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capleton

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Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 5

How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

Does anyone know if this is possible?   :?  I know that right-clicking on the desktop will bring up the menu, and that is working fine for me.  But I would also love it if there was a way to set it so that left-clicking does the same thing.  Does anybody have any ideas on this?

I am using Xfce version 4.6.1

Thanks!

gnome_refugee

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Registered: 2010-01-15

Posts: 169

Re: How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

Hi, capleton, great to have another Xfce enthusiast on the forums!

It's easy: just hold down Shift while you left-click on the desktop.

capleton

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Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 5

Re: How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

Thank you for your response!

I was aware of that trick (although I must say I had forgotten at the time of my post)   But what I am really looking for is a way to open the menu by only left-clicking (without having to press shift or any other modifier).  Any ideas?

gnome_refugee

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Registered: 2010-01-15

Posts: 169

Re: How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

Hmmm. Can't see it in any of the config files, so either I'm missing it or it's in the code. Pass.

s0ulslack

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From: Idaho

Registered: 2005-12-25

Posts: 291

Re: How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

I don't think thats a very common request, and not possible afaik.

capleton

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Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 5

Re: How to left-click on desktop to bring up menu?

I see.  Too bad. 

I was kind of hoping that it would be possible for those situations where a spouse or friend or roommate who is not computer-savvy is using the machine and wanted to, lets say find firefox (or better yet, chrome); then they could simply just click anywhere on the screen and it would bring up the menu.    (as it is, my only panel with launch icons is hidden). 

Anyway, yeah, I guess this situation is pretty low on the "useful" list.  But I think having an option for it could be helpful to some who have spouses or friends that are not computer-savvy, and still want to use the machine. 

Anyway, if anyone finally does find a solution to make this happen, please let me know!    ^-^