If you would like to add an Application Launcher (an icon that starts a particular application) to the Panel, right mouse click the Panel and select Add New Launcher from the pop-up menu.
After selecting the Add New Launcher menu item you will see a dialog which will allow you to set the properties for the application launcher you wish to add.
In the Create launcher applet dialog you may add a name for your launcher, a comment, the command line to launch the application, and define the application type. You may also press the icon button and choose an icon to represent the application from the icon picker.
Another, quicker method of adding an application launcher to the Panel is to go into the Main Menu and right mouse click on an application menu item. You will be given another menu selection which contains Add this launcher to Panel. If you select this menu item it will automatically add a launcher for that application to the Panel in which you invoked the Main Menu. At this point you may right mouse click on the launcher and select the Properties menu item to change any options for that launcher.
There are many applets which you can add to the Panel as well. Applets are small applications which can perform tasks within the Panel itself. There are many applets you can add to the Panel and these are covered in more detail in the Applets section of this manual. As an example of how to add an applet you can add another clock applet to your Panel. To add the clock applet to your Panel:
Right mouse click on the Panel
From the pop-up menu choose the Add new appletmenu item.
This will bring up more levels of pop-upmenus.
Choose the Utility | Clock menu item.
The Clock will be added to your Panel.
To remove the clock applet you added you can right mouse click on the clock and select Remove form panel from the pop-up menu.