Re: Menu with two states?

Conrad Newton wrote:
> I hope this is a reasonable list on which to ask
> this question.
> 
> I am building a live CD based on Debian/KDE 
> for people who have never before used Linux.
> 
> One of the criticisms of my CD in its current
> state is that the menus are too complex.
> I have considered two ways of resolving
> this problem:
> 
> 1)  Separate out submenus from the "K" and place
>     them as individual icons on the panel.
>     The program list within submenus can be
>     trimmed to make it even simpler.
> 
> 2)  Introduce a button that toggles between two states:
>     full menu and simplified menu with only a few programs.
>     In the default state, I would only see a simple menu,
>     but if I click in the right place, I see much more.
> 
> My question is:  is method number (2) even possible?
> 

As far as I know, this is currently not possible. But
it is an idea I had been thinking of also. I would
vote for implementing it, should it be discussed and
seem feasible to the developers.

I'll forward your mail to Aaron Seigo and Eva Brucherseifer
(who know more about this stuff than I do).

The correct list to discuss these ideas is
[email protected] (http://lists.kde.org/)

> How would I do it?
> 
> Conrad
> 

Cheers,
Kurt