KDE menu editor not [fully] working.

[13thSlayer]

I can't add anything. I can remove/edit stuff just fine, but adding does not work. Kubuntu 9.04, KDE 4.2, using the Kickoff menu version.

[Rog131]

Re: KDE menu editor not [fully] working.

Background

The Menu editor is a .desktop file editor/maker > Topic: GtoK: .desktop files


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 marking is made under the:

...
 <Menu>
 <Name>.hidden</Name>
...

The .desktop file is not removed only action is a marking under the ".hidden"


Something to check

It could be something like this (or something else).

1) You have rights to write to the ~/.local/share/applications/

> FAQ: Root Password

and there "Resetting owner"

sudo chown -Rv <insert-username>.<insert-groupname> /path/to/the/directory

Example (username=rog):

Konsole:

sudo chown -Rv rog.rog ~/.local/share/applications

output:

...
ownership of `/home/rog/.local/share/applications/firefox3.desktop' retained as rog:rog
...
ownership of `/home/rog/.local/share/applications' retained as rog:rog

2) You are not trying to add a menu item that is under the ".hidden"

You could edit the applications-kmenuedit.menu with a text editor (it is a xml file).

[petersk]

Re: KDE menu editor not [fully] working.

I cannot save any changes to my menu either. I am also running KDE 4 with Kubuntu Jaunty 9.04.

I've already chown <myname>.<myname> -R /home/<myname>
to make sure I have ownership.

I ended up having to create an item (in this case Thunderbird) this way:

/usr/share/applications$ sudo cp firefox.desktop thunderbird.desktop
/usr/share/applications$ sudo vi thunderbird.desktop

1) Why's kde menu editor not working
2) If I wanted just a LOCAL (ie, only my account) change to the menu, where would I add a <program>.desktop file instead of /usr/share/applications? Is there a local menu?

Kurt

[monte48lowes]

Re: KDE menu editor not [fully] working.

2) If I wanted just a LOCAL (ie, only my account) change to the menu, where would I add a <program>.desktop file instead of /usr/share/applications? Is there a local menu?

Rog posted that above:

 ~/.local/share/application

I am not sure if that will fix your problem or not.

Mike

[Rog131]

Re: KDE menu editor not [fully] working.

1) Why's kde menu editor not working

Hard to say - as here it is working . Maybe if you start the menu editor with the command (konsole):

kmenuedit

there will be an error message - is there ?

:~$ kmenuedit --help
Usage: kmenuedit [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [menu] [menu-id]

KDE menu editor

Generic options:
--help Show help about options
--help-qt Show Qt specific options
--help-kde Show KDE specific options
--help-all Show all options
--author Show author information
-v, --version Show version information
--license Show license information
-- End of options

Arguments:
menu Sub menu to pre-select
menu-id Menu entry to pre-select

2) If I wanted just a LOCAL (ie, only my account) change to the menu, where would I add a <program>.desktop file instead of /usr/share/applications? Is there a local menu?

As said:

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.

Tested - working at here

1) Make a desktop file to the ~/.local/share/applications/

[Desktop Entry]
Comment=
Exec=Name_Here
Icon=/usr/share/icons/default.kde4/128x128/emotes/face-wink.png
Name=Name_Here
NoDisplay=false
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=0
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=

2) Edit the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu

Add there: <Filename>Name_Here.desktop</Filename>
Under the:

 <Name>Internet</Name>
 <Layout>

and under the

 <Include>

That is: If it is a net application


After this:

 <Menu>
 <Name>Internet</Name>
 <Layout>
  <Merge type="files" />
...clip...
  <Filename>Name_Here.desktop</Filename>
...clip...
  <Merge type="menus" />
  <Separator/>
  <Menuname>More</Menuname>
 </Layout>
 <Include>
  <Filename>Name_Here.desktop</Filename>
 </Include>
 </Menu>