Problem adding custom application launcher

[wodefey]

I have just installed FC7. I am having difficulty adding custom application launchers to my top panel. Whatever I try to add, it does not appear in the panel I can add launcers directly from menu items, but none that I create myself by right-clicking on the panel and selecting add to panel.

This worked fine on FC6. Do I now have to have some kind of permission to add to the panel?

[S-V]

Originally Posted by wodefey

I have just installed FC7. I am having difficulty adding custom application launchers to my top panel. Whatever I try to add, it does not appear in the panel I can add launcers directly from menu items, but none that I create myself by right-clicking on the panel and selecting add to panel.

This worked fine on FC6. Do I now have to have some kind of permission to add to the panel?

it happens if you didn't selected any icon

[wodefey]

You're right - on FC6 there was a default question mark icon that was used if you didn't select one. I got in the habit of setting my launcers and seeing if there was an included icon. If not, I would go back and reset one. Now you have to do it at the same time.

[S-V]

i have other trouble
Starting an app using the launcher don't work because it needs to be started form the folder where it currently lays.
actually i need to execute 2 commands in the launcher: 1) cd /some/where and 2)appname
How to specify working folder? (Sorry for dummy question...)

[Evolve]

Create a small script that does the two commands and run the script from the launcher.

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an example of this might be ...

#!/bin/bash     

cd /location/goes/here
./applicationNameGoesHere