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Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

[SOLVED][KDE5] Can't get quick launch?

Hey,

I recently upgrade to kde5 and I can't seem to find a way to add quick launch button to the panel. It used to be the case in kde4 that you have a quick launch widget that you can put on the panel and then add applications on it. Now I can't do that, and I can't find a solution. I googled for a while and saw couple of people mentioning that they can't get quick launch but no solutions.  Any ideas?

Cheers,

Nick

Last edited by Dheart (2015-02-05 00:18:11)

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etric

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Registered: 2015-02-04

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Re: [SOLVED][KDE5] Can't get quick launch?

There is a simple trick to it:

open the startmenu and select the icon you want to add (tested with the class start menu)
right click on it and select "Add to panel"

Dheart

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From: Sofia, Bulgaria

Registered: 2006-10-26

Posts: 956

Re: [SOLVED][KDE5] Can't get quick launch?

Ok thanks, that works! Unfortunately it only works with classical start menu, not with the default so I didn't notice it...

Maybe I should report it to KDE.

Cheers,

Nick

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DrDeath

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From: Greece

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 29

Re: [SOLVED][KDE5] Can't get quick launch?

Drag and drop every icon you want to the panel and you are good to go.

quiqueck

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Registered: 2013-04-15

Posts: 77

Re: [SOLVED][KDE5] Can't get quick launch?

I used quicklaunch before switching to plasma to have it on the desktop instead in the panel. It gives me some benefit because i could use different launchers for the same program to use different commandline options.

Seems that quicklaunch isn't available anymore... is there another way to have such behavior i described?