Main Menu

Application->System Tools->Preference->Main Menu

Can't Move Item Up&Down or Uncheck Item

I have the same problem, only that I can uncheck, but not delete

thank you for reply

could you tell me how to change main menu layout manual?

i try edit /etc/xdg/menus/gnome-applications.menu but nothing changed...:(

Sorry, but I have never gone into this thing. I used ubuntu and there always worked the menu

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Originally Posted by acme

Sorry, but I have never gone into this thing. I used ubuntu and there always worked the menu

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Why commenting then?

I just have created a script, that reads :
~/.local/share/directories ## add names & icons of custom directories here
~/.local/share/applications ## add your .desktop files here

and insert them into Main menu, ( I use Gnome ) .

Here is the code :

Code:

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#!/bin/bash


CUSTOM_CATEGORIES=""
ORPHAN_FILES=""


for d in ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/*.directory; do
        CATEGORIE=`cat "$d"|grep "^Name=" | cut -d \= -f2`
        CUSTOM_CATEGORIES="$CATEGORIE ${CUSTOM_CATEGORIES}"
       
        CFILE="$HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/user-${CATEGORIE}.menu"
        [ -f "$CFILE" ] && rm -f "$CFILE" 2>/dev/null

        echo "[+] '$CATEGORIE' (($?)$CFILE)"
        ## xdg-desktop-menu uninstall --novendor --mode user "$d" "$f"
       
        for f in ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop; do
                F_CATEGORIE=`cat "$f"|grep "^Categories=" |grep "$CATEGORIE" `
                [ -z "${F_CATEGORIE}" ] && continue       
                xdg-desktop-menu install --novendor --mode user "$d" "$f"
                echo "  [$?] $f"
                done       
        done

echo ""

if [ "x$1" = "x-v" ]; then       
        echo "[!] (`echo $CUSTOM_CATEGORIES|wc -w`) Categories found :$CUSTOM_CATEGORIES"       
        echo "[?] Orphan files:"       
        for f in ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop; do
                F_CATEGORIE=''
                for d in $CUSTOM_CATEGORIES; do
                        [ -z "$F_CATEGORIE" ] && F_CATEGORIE=`cat "$f"|grep "^Categories=" |grep "$d"`;
                        done
                [ -n "${F_CATEGORIE}" ] && continue       
                echo "  [?] `basename "$f" .desktop` (`cat "$f"|grep "^Categories="|cut -d \= -f2`)"
                done       
fi


xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate --mode user || echo "[!] forceupdate error !"
update-menus || echo "[!] update error !"
exit $?

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Take care that :
the 'category' field in your .desktop file,
must be the same, as
the 'Name' field, in your .directory file,

and it'll work ....