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Post by liberace on Mar 31, 2021 7:37:02 GMT
I still puzzling how to get a menu entry for an installed application. For example I installed midivi. I cannot find it in the menu and t have no idea how to get an menu entry for example under "accessoires".
Also want to know to replace menu items for example from "favorite applications" to "applications graphic".
It must be somewhere written but I obviously overlook it, sorry.
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Post by Hippytaff on Mar 31, 2021 7:51:32 GMT
Hi Liberace. You can add an application to the menu by going to settings > Apps > Personal Application Launcher. Click Add then fill in the fields. The path to the binary should be in /usr/bin or /usr/share/bin but you can look by clicking the ... button. I've included a screenshot which might help. Hope this helps some.  |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Mar 31, 2021 15:51:01 GMT
I still puzzling how to get a menu entry for an installed application. For example I installed midivi. I cannot find it in the menu and t have no idea how to get an menu entry for example under "accessoires". Also want to know to replace menu items for example from "favorite applications" to "applications graphic". It must be somewhere written but I obviously overlook it, sorry. Favorite Applications are duplicates of other menu entries. You can add/remove from favorites using settings-panel/apps/favorite-applications. You can add something to favorites lots of of other ways too...
When an appliction is running, you can right click on its icon in its window border or taskbar to get an options menu. One of the options is add to favorites. If an app isn't in the menu, you can select add icon, or if it is already in menu, you will instead see edit icon. This "icon" editor not only allows you to chose icon used in the menu & window border, but provides access to some of the fields that define its desktop file (menu entry), including Category under General tab. If you want to move something in the menu to someplace specific, only define one category.
Every menu entry is as a result of a .desktop file, either in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications; if you have the same name desktop file in both folders, moksha menu uses your local version, and automatically copies the /usr one to .local if you use the "edit icon" built-in function.
Open one of those .desktop files in /usr/share/applications with a text editor and you'll understand more how it works. One of the lines is Categories= and that sets where it ends up in the menu. If you modify it, save it in ~/.local/share/applications so #1 if you mess it up you can delete it and it will revert to default one #2 dont need root access #3 your changes wont get overwritten by an app update.
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