Restore lost panel / panel ITEMS

[Vilsen]

How to restore lost panel / panel ITEMS in MATE?

I was tired and made a new panel which was then removed. I pressed the buttons
and when asked if I wanted to remove the panel,
I answered: YES and then not only the one I made new
but the old one that would remain.

The disaster was a fact !

Is there any way to restore the one I had in the original?
I mean : the items I had there ?

I still have the disk there from which I cloned the disk I am running on now
so the original is still untouched - can I somehow find the information
there in some text file and retrieve that information and
put it in the correct text file here and thus restore everything?

Utgåva Linux Mint 19 Tara 64-bitar
Kärna Linux 4.15.0-128-generic x86_64
MATE 1.20.1

[Vilsen]

I had to do it manually .

It took a while but I managed to do it.

One tip if someone is interested:

If you want shortcuts to a certain webadress:

Open that particular adress in Firefox and then in the adressfield : drag the
small "padlock" to the PANEL and drop it there. Then rightclick on
that item and cĺick on the picture to the left in properties and choose
a picture that suits that particular website.

Anyway: I wonder: Is there any smart program with which one could
handle and manage the panels ?

[O-rion]

I don't understand your firefox part but anyway...
This is how you can save and restore panels in MATE:

backup:
dconf dump /org/mate/panel/ > panel-setting-backup
restore:
dconf load /org/mate/panel/ < panel-setting-backup

[Vilsen]

You see, this is what I highly appreciate with you people that KNOW things !

This is what I should have done ! BEFORE the crash , of course.

But now I know if it happens again:

[general]
object-id-list=['menu-bar', 'show-desktop', 'separator', 'launcher-caja', 'launcher-terminal', 'launcher-firefox', 'window-list', 'notification-area', 'clock', 'object-1', 'object-7', 'object-23', 'object-21', 'object-6', 'object-9', 'object-8', 'object-11', 'object-20', 'object-19', 'object-22', 'object-26', 'object-29', 'object-25', 'object-27', 'object-18', 'object-24', 'object-31', 'object-33', 'object-32', 'object-30', 'object-5', 'object-41', 'object-37', 'object-39', 'object-45', 'object-35', 'object-43', 'object-36', 'object-3', 'object-13', 'object-12', 'object-14', 'object-17', 'object-15', 'object-4', 'object-44', 'object-47', 'object-42', 'object-34', 'object-28', 'object-38', 'object-2', 'object-0', 'object-48', 'object-49', 'object-50', 'object-51', 'object-52', 'object-53', 'object-54', 'object-56']
toplevel-id-list=['bottom', 'toplevel-0', 'toplevel-2', 'toplevel-3']

[toplevels/toplevel-3]
x=1870
y=0
y-bottom=0
orientation='right'
y-centered=true
auto-hide=true
expand=false
size=50
screen=0
monitor=0
x-right=0

[toplevels/toplevel-3/background]
color='rgba(52,101,164,0)'
type='color'

[toplevels/bottom]
y=0
y-bottom=-1
orientation='top'
enable-buttons=true
expand=true
size=27
screen=0
x-centered=true

[toplevels/bottom/background]
color='rgba(239,41,41,0.281987)'
type='color'

[toplevels/toplevel-2]
y-bottom=-1
y=0
orientation='left'
y-centered=true
expand=false
size=72
screen=0
monitor=0

[toplevels/toplevel-2/background]
color='rgba(222,40,71,0)'
type='color'
..........................etc

[objects/object-40]
launcher-location='/usr/share/applications/rapid-photo-downloader.desktop'
toplevel-id='top'
position=1684
object-type='launcher'
panel-right-stick=false
..............................osv

[objects/object-50]
launcher-location='/usr/share/applications/rawtherapee.desktop'
toplevel-id='bottom'
position=1242
object-type='launcher'
panel-right-stick=false

[objects/object-15]
launcher-location='viewforum.php?f=59.desktop'
toplevel-id='bottom'
position=436
object-type='launcher'
panel-right-stick=false


I did succeed in making the panel as it was by hand but I also
mad 2 new that comes out from the left and the right
but now I dont know how to get rid of them because
that is what made everything disappear last time .

I made them smaller so I cant get "in to them" and make
changes.

I dont know the english words for what Im trying to describe; I hope
you understand even though.


SO: dconf dump /org/mate/panel/ > panel-setting-backup +
dconf load /org/mate/panel/ < panel-setting-backup

IS GREAT ! BUT: It would be even better if we had a program in which we
could manipulate everithing better and also
perhaps do MORE with the LAUNCH PANELS.


I like it a lot !


To describe shortcuts in Firefox directly from
Launch Panels:


I have som "places" I go every day: My bank , my email (GMAIL) , My photoshop, Weather, apartments,

LINUX MINT FORUM etc osv


and I first open that website in the login-position
then

2021_05_19_10_51_45_resultat.jpg (47.36 KiB) Viewed 293 times

I puy the mouse-pointer to the left on the webadressline: there is a LOCK
and I get it and drag it up to my LAUNCH PANEL .

The I put an app

ropriate picture to that LAUNCHER.