xfce start button

[jpg153]

Hi all,

I am still trying to find out which file I need to modify to change the entries under the start button...

xfce help is of no help..
http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/4 ... ationsmenu

Any hint which file to edit and where it is located?

Thanks in advance.

[ElderDryas]

I am still trying to find out which file I need to modify to change the entries under the start button...

If by Start Button you mean the applications menu (in the upper left, on the panel), then I'd start here: https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu

[ChuangTzu]

Been awhile since I used Xfce, is there a menu editor entry under system or settings? In the past, you had to manually edit .desktop files to change the menu, pretty easy.

If not here are a few links that worked in the past:
https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... nu-621543/
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... nu-885263/
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=6425

Edit: ElderDryas we replied almost at the same time...

[ElderDryas]

...is there a menu editor entry under system or settings?

I seem to dimly remember a gui for menu editing...one the barely worked, sometimes, in some distros. The old-fashioned, hand edited way noted above always worked much better

Most xfce distros nowadays appear to be moving to Whisker Menu and it's associated menu editing gui (forgot the name). From my limited experience (on Xubuntu), it works fairly well, not that I'm a big fan of the Whisker Menu.

I'll be interested to see what slack/salix 14.2 with XFCE 4.12 includes.

EDIT:

Edit: ElderDryas we replied almost at the same time...

Great Minds and all that.

[ChuangTzu]

not that I'm a big fan of the Whisker Menu.

Agreed, then again I prefer Fluxbox and its menu system, so I am biased. Feels strange not getting a menu with right click or a key.

4.12 does have some nice improvements, but also losing more of its leanness with each update, not that much lighter than Gnome shell anymore. If they go full GTK3 it will be even heavier. But thats another discussion.

[zAchAry]

Any hint which file to edit and where it is located?

Try menulibre.

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slapt-src -i menulibre

4.12 does have some nice improvements, but also losing more of its leanness with each update, not that much lighter than Gnome shell anymore. If they go full GTK3 it will be even heavier. But thats another discussion.

I agree, and it is disturbing.

[ChuangTzu]

Ah, forgot all about that program...its a good one!

[gapan]

mozo, the menu editor for MATE should work just fine under xfce too I think.

[jpg153]

Hi guys,

thanks for that lot of input.

I will give it a try soon and report back.

Mozo did not work. It creates a lot of error messages and does not allow to mofify existing entries..

[jpg153]

Hi,

menulibre

did the job!

Thanks.