I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with Cinnamon desktop. After trying to create a shortcut for a PDF file to Cinnamon's Taskbar, I found maybe I should have searched for a folder containing the Taskbar's configuration information and create a launcher there. And by the way I don't know if I've guessed right or if yes, where would it be! How would I add the shortcut to the pdf file and then place it in the Taskbar?
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Best Answer
A simple GUI method:
Right-click Menu and then click Configure.
Click Open the Menu Editor.
Optionally create a new folder for your custom links. Create a new item that opens the file, using the command,
evince /path/to/file.pdf
, or whichever PDF viewer you want to use.Close the menu editor and right-click on your new menu item, selecting Add to Panel.
If you chose to make a new folder in the menu, it exists in
~/.local/share/desktop-directories/
as a file with the extension,.directory
. If you chose to make a new menu item, it exists in~/.local/share/applications/
as a file with the extension,.desktop
. These were created byalacarte
. They are regular text files; and, now that you know their location, you could do this manually, too.The rest of the files for the menu are located in
/usr/share/desktop-directories
and/usr/share/applications
.