** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: indicator-applet
  
  With indicator-applet taking on the role of the notification area, users
  will expect to right click on individual items in the menu. Here is a
  highly likely example involving the Rhythmbox icon:
  
  * A user wants to quit Rhythmbox using its indicator icon. This was possible 
before...
  * He right clicks the Rhythmbox icon. An unfamiliar menu appears with About 
and Remove from Panel.
  * Remove from Panel in the context of the Rhythmbox icon seems to say "remove 
Rhythmbox from the panel." Upon choosing this option, however, the entire 
indicator applet is removed. There is no obvious way to add it back.
  
  I suggest that indicator-applet should suppress gnome-panel's right click 
menus, treating all mouse button events the same (to activate the menu). The 
behaviour would be consistent with menus elsewhere in the desktop and would 
prevent confusion of the sort I just described.
  This demands the addition of a grabber bar for the applet, but that should 
not be a concern as time goes on, since the indicator applet will be replacing 
the notification area in the future.
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+ Please do not ask support questions here. However, if you have
+ accidentally removed this applet and want it back, what you need to do
+ is right click an empty area on your panel, choose Add to Panel, and
+ look for Indicator Applet. That is the applet being discussed in this
+ bug report. If you feel that your experience was due to the issue
+ described here, it would help if you indicate that the bug affects you,
+ but please do not post a "me too" comment.

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Right click menu could confuse users, leading to accidental removal of panel 
applet
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/519553
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