More useable Xfce 4 Settings Manager
Posted: 24. Aug 2011, 15:05
Question: Should the following be applied to the Salix (Admin) Tools?
A customized Settings Manager:
To add items to the Settings Manager of Xfce you need to add to the .desktop file the following parameters to the Categories entry:You can also add ;X-XfceSettingsDialog; too, but it has no effect, as it seems.
To rename an item in the Settings Manager you need to add:
Examples:
Copy /usr/share/applications/notification-properties.desktop
to $HOME/.local/share/applications/
From:
Add:
To:
A customized Settings Manager:
To add items to the Settings Manager of Xfce you need to add to the .desktop file the following parameters to the Categories entry:
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Categories=Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;To rename an item in the Settings Manager you need to add:
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X-XfceSettingsName=ANY_NAMECode: Select all
file:///usr/share/applications/exo-preferred-applications.desktop
file:///usr/share/applications/thunar-volman-settings.desktop
file:///usr/share/applications/xscreensaver-properties.desktop
to $HOME/.local/share/applications/
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$ install /usr/share/applications/notification-properties.desktop .local/share/applications/Code: Select all
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pop-Up Notifications
Comment=Set your pop-up notification preferences
Exec=notification-properties
Icon=notification-properties
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;
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Categories=Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;
X-XfceSettingsName=Notifications
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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pop-Up Notifications
Comment=Set your pop-up notification preferences
Exec=notification-properties
Icon=notification-properties
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Settings;X-XFCE;DesktopSettings;
StartupNotify=true
X-XfceSettingsName=Notifications