I generally prefer XFCE desktop environment of Xubuntu, but I found its files right-click context menu too humble (no option to compress/decompress files for example, and I'd like some my very special actions there too).
How can I customize it?
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You have to disable all desktop icons in the Desktop configuration dialog in the Icons section. This will make the Application menu your right-click menu.
Unfortunately you can't have both.
versions 11.04 - 13.10
As the picture shows - "test" is a root menu which has been added.
To do this will require a couple of folders to be created:
mkdir -p ~/.config/menus
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
Next copy the standard menu template file into the local menus folder
cp /etc/xdg/xdg-xubuntu/menus/* ~/.config/menus
Note - the stock XFCE menu could also be used - I prefer this menu so I've used it in my example:
cp /etc/xdg/menus/* ~/.config/menus
Now create our test menu - its in .desktop file-format
leafpad ~/.local/share/applications/test.desktop
copy and paste the following:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=test
Comment=
Icon=acroread
Exec=acroread
Path=
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=false
Categories=X-Xfce-Toplevel;
The important bit is the last line - it must have X-Xfce-Toplevel as a category
Edit our custom menu:
leafpad ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Add a new entry as shown:
Finally - lets use the custom menu file:
Right click Start and choose properties:
Choose the custom menu option and navigate and select the custom menu file ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
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