Editing the SuSE Menu and KDE Menu with K Menu Editor
Support knowledgebase (me_k-menu)
Applies to
SuSE Linux: Versions since 7.3
Situation:
You want to add or delete applications from the SuSE menu or from the KDE menu (the menu with the chameleon,
gear wheel, or the capital K).
Procedure:
The standard SuSE menu can only be modified with root permissions. However, if you plan
to add only one application, it can be done as a normal user, too. Nevertheless, the new
entry applies only for the respective user.
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Move the mouse cursor to the menu icon on the control bar.
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Press the right mouse button and keep it pressed.
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Select the entry "Menu Editor" from the menu that opens.
The menu editor could take some time to start.
When the KDE menu editor is displayed, click the + to the left of the entries
to view the submenus and - to "hide" them again.
If you use the SuSE menu (default setting) -- if the menu icon does not contain
a K -- first click the + beside the entry "SuSE".
The following example describes how to add an application to the SuSE menu and
how to delete an application from it.
You are fond of "KBackgammon" and "Shisen-Sho". There are already menu entries for these
games, but you would like to place them in a submenu called 'Favorite games'.
To do so, modify the standard menu, for which root permissions are required.
To do this, either (exceptionally) start KDE as root or login as root in a console (icon
with a monitor and a shell on the KDE control bar) with:
sux -
enter root password
Note that no output is displayed (asterisks or similar) while entering your password.
Then start the menu editor from the console by entering
/opt/kde3/bin/kmenuedit
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Click the + to the left of the entry "SuSE".
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To create the submenu "Favorite games" under the menu item "Games",
first click the entry "Games". The entry is now marked in blue.
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Now click "New Submenu" in the menu editor's toolbar.
Enter the name of the menu in the next window ("Favorite games" in this case)
and confirm with "OK".
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The new submenu "Favorite games" can now be found under the menu item "Games".
When you click it (marked blue), a window pops up on the right side in which to
modify the menu properties and select an icon for the submenu.
For this purpose, click the small image (an open box).
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Then go to the submenu "Boardgames" (press +), click "KBackgammon",
and select the entry "Cut" from the toolbar.
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Switch back to the submenu "Favorite games" and select "Paste". All the entries for
"KBackgammon" can now be found now under the new submenu.
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This procedure is even easier for the second game "Shisen-Sho". Simply click the item
and drag it with pressed mouse button to the target submenu (use the drag and drop function).
This would have also worked for "KBackgammon", but the purpose of this example
is to describe some of the editor's features.
You can proceed exactly the same way to create or delete elements and menus.
The manual for the KDE menu editor, which includes further information about this subject,
can be accessed via the menu item "Help" in the KDE menu editor.
Keywords: KDE, K MENU, KMENU, APPLICATION, ADD, TASK BAR, KWM, SUSE MENU, KDE MENU
Categories:
Window Manager
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- Version: 29. Nov 2002
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