Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > James Richard Tyrer wrote: >> Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> Nathan England wrote: >>>> On Friday 06 March 2009 14:53:32 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>>>> Nathan England wrote: >>>>>> When I right click on the desktop I do not have an option >>>>>> for creating a new shortcut, or I would have done that! The >>>>>> only thing close I have found is right clicking an icon and >>>>>> selecting copy to where ever... >>>>> You need at least KDE 4.2.0 for this. >>>> I am running kde 4.2.1... I am not using deskview, is that what >>>> you are assuming? >>> Well, obviously. >>> >>> Then just create the application link somewhere else. Doesn't >>> have to be the desktop. >>> >> Actually it matters and he should not use the DeskTop because this >> is not KDE-3. He can not create an icon and them copy it to the >> panel. > > I only mentioned how it works here. I tested it. If he doesn't want > to use a Desktop, then sorry, I don't know. "Works for me." > Perhaps I wasn't clear. It isn't about the Desktop. You can't copy the icon to the Panel. The Panel will only have a _link_, so if you use the Desktop, you will have to leave the icon on the Desktop -- you can't remove it without that killing the link on the Panel. -- JRT Linux (mostly) From Scratch ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.