Difficult upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04

[Bruce Bales]

On Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:26:56 pm Waleed Hamra wrote:
> On 25/01/12 18:24, Bruce Bales wrote:
> > I think I need a lot of help.  I recently upgraded from 8.04 to 10.04. 
> > With 8.04, I could put a panel up on the left side of my screen and
> > populate it with icons representing different programs I use 
frequently.
> >  One-click selection.  I haven't found a way to put the panel there.
> > 
> > Is this possible in 10.04?
> > bruce
> 
> i believe so. try this:
> right-click on an empty area of your plasma workspace (the desktop), 
and
> choose "unlock widgets". if you dont see this option and see instead
> "lock widgets", then they're already unlocked.
> in that right-click menu, after unlocking widgets, choose "add panel",
> which should offer 2 options, choose "empty panel" from them.
> you will see an empty bar appear on your screen. its location will
> depend on your plasma settings. it might appear on top, or on some 
side.
> if that's not where you want the panel to be, look for the cashew 
button
> on one side of the panel. click it. you should get a sort of hover panel
> over the normal panel. this hovering thing contains an icon called
> "screen edge". click and hold the click over this button and move the
> panel to the side of the screen that you would like the panel to be at.
> release the mouse click when satisfied.
> you can use the width button to adjust the panel's width as well.
> once that is done, we move to the next part, adding icons to this 
panel.
> right-click on the panel and click "add widgets". you should get the
> list of widgets, look for one called "quicklaunch", it has a rocket
> icon. again, click and hold the mouse click on it and drag it to your
> new panel. release the mouse button. you should now have a 
launcher in
> that panel. right-click on the launcher and modify its settings. the
> most important setting is probably the row setting. uncheck the
> automatic determining of row settings, and choose "1" from the spin 
box,
> and click ok. this makes the icons larger. now right-click on the
> quicklauncher and choose "add launcher". add as many shortcuts as 
you like!

I got the panel up and got it placed and sized.  Unfortunately, I must 
leave for a while.  will populate it this afternoon.

Thank you ever so much.
bruce