From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jun 25 18:31:56 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD6598C93A for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:31:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-x22c.google.com (mail-wg0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22c]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AAAE51921 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:31:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwmaillists@googlemail.com) Received: by wgck11 with SMTP id k11so69885433wgc.0 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:31:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+b90Tykj1CRtWrloidfVuJO8JGr6uM8/3OQj9AgFBlw=; b=UGwX2VGVuP3J0OqR/uJ5jXDDvfILuzPRbrvNm9/+dsWxWdTuT0e1YVTquzIomSLDs2 /RlUpC/fRRCUNkJoMh77W8EqEBvMwxRCM7DJc9mXkYI9p6QwG7B8aj7aQKYuucK9Lfdp l1wKU2GnmYaUkFd0iXHShTyd0ePWOxVHz6nK1mFv7VIY2koo9hLQkfH2r++AQcUf2aXj NoqstRUFoc38EwR8UzdLTx+VuVH9eMIX6eUfk2rczFsxSofu8qqVxtCxUw3/oaINU/Gt Pj+gGlJAzgX75cTWfz3a3Jp0mhuft3A31xjEtOWlAv7OcimU4wm9G5iIo5OpMw9BUWrd 7JZA== X-Received: by 10.194.248.227 with SMTP id yp3mr72039808wjc.32.1435257114195; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:31:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com (4e5670d0.skybroadband.com. [78.86.112.208]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q9sm8816841wiz.23.2015.06.25.11.31.50 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 25 Jun 2015 11:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 19:31:41 +0100 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I add arbitrary stuff to XFCE tool bar ? Message-ID: <20150625193141.250db9f0@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <558B971E.9000009@hiwaay.net> References: <558B1991.6070607@hiwaay.net> <44oak4vcb2.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <558B971E.9000009@hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.27; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:31:56 -0000 On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:58:45 -0453 William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 06/24/15 19:59, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > "William A. Mahaffey III" writes: > > > >> xfce-4.12_1, FreeBSD 9.3R-p13 ? WHen I right click on the tool > >> bar, I get only a (very) limited list of things to activate. TIA & > >> have a good one. > > One of that "limited" list is "launcher", which lets you add > > anything that can be invoked from a command line. > > > True, but it requires typing, i.e. leaving the mouse to type, a no-no > for smooth GUI performance .... No biggie, I'm surviving now, It must be hell. > but > having to resort to the kbd in a gfx environment is just .... > *wrong* .... That's why I ask .... TIA (again) & have a good one .... You can select the application from a menu after you've added the launcher. IIRC you can also create a launcher automatically on a panel by dragging a menu item from the main menu, or an icon from the desktop.