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Idea #14381: Increase gnome panel "Places" menu capacity

Written by Emacs23 the 14 Oct 08 at 04:49. Category: Accessibility. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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By default it has only 5 items, when you add more items, it is shown as Bookmarks submenu. In order to see this, just add more than 5 items to the "places" sidebar in nautilus, and then click "Places" menu.

Compare with the attached screenshot.

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3305/denis-cheremisov.8/0_1ed3f_ff2d4b42_orig

To make so, you only need to change macros MAX_ITEMS_OR_SUBMENU in file /gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c into the value more than 5 (it equals 5 by default) - I have 50.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14381
Written by Emacs23 the 14 Oct 08 at 04:49.
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Solution #2: Make it configurable
Written by bUbu87 the 8 May 11 at 13:12.
Add a gconf setting for this

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kulight wrote on the 14 Oct 08 at 18:54
i dont have that folder or file
but i was also annoyed by that thing and wondered how to change it

philip wrote on the 14 Oct 08 at 19:28
Yep, increase it to 20, but not 50 by default. The menu probably should not exceed the vertical screen space, otherwise you would have to scroll through the menu. Of course this depends on the resolution, font size and phsical screen space, so it's hard to set a number of items that will work for everybody.

Now it would be nice if GTK menus would automatically arrange in more than one column.

Emacs23 wrote on the 15 Oct 08 at 07:44
kulight, try this:

sudo aptitude install apt-build
sudo apt-build source gnome-panel
cd /var/cache/apt-build/build/gnome-panel*
sudo gedit gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c

then change macros, save file and execute:
sudo apt-build install -f gnome-panel

phoenix49 wrote on the 16 Oct 08 at 12:52
Then it will be more difficult to reach Computer menu item, network, recent docs, etc..

kkkk wrote on the 16 Apr 09 at 19:35
at least gnome should add an option to gconf... I don't want to rebuild only for an option....

bUbu87 wrote on the 8 May 11 at 13:14
gconf setting should be the way to go.
I would not want more than say seven bookmarks there ion my netbook but i would love to have up to 20 for my 24" desktop.


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