K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

[Snowhog]

When I edit the K Menu, there is a folder called .hidden and in it are a bunch of items. Why is the folder present, and why does it contain what it does? Notice that none of the entries are them selves hidden (they are not dotted).

[Snowhog]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

Whoa. I'm not one to bump my own posts, but nobody has an idea on why/where this folder is being created from, and how, if at all, it can be made to go away? :P

[Rog131]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

(Earlier > Topic: [SOLVED] menu won't show System Settings (entry exists))

The Menu editor is a .desktop file editor/maker (> Topic: GtoK: .desktop files) and a xml "editor".

When you add a menu item, the Menu editor will make a desktop file to the ~/.local/share/applications/. The Menu editor also adds a marking to the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu.

When you delete a menu item the Menu editor will make a marking to the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu. The .desktop file is not removed only action is a marking under the ".hidden" and "Exclude".

If you want to add an application back to the K-Menu you could move the marking from the .hidden folder back to the correct subfolder.

Hide/Show the ".hidden" folder: Menu-editor > Settings > Configure KDE Menu Editor > Misc - Show hidden etries.

[Snowhog]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

Thank you Rog. I'll look at that the next time I boot into 9.10. Much appreciated.

[Rog131]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

... and the (older ?) KDE doc > The KDE User Guide >> KDE Menu

[MoonRise]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

I just looked at mine and there isn't a .hidden folder but using the link Rog gave does give that ability. I had a few VERY old entries I deleted. Really didn't know some old entries were "cached" like that.

[Snowhog]

Re: K Menu .hidden Folder and entries - how to remove?

cruft:

Etymology

"The origin of the term is uncertain, but it may be derived from Harvard University Cruft Laboratory, which was the Harvard Physics Department's radar lab during World War II. As late as the early 1990s, unused technical equipment could be seen stacked in front of Cruft Hall's windows. According to students, if the place filled with useless machinery is called Cruft Hall, the machinery itself must be cruft. This image of "discarded technical clutter" quickly migrated from hardware to software."

I hate leftovers (if they aren't from Thanksgiving) on my system, especially those I wasn't aware of!