I think you have to disable Compiz (somehow...) to do this, but I still think that it shouldn't be this way.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989218 Title: Unable to add applets to panels with <Alt>+Right click Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 12.04, installed gnome-session-fallback. Unable to add applets to panels with <Alt>+Right click. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-panel 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 27 00:37:23 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-panel UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-19 (7 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/989218/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp