Whisker Menu, the default application launcher of Linux Mint Xfce Desktop now is at version 1.3.0. According to the changelog, now you can drag app launchers from Whisker Menu to Panel or Desktop.

Whisker Menu 1.3 ChangeLog:

Fix menu artifacts when switching categories

Fix undefined behavior in slots

Add command to launch menu editor

Add command to switch users

Add hiding commands

Add browsing for commands

Add hiding category and launcher icons

Add loading default settings from a file

Add search actions

Add running arbitrary programs in PATH

Add dragging launchers to panel or desktop

Add support for custom menu files

Defer loading applications until window is shown

Merge configuration dialog tabs

Rearrange source files to match standard layout of Xfce plugins

Reduce unnecessary reloading of applications

Rewrite search model code

Use a single row in Xfce 4.10 panel

Use empty file for saving settings

Translation updates: Asturian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

Click “Mark Executable” button if you get below window. The desktop icon will work properly next time you open it.

Install Whisker Menu:

If you’re on Xfce Desktop with Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13/14/15/16 and their derivatives. Whisker Menu can be easily installed from PPA.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

For Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and other Linux, go to whisker menu homepage