Thanks for the ideas.


I started implementing a simple text-only button to be included in normal icon-based panels.
Wether this will allow the use of a mini-icon and how it will look is to be seen.
I also hope to get some sort of text-object-only (sub) panels ready in time for 3.6.


Hybrid buttons (text on or below "big" icon) are "canceled" for the moment.

@granny

"text hovering above (highlighted) icon" sounds alot like the OSX dock ;)

Which is nice, but would require the panelwindow to also includes those areas, no problem on enhanced screens were they would stay invisible but you'd be suprised how many people are still useing non-enhanced Ambient screens.
Might still looks into something like that for 3.7 or later.
What would work is creating help-like bubble instantly, but I can't say I like the look of that...