System Menu

[seenm]

Hey,

Does anyone know if there is a way to change to content of the System Menu. I want to add a few more options e.g. my pictures,my documents etc. thought it might look neat.

[javierrivera]

Re: System Menu

The contents of the system menu are build from the shorcuts ".desktop" files in the following dirs:

/usr/share/apps/systemview (system wide config)

~/.kde/share/apps/systemview (user config)

To add some icon to the system menu from one user create the above dir (it's not created by default), add some .desktop files to it and restart kicker (or just log-off, log-on).

This instructions assume some linux expertise (I mean, you know how to create a .desktop file, or how the filesystem is organiced), if you need more "step by step" help just ask .

Javier.

[seenm]

Re: System Menu

Thank you for your answer. worked perfectly. if anyone else wants to create a feature like this, you only need to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/apps/systemview/ and your done.

MyPictures.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Link
Path=$HOME/Pictures
Icon=folder_image
Name=My Pictures
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=desktop_kdebase