How Do You Edit Individual Menu Items?

[Member codger]

The “Edit menus” item in the Control Center seems to just allow you to hide or show items in a list. How do you edit individual items (change, add, or delete)?

[Member fatmac]

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I usually alter the dot file menu.

For Fluxbox, it’s .fluxbox/menu

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[Forum Admin SamK]

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codger wrote:

How do you edit individual items (change, add, or delete)?

For items within the Applications section of the main menu
The way to do all 3 you mention is to edit or create the application launcher
/usr/share/applications/filename.desktop
alternatively
/usr/share/applications/antix/filename.desktop
In each case it must be done with root privileges.

To just add or delete (not edit) an individual app item
Applications→Preferences→Add Menu Item
Applications→Preferences→Remove Menu Item
Note: Menu items installed by an app are usually removed automatically when the app is uninstalled, so removing by this method normally applies only to items you create by this method.

To leave the app installed but not shown in the main menu, use Menu Manager→Applications

For items within the Personal section of the main menu
To create a customised item for an installed app use Menu Manager→Personal

To remove an item for an installed app use Menu Manager→Personal
or
Applications→Preferences→Remove Menu Item

[Member codger]

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Thanks to both of you for the replies. Considering both, I think I’ll go with editing the fluxbox files, since that’s the WM I’m using. I did some editing of several of the menu files, and it worked just fine.

Well, actually I’m lying. Somehow I messed up the menu file, and it would only display the first submenu. I found the error at the top, but it still wouldn’t work. I ended up editing the default menu file that comes with the Fluxbox install. Anyway, I now have things the way I want them.

[Moderator caprea]

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Fine, but anyway if you messed up your fluxbox-menu to badly you can always look in /etc/skel/.fluxbox how things have been from the start.

[Member codger]

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That’s a great tip. Thanks!

[Member fatmac]

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Somehow I messed up the menu file, and it would only display the first submenu.

With the Fluxbox menu, you just need to make sure your entries us the correct pairings – [ ] ( ) { }

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