Xfce Digest, Vol 6, Issue 29

[Todd Slater]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:37:54PM +0000, John Pettigrew wrote:
> In a previous message, synaptical <synaptical at linuxquestions.net> wrote:
> 
> > i don't understand why you would want to waste valuable panel "real
> > estate" with an icon that does nothing but open a menu when you can attach
> > a menu to an already-existing icon with the arrow widget at 1/3 the size
> > and have the same exact functionality?
<snip> 
> The reason for having it is that I want panel access to many more apps than
> will fit into the actual panel, and I like some of them grouped into (e.g.)
> admin, DTP, web etc. categories. Currently, I have to have one "main" app
> for each category and attach a menu to it. However, the choice of "main" app
> is often arbitrary - it isn't "DTP menu" but "Scribus menu", for example;
> not "Graphics menu" but "GIMP menu".
<snip>

I agree; I like the idea of having an easy-to-hit icon for a sub-menu.
Currently, I group my apps, too, and use the most-frequently-used app as
the main icon. For web it's dillo and a submenu with firebird etc.. 

Again, it would be a nice option.

Todd