hi there.
Was wondering something, and it may sound crazy.
Im an artist, not a coder, for starters. I can script nwn like a super intelligent monkey on caffeine, but i still havent achieved true ultimate enlightenment with module hooking and such...
Anyway.

I would like to crate a small icon bar SIMILAR to quicklaunch, drag and drop would be nice, but i dont really care.
Is there a way to do any of the following...

1: Use the xpopup quicklaunch popup, and hook that into an xlabel as if it was always open (pinned)? if so, how do you do that?
OR
2: Is there a way to make icondesk sit on top of modules like shortcut2? I have tried sacrificing goats and chickens, but the gods laugh mockingly.
OR
3: Is there a module that actually does a quicklaunch-esque thing?


I have tried deskfolders, but I dont like the way you can change icon size OR hide the text. Can I hide the text on deskfolders? if that would work, hey, quicklaunch.

As I have said, i already tried to make icondesk always on top, but that aint happening any time soon...

ANY help would be extremely appreciated... once i work this out, i can post this damned theme.

1. Hmm... not sure about hooking to a label, but you can pin xpopup's quicklaunch directly to the desktop.

2. Why on earth would you want to use shortcut2 to begin with?

3. Yes, this one.

1: Maybe. I've not tried the following: load the child before the parent (xpopup before xlabel) and then use kidnap-0.2 and scripting to do the hooking. Not sure what happens should you lose the child somehow.

May be able to kidnap clickonic-1.0, alternatively.. and you may be able to fake text hiding if you have a solid background color...

2: IIRC, icondesk draws on the desktop window. To test this, try loading icondesk before the desktop, or don't load a desktop module.

3: No one should use the module called 'quicklaunch'. It is troublesome.