Posting An App on the Desktop

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Is there a way to add Waterfox to the desktop?
BTW Iceweasel seems to run slow, or not open any website, on my system. Waterfox however runs fine.

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Click the “Applications” menu in deskbar, it will open as a folder, then you can drag and drop it from there directly to the desktop. It will create a new link to your browser.

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I figured it out, but it’s a bit more complicated and required two steps.
Step one is to open the Applications menu as usual. Then middle click on the selected app and this opens another Applications menu at the top left of the display. From here middle click the desired application and then it can be dragged onto the desk top.

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I’m not sure how you arrived at that. I just used left click and left click draging. :slight_smile:

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Your middle-click actually does something? Don’t know how you got to that point.

Anyway, Nephele’s method works, because you are dragging what is already a symlink and copying it to the Desktop.

Here’s another way:

  • In Tracker, navigate to /boot/system/apps/Waterfox
  • right-click on Waterfox to get a menu
  • select Create Link: a submenu opens up
  • Select Desktop

Nah, too many steps. Okay:

  • In Tracker, navigate to /boot/system/apps/Waterfox
  • Right-drag Waterfox to the desktop. A menu comes up, select Create Link

Or, in Terminal

ln -s /boot/system/apps/Waterfox/Waterfox ~/Desktop/
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Your method - left click and left-click drag - does not seem to work. Mouse driver issue? What I wound up doing is middle click an item in the Applications menu and while holding down the middle button slightly move the selection. This opens the second Applications menu, from which the app can be dragged onto the desk top.

In the meantime I found this simpler way: click on the “feather” to open the menu. Right click “Applications” and this opens the second menu at the left top of the display. Then drag (middle click) the desired item from the menu that opens at the left top of the display.

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This is the method I outlined. Just with a left click and left drag for everything.

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It took me a while to figure out from which application menu to drag. The bottom line is it has to be from the secondary menu. Is there a specific name for it?

Bottom line: posting some often-used apps on the desktop is a time-saving convenience.

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The window you are dragging from is tracker, the file manager

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