what you want.

Anne
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[Dan Johansson-6]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 17.24:21 Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Sunday 01 November 2009 14:58:54 Dan Johansson wrote:
> > In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application Menu"
> >  direct accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to do this in
> >  KDE4. I can only add the complete Application Menu" to the Panel but not
> > a sub-menu. Any tips on how to solve this?
>
> Try using the Lancelot launcher menu in place of kickoff (there's nothing
>  to stop you having both until you see what works best for you).  Then read
>  http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ#Add_a_launch_menu_to_the_panel
>
> That should do what you want.

Great, that works.

Thanks for the tip!

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[James Tyrer]

Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Sunday 01 November 2009 14:58:54 Dan Johansson wrote:
>> In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application Menu"
>>  direct accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to do this in
>>  KDE4. I can only add the complete Application Menu" to the Panel but not a
>>  sub-menu. Any tips on how to solve this?
>>
> Try using the Lancelot launcher menu in place of kickoff (there's nothing to
> stop you having both until you see what works best for you).  Then read
> http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ#Add_a_launch_menu_to_the_panel
>

Looking forward to a KickOff Part.

> That should do what you want.
>
I am having issues with that.  I think this is a bug, but perhaps
someone knows what the problem is.

I added Lancelot to my desktop.  First issue.  I have:

        X clipboard
        X magnifier

in my favorites.  In KickOff, they have the correct icons.  However,
with Lancelot, they have the gear icon (application-x-executable).

Second, They work fine with KickOff.  However, they do not work with
Lancelot.  Instead of opening the application, what opens is KWrite (my
default editor) with a blank document.  Either "xclipboard.desktop" or
"xmag.desktop".

Third, I tried to drag the sub-subdirectory:

        Utilities -> XUtilities

to the panel.  As soon as I get to the Panel, the mouse pointer changes
to the (\) and it will not add to the Panel.  So, I tried adding it to
the desktop.  That worked correctly.

Forth, now that I have the XUtilities sub-subdirectory on the desktop, I
find that it doesn't work.  When I click a menu item, KWrite opens with
a blank 'desktop' document as stated above.

In a probably related issue, I tried dragging the two menu entries "X
Clipboard" & "X Magnifier" from KickOff to my Panel.  The items are
added to the Panel.  However, they have the gear icon and open KWrite
and a blank 'desktop' document rather than the application as with Lancelot.

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[Dan Johansson-6]

On Sunday 01 November 2009 19.26:31 Dan Johansson wrote:

> On Sunday 01 November 2009 17.24:21 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Sunday 01 November 2009 14:58:54 Dan Johansson wrote:
> > > In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application Menu"
> > >  direct accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to do this
> > > in KDE4. I can only add the complete Application Menu" to the Panel but
> > > not a sub-menu. Any tips on how to solve this?
> >
> > Try using the Lancelot launcher menu in place of kickoff (there's nothing
> >  to stop you having both until you see what works best for you).  Then
> > read http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ#Add_a_launch_menu_to_the_panel
> >
> > That should do what you want.
>
> Great, that works.
>
> Thanks for the tip!

Follow up to my own post. It is working but it does not look good.

The two added "sub-menus" only show up in the panel as an unknown document
type  (see picture, the two in the middle with the ?) but in the menu editor
they have an icon assigned to them.

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On Monday 02 November 2009 20:39:14 Dan Johansson wrote:

> On Sunday 01 November 2009 19.26:31 Dan Johansson wrote:
> > On Sunday 01 November 2009 17.24:21 Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Sunday 01 November 2009 14:58:54 Dan Johansson wrote:
> > > > In KDE3 I was having some of the sub-menus from the "Application
> > > > Menu" direct accessible from the Panel. I can not figure out how to
> > > > do this in KDE4. I can only add the complete Application Menu" to the
> > > > Panel but not a sub-menu. Any tips on how to solve this?
> > >
> > > Try using the Lancelot launcher menu in place of kickoff (there's
> > > nothing to stop you having both until you see what works best for you).
> > >  Then read
> > > http://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/FAQ#Add_a_launch_menu_to_the_panel
> > >
> > > That should do what you want.
> >
> > Great, that works.
> >
> > Thanks for the tip!
>
> Follow up to my own post. It is working but it does not look good.
> The two added "sub-menus" only show up in the panel as an unknown document
> type  (see picture, the two in the middle with the ?) but in the menu
>  editor they have an icon assigned to them.
>

Try approaching the author, ivan.cukic+kde@... , give him the URL of the

userbase article you followed and show him your panel.png.  He's a nice guy,
very helpful, so he will probably be able to help you fix it.  If you do get
it sorted, please put the solution here so that others see it, and I'll add it
into userbase (unless you want to do that yourself, of course :-) )

Anne
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