Re: Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel

[Rex Dieter]

One way I like to do it, is run the app in question, then in the task manager, right click
it's entry and check the box labeled:
"show a launcher when not running"
(This works in both plasma5 and kde-workspace-4.x)

-- Rex

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Subject: Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel

Hi again

In kde4 I can right-click on an application in the kickoff start menus
and select 'Add to panel'.

How would I add an application launcher to the panel in Plasma 5? There
is apparently no 'Add to panel' and drag and drop doesn't seem to work
except to the desktop.

Thanks.

Roderick Johnstone
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Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel

[Roderick Johnstone]

Rex

Thats cool!

Thanks for the info.

Roderick

On 16/04/15 19:11, Rex Dieter wrote:
>  One way I like to do it, is run the app in question, then in the task
> manager, right click it's entry and check the box labeled:
>  "show a launcher when not running"
>  (This works in both plasma5 and kde-workspace-4.x)
>
>  -- Rex
>
>  ________________________________________
>  From: kde-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org <kde-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; on
> behalf of Roderick Johnstone <rmj(a)ast.cam.ac.uk&gt;
>  Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:29 PM
>  To: kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  Subject: Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel
>
>  Hi again
>
>  In kde4 I can right-click on an application in the kickoff start menus
>  and select 'Add to panel'.
>
>  How would I add an application launcher to the panel in Plasma 5? There
>  is apparently no 'Add to panel' and drag and drop doesn't seem to work
>  except to the desktop.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Roderick Johnstone

Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel

[Roderick Johnstone]

Hi again

While this prescription seems to work for the current user and the 
configuration (as well as other panel customisations) seems to be saved 
in a file /home/<user>/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc, 
when I copy that file to /etc/xdg it doesn't seem to be used by a new 
account as the default panel configuration in the same way that eg a 
copy of kwinrc in /etc/xdg is.

Does the configuration of the default panel work in a different way?

Thanks

Roderick

On 17/04/15 09:45, Roderick Johnstone wrote:
>  Rex
>
>  Thats cool!
>
>  Thanks for the info.
>
>  Roderick
>
>  On 16/04/15 19:11, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > One way I like to do it, is run the app in question, then in the task
> > manager, right click it's entry and check the box labeled:
> > "show a launcher when not running"
> > (This works in both plasma5 and kde-workspace-4.x)
> >
> > -- Rex
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > From: kde-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > <kde-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt; on behalf of Roderick Johnstone
> > <rmj(a)ast.cam.ac.uk&gt;
> > Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:29 PM
> > To: kde(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
> > Subject: Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel
> >
> > Hi again
> >
> > In kde4 I can right-click on an application in the kickoff start menus
> > and select 'Add to panel'.
> >
> > How would I add an application launcher to the panel in Plasma 5? There
> > is apparently no 'Add to panel' and drag and drop doesn't seem to work
> > except to the desktop.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Roderick Johnstone

Adding application launchers to Plasma 5 panel

[Rex Dieter]

Roderick Johnstone wrote:

>  Hi again
>  
>  While this prescription seems to work for the current user and the
>  configuration (as well as other panel customisations) seems to be saved
>  in a file /home/<user>/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc,
>  when I copy that file to /etc/xdg it doesn't seem to be used by a new
>  account as the default panel configuration in the same way that eg a
>  copy of kwinrc in /etc/xdg is.
>  
>  Does the configuration of the default panel work in a different way? 
Yes, plasma (and it's applets) don't typically use the usual kde kconfig 
system.

Plasma customization can be achieved by writing javascript snippets, see 
also:
https://techbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting

-- rex