Pinning applications to main menu

[Morteza]

having ability to add applications to main menu in addition to categories.

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Edited by @andersevenrud

• Pinning via static configuration
• Pinning via dynamic (user) configuration
  • Settings application ?
  • Custom dialog ?

[Anders Evenrud]

Technically this should work, but I'm not sure about the best way to make it possible.

Right now a false-y category will make it default to "other" 🤔

[Anders Evenrud]

I've started working on a possible solution for this: #31

What did you have in mind when enabling applications to show up on the root ?

1. Have it as a setting on the panel item (per application)
2. Have it as a setting on the client (per application)
3. Have it as a metadata entry

[Morteza]

3. Have it as a metadata entry.
   For example if no category specified, goes to the root, or using an option to add favorite apps in the root.

[Anders Evenrud]

Here's the thing though. An application should define a category. It's not just for UI reasons.

As I said, it falls back to "other" when nothing is defined.

So I'm thinking option number 2:

{
  application: {
    pinned: ['FileManager']
  }
}

[Anders Evenrud]

Or, seeing down the road option 1 might be best -- because then users can for example open a dialog (or the settings app) to set what apps they want to pin themselves.

But this could be combined with 2 making it a global and per-user basis.

[Morteza]

I agree, It would be good to pin apps per-user basis.

[Anders Evenrud]

I've implemented option 2.

I need to finish panel item settings persistence before being able to work in option 1.

Edit - #33

[Anders Evenrud]

I've just published @osjs/panels@3.0.21 that supports the following client option to pin applications globally:

{
  application: {
    pinned: ['FileManager']
  }
}

[Anders Evenrud]

@josephjeno You might have some use for this :)

[josephjeno]

@andersevenrud definitely!