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gnome-panel package

Cannot modify Panel, Ubuntu 8.10

Asked by Catin Dehat

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

If this is NOT a bug, then I apologize. Currently, my Panel shows, from RIGHT to LEFT: 1. Configure display settings, 2. HPLIP statue service, and 3. Tracker. Then one or more spaces and the icon to switch users or shutdown, etc. I'm unable to move these three icons so that the "switch" icon is the RIGHT-MOST one. If the intent was to have it as it is on my computer, then I'm fine with that.

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This question was originally filed as bug #303773.

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LumpyCustard (orangelumpycustard) said : 		#1

(Assuming I understand what's wrong) Are any of the items 'locked to panel' ? Right click on each one and make sure they are not locked, then you should be able to move it...

let me know what happens?

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Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) said : 		#2

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but it would make more sense to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#When%20not%20to%20file%20a%20bug.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Have you already tried to right click with mouse on a free space of that panel or on the elements of that panel...

Can you see a option "Lock to panel" checked, uncheck it and move element

Then if there are missing elements or menu right clicking on a free space of panel and select " + add to panel" and choose elements or menu to add from the list.

Hope this helps

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Catin Dehat (george-del-monte) said : 		#4

To all who responded: thank you for your interest and recommendations. I honestly cannot remember what I did (if i did it) to get the three icons on my Panel, to the right of the on-off button. So, hoping to reconstruct - later - what happened, I simply chose to delete the three icons because, clicking, right or left, did not bring up a menu having a clue how to move them - and I DID want to move them. I got used to the idea of the on-off button at far right. One last point; right-clicking on the Panel brings up a context-sensitive menu, with the top item being "Add to Panel...". The resulting menu of items that can be added DID NOT include the three that were on my panel. For now, even though the "problem" is not solved, I would be in favor of marking it "solved".

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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