All, Thanks for all the help you have provided for using GCONF to build default setups. I have managed to piece together a way to add items to all user panels that works under Fedora Core 1 (gnome 2.4?) However, it fails for Redhat EL 3.0 (Gnome 2.2.2) Slackware 10.0 (Gnome 2.6?) And given that my primary target is RHEL... I agree with other messages I have seen that wonder if it really should be so complicated to add a launcher to a panel. But I have noticed, that if one creates a launcher and drag/drops it onto a panel, all the glue seems to work across all version mentioned above. Forgive me, I'm a little new to gnome, and I'm not sure how it works internally, but might I suggest what whatever action is associated with a drop activity be wrapped in an API or implemented in a script that will do the same thing? I think this functionality (the ability to easily administer the default panels) is important to business, and I'm willing to help. Lastly, is there a book on this type of thing that I missed? Thanks for listening. ...and I still need to find a not-too-burdensome way to accomplish this that will work on at least 2.2, 2.4, and 2.6 versions, if that is possible. T Davis _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list