Get A Classic Style Menu In Unity With The Latest Drawers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TSr4Ua345LE/UVIhA_To91I/AAAAAAAAOr0/S9aeIpLmUig/s1600/drawers-apps_1.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="AppMenu Drawers"><img alt="drawers stacks unity" border="0" height="246" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TSr4Ua345LE/UVIhA_To91I/AAAAAAAAOr0/S9aeIpLmUig/s320/drawers-apps_1.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers, an application that lets you create drawers ("stacks") on the Unity Launcher for quick access (or just to unclutter / better organize the Unity Launcher) to various app shortcuts, files, links and so on, has been updated today with a much requested feature: <b>AppMenu Drawers</b>.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AppMenu Drawers is a new type of drawer which tries to imitate the old GNOME2-style menu</b>, displaying applications grouped by category. These types of drawers can be created for any level of menu hierarchy and the subcategories can easily be accessed via quicklists:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yenrK1su3Yc/UVIhT82Pg1I/AAAAAAAAOr8/3bklEcLNsg8/s1600/drawers-apps-quicklists.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="AppMenu Drawer quicklists"><img border="0" height="252" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yenrK1su3Yc/UVIhT82Pg1I/AAAAAAAAOr8/3bklEcLNsg8/s320/drawers-apps-quicklists.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><br />Other changes in the latest Drawers 13.3.1 include:<br /><ul><li>icons can now be up to 128px;</li><li>drawer color updates with wallpaper changes.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers comes with many useful features, allowing you to add any kind of file types, links and so on to a drawer and it also supports "<a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/unity-stacks-application-drawers.html">active drawers</a>" in which the content of a folder is added to a drawer and is constantly monitored for changes so when you add files to that folder, the drawer is updated automatically.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_sv12kptAxg/UVIhtb9JzPI/AAAAAAAAOsE/gmwnnEvL-IU/s1600/drawers-apps_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="AppMenu Drawer category"><img alt="drawers stacks unity" border="0" height="257" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_sv12kptAxg/UVIhtb9JzPI/AAAAAAAAOsE/gmwnnEvL-IU/s320/drawers-apps_2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers is currently available for Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 and 12.04 and it can be installed from its official PPA, by using the following commands in a terminal:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.

Get A Classic Style Menu In Unity With The Latest Drawers

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Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Updated With New Active Drawers Feature, Other Changes

<div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers is an application that creates "stacks" (drawers) on the Unity Launcher, which can be used to organize various files, folders, applications or links for quick access, create drawers that automatically display the applications in a category and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_QvLz6YM5eo/USzOIuNek1I/AAAAAAAAOK8/RdxWDYZdXDU/s1600/drawers-active-folder.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="186" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_QvLz6YM5eo/USzOIuNek1I/AAAAAAAAOK8/RdxWDYZdXDU/s320/drawers-active-folder.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A new "Active Folder" drawer</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The application has been updated today, getting quite a few new features, including a <b>new type of drawers called "Active Drawers"</b>. This type of drawer lets you <b>view and launch the contents of a folder</b> that's <b>constantly monitored for changes, so when you add new files to that folder, they show up in the drawer</b>. You can also access the files in that folder via quicklists (right click) available for the Active Drawer Unity Launcher icon:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OqqIK5VGw-0/USzOOZxf7SI/AAAAAAAAOLE/DvzO4d_pKVQ/s1600/drawers-active-folder-quicklist.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OqqIK5VGw-0/USzOOZxf7SI/AAAAAAAAOLE/DvzO4d_pKVQ/s1600/drawers-active-folder-quicklist.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Active Folder quicklists</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Active Drawer can display 10 most recent items as quicklists but you can <b>pin items to the quicklists</b> so they are always displayed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: adding new files to the Active Drawer copies the files to the disk (so they aren't just simple shortcuts) and also, removing the files from the Active Drawer moves them to Trash.</div><br /><b>Other changes in the latest Drawers 13.2.1:</b><br /><ul><li>Drawers can now save their state (location, sort and pin state);</li><li>added a checkbox to Autostart on Login in Preferences (this will open the drawer on startup);</li><li>added Pin Window BELOW others;</li><li>buttons in drawer are hidden when mouse is not over drawer;</li><li>added "More Help" button on Help window presented in right-click popup menu;</li><li>fixed theme issues when Gtk themes other than Ambiance were used;</li><li>fixed Drawer Preferences bugs related to icons not found;</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">With this release, there's also initial support for using the drawers as desktop widgets. However, for now the Unity Launcher icon continues to be displayed when trying to achieve this, but this should be fixed in a future version.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2MTk4CDskEk/USzOWTJb5eI/AAAAAAAAOLM/zDeGuKQceXM/s1600/drawers-regular-drawer.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2MTk4CDskEk/USzOWTJb5eI/AAAAAAAAOLM/zDeGuKQceXM/s320/drawers-regular-drawer.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A regular drawer I've created for quickly launching Steam games</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's also worth mentioning that since our last <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/12/unity-stacks-application-drawers-gets.html">Drawers article</a>, the application has improved a lot and now the drawers are automatically added to the Unity Launcher, there are new default icons and more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To install Drawers in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10 or 12.04, use the following commands in a terminl:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.

Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Updated With New Active Drawers Feature, Other Changes

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Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers, an application that can be used to create stacks (drawers) on the Unity Launcher, has been updated to version 12.12.1, getting new features which some of you have requested such as an option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost and more.</b></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Drawers lets you create launchers for Unity on which you can add applications as well as files, folders or even links so you can quickly access them from one place. </div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers.png"><img alt="Drawers Unity Launcher" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Using it, you can unclutter the Unity launcher and better organize the most used applications or files - e.g. if you're a web developer, you can for instance have a drawer for web browsers, one for work-related applications and important documents, and so on.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences.png"><img alt="Drawers preferences" src="http://img.netupd8.com/drawers-preferences_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Improvements in the latest Drawers 12.12.1:</b><br /><ul><li>Individual configuration of drawers now possible</li><li>Auto-layout option to use maximum available horizontal screen space</li><li>Option to automatically close drawer when focus is lost</li><li>Create drawers pre-loaded with applications whose category matches a search term</li><li>Various bug-fixes</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, since our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html" title="Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`">previous Drawers post</a>, the application works and looks a lot better (the Preferences dialog is still a bit of a mess, but hopefully it will get some attention soon).</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br />To add the Drawers PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the following commands:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />For how to use Drawers, see our initial post: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/add-stacks-to-unity-launcher-with.html">Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`</a><br /><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.

Unity Stacks Application `Drawers` Gets New Features

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Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ho_tXT1LtiU/UB_Y5rfHUwI/AAAAAAAAJcE/nv6OaL7wByM/s1600/drawers_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="143" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ho_tXT1LtiU/UB_Y5rfHUwI/AAAAAAAAJcE/nv6OaL7wByM/s320/drawers_1.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Stacks is a feature firstly found on Mac OS X, which, as the name implies, "stacks" files into small organized folders on the dock - in our case, the Unity Launcher.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://launchpad.net/drawers">Drawers</a> is an utility that lets you create stacks (drawers) on the Unity launcher, a feature that was often requested but it hasn't been implemented in Unity, at least for now.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>With Drawers, you can create launchers for Unity on which you can add applications, files, folders or links so you can, for instance, have a drawer for web browsers, one for work-related applications and one some important documents.</b> This allows you to have a well organized, uncluttered Unity launcher while having all the applications/files you need just one click away.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">A drawer can be accessed by left clicking its icon on the Unity Launcher, which displays an icon list of the items you've added (screenshot above), but you can also access the files, folders or applications in a drawer via Unity quicklists, by right clicking the drawer icon:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwQ2lYJ2v5E/UB_Y9noslzI/AAAAAAAAJcM/cKD_ruXH-F0/s1600/draawers-quicklists.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DwQ2lYJ2v5E/UB_Y9noslzI/AAAAAAAAJcM/cKD_ruXH-F0/s320/draawers-quicklists.png" title="unity drawers" width="285" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Using Drawers</h2><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hGyhqQmWY/UB_ZJSjdYkI/AAAAAAAAJcc/HuZrkZx65wI/s1600/drawers_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E0hGyhqQmWY/UB_ZJSjdYkI/AAAAAAAAJcc/HuZrkZx65wI/s320/drawers_2.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To create a "drawer" or "stack", launch Drawers from Dash - you will be asked to enter a name for the new drawer -, after which the drawer will be created under <i>~/.local/share/applications/</i>. You need to drag and drop this newly created drawer onto the Unity launcher. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Left click the drawer icon and a small overlay window should show up - here, you can drag'n'drop the applications, files, folders or links you want. Initially, because the drawer is small, you won't see any buttons on the drawer window but once you add some items, you should see three buttons on the top of the drawer window, which let you access the settings, close the drawer or pin it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note:<b> the application doesn't currently support drag'n'drop from the Unity Launcher onto a drawer</b>, so if you want to add an application,<b> drag it from Dash and not from the Launcher</b>. Also, open the drawer before dragging and dropping applications, files or folders or else it won't work.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the drawer settings, you can rename the drawer, use a custom icon, change the icon and font size, set the transparency, column spacing and more:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iT9neSxxQ3w/UB_ZCNnPPdI/AAAAAAAAJcU/mTU39bzUJtY/s1600/drawer-settings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="unity drawers" border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iT9neSxxQ3w/UB_ZCNnPPdI/AAAAAAAAJcU/mTU39bzUJtY/s320/drawer-settings.png" title="unity drawers" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Drawers in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Drawers is available in a PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin - add the PPA and install it using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ian-berke/ppa-drawers<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install drawers</code></pre><br />If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/drawers">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>thanks to Daniel for the tip!</i></div>

Add Stacks To The Unity Launcher With `Drawers`

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