Application Menu plug-in

Skaperen · 2019-12-07 02:13:09

i'm playing around with Application Menu plug-in and trying to find menu files it refers to, saying i (this non-root user, supposedly) can customize menus. i'd like to figure out:

1. the menu file format
2. how to get it to use my custom mrnu

ToZ · 2019-12-07 03:01:37

Skaperen wrote:

1. the menu file format

The manual is located here

2. how to get it to use my custom mrnu

Assuming a custom menu that looks like this:

<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"
  "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/1.0/menu.dtd">

<Menu>
    <Name>Xfce</Name>

    <DefaultAppDirs/>
    <DefaultDirectoryDirs/>
    <DefaultMergeDirs/>

    <Include>
        <Category>X-Xfce-Toplevel</Category>
    </Include>

    <Layout>
        <Filename>exo-terminal-emulator.desktop</Filename>
        <Filename>exo-file-manager.desktop</Filename>
        <Filename>exo-mail-reader.desktop</Filename>
        <Filename>exo-web-browser.desktop</Filename>
        <Separator/>
        <Filename>xfce4-about.desktop</Filename>
        <Separator/>
        <Filename>xfce4-session-logout.desktop</Filename>
    </Layout>
</Menu>

...save the contents and point it to use this menu file in the plugin's properties.

Skaperen · 2019-12-08 00:50:38

ToZ wrote:

...point it to use this menu file in the plugin's properties.

i don't see a way to do that. i don't see a place to enter that path. i was assuming it would be in a fixed place in ~/.config

ToZ · 2019-12-08 00:57:17

It's in the config dialog. Right-click the applicationsmenu plugin and select Properties. See https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/applicationsmenu.

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#1 2019-12-07 02:13:09

Application Menu plug-in

#2 2019-12-07 03:01:37

Re: Application Menu plug-in

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Re: Application Menu plug-in

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