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Re: Making folders and managing icons

After the update my menu got all messed up... Did that happen to anyone else? The menu is completely ignoring my conf file, I think...

Re: Making folders and managing icons

How does your "hildon.menu" look like?

Please post a copy

Re: Making folders and managing icons

I wanted to exclude all the useless items from my menus and reorganized the rest into a more logical (to me) setup.

I checked the spec for the exclude and it should work like that. As a matter of fact, this conf did work for me before the update.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN" "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd">



<Menu>

  <Name>Main</Name>



  <!-- Search the default locations -->

  <AppDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</AppDir>

  <DirectoryDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</DirectoryDir>



  <Include>

    <!-- row 1 -->

    <Filename>browser.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>mediaplayer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>image-viewer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>filemanager.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>nokia-maps.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- row 2 -->

    <Filename>rtcom-call-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-addressbook.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-messaging-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>modest.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>calendar.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- row 3 -->

    <Filename>osso_calculator.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-xterm.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-application-manager.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-control-panel.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- more -->

  </Include>



  <Menu>

    <Name>Applications</Name>

    <Directory>applications.directory</Directory>

    <OnlyUnallocated/>

    <Include>

      <All/>

    </Include>

    <!-- exclude useless stuff -->

    <Exclude>  

    <!-- general stuff -->

    <Filename>ovi.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-backup.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>tutorial-launcher.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>dtg.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- internet apps -->

    <Filename>amazon.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>ap.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>facebook.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>foreca.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- games -->

    <Filename>chess_startup.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>mahjong_startup.desktop</Filename>

    <!--<Filename>maemoblocks.desktop</Filename>-->

    <Filename>osso_lmbarbles.desktop</Filename>   

    </Exclude>

  </Menu>



</Menu>

Re: Making folders and managing icons

I seem to have the same problem as warpstalker, though I tried mymenu and catoriser before the upgrade but uninstalled them. For my eyes the hildon.menu looks pretty much standard. I took a backup of the one that I'm using and tried the few backups that were there already. No change. The problem is just with the order. So I used to have the normal order before upgrade, but after upgrade the order is messed up. Any idea?

Re: Making folders and managing icons

What's changed now is that the ordering is explicitly defined in the .menu file rather than being picked up from the .desktop files. Have a look at the default hildon.menu (it should be in the same directory with an added extension as dpkg couldn't install it) for the details, but there's basically an extra <Layout> section.

Incidentally, all of this can now be done from within the user directory (see /home/user/.config/menus/hildon.menu) so there's no need to modify the system files.

Re: Making folders and managing icons

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob1n (Post 476029)

Ahh! Thanks. This is a nice improvement indeed. I just have to move my xml around a bit so it works again.

Re: Making folders and managing icons

This thread needs a serious update after PR 1.1, please don't mess around unless you really know what you're doing.

Re: Making folders and managing icons

Actually, even after 1.1 update, the main tricks mentioned here works.

I have renamed the More... icon with Apps and still have a separate Games folder icon for all the games.
Folders are now sorted to the front in alphabetical order automatically it seems if it does not have any specific location value.

So I have "Apps" as my first icon and "Games" second as below. =)
(I might modify the files so that other apps are sorted alphabetically also)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/925...0011813575.png

All the icons inside Apps and Games are sorted alphabetically.
(This seems to be the new default ordering for PR 1.1 update)

If all these editing isn't your thing, just use Catorise or MyMenu apps.

Re: Making folders and managing icons

Code:

<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"

 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd">



<Menu>



  <Name>Main</Name>



  <!-- Search only in the hildon directory. -->

  <AppDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</AppDir>

  <DirectoryDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</DirectoryDir>



  <Include>

    <Filename>browser.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>mediaplayer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>calendar.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>image-viewer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-addressbook.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-call-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- Filename>nokia-maps.desktop</Filename -->

    <!-- Filename>camera-ui.desktop</Filename -->

    <Filename>modest.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-messaging-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>worldclock.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso_calculator.desktop</Filename>

    <!-- Filename>ovi.desktop</Filename -->

    <Filename>hildon-control-panel.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-application-manager.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-xterm.desktop</Filename>

  </Include>

  <Menu>

   <Name>Jogos</Name>

   <Directory>jogosg.directory</Directory>

   <Include>

    <Filename>wormux.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>vgba.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>vgb.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>supertux.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>crazyparking.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>tennix.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>prboom.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>angrybirds.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>bounce.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>chess_startup.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hex-a-hop.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>ines.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>offscr-solitaire.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>offscr-discs.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>burgerspace.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso_lmarbles.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>maemosec_certman_mimehandler.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>maemoblocks.desktop</Filename>

</Include>

</Menu>

  <Layout>

    <Filename>browser.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>mediaplayer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>calendar.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>image-viewer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-addressbook.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-call-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>nokia-maps.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>camera-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>modest.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-messaging-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>worldclock.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso_calculator.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>ovi.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-control-panel.desktop</Filename>

    <Menuname>Applications</Menuname>

    <Merge type="all"/>

  </Layout>



  <MergeDir>hildon/</MergeDir>



</Menu>

How do I add one more folder? I already have tried but without sucess...

any hint? i'm kinda noob at this...

Re: Making folders and managing icons

Here is my current hildon.menu as per my screenshot above.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN"

 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/menu-spec/menu-1.0.dtd">



<Menu>



  <Name>Main</Name>



  <!-- Search the default locations -->

  <AppDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</AppDir>

  <DirectoryDir>/usr/share/applications/hildon</DirectoryDir>



  <Include>

    <Filename>osso-xterm.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>browser.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>mediaplayer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>filemanager.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>calendar.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>image-viewer.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso-addressbook.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>osso_sketch.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>nokia-maps.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>modest.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>rtcom-messaging-ui.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-control-panel.desktop</Filename>

    <Filename>hildon-application-manager.desktop</Filename>

  </Include>



  <Menu>

    <Name>Games</Name>

    <Directory>games.directory</Directory>

    <Include>

        <Filename>bounce.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>drnoksnes.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>flobopuyo.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>osso_lmarbles.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>angrybirds.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>vgba.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>givemefive.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>mahjong_startup.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>chess_startup.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>maemoblocks.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>duke3dsw.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>offscr-airport.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>offscr-xploder.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>offscr-labyrinth-lite.desktop</Filename>

        <Filename>stratagus.desktop</Filename>

    </Include>

  </Menu>



  <Menu>

    <Name>Applications</Name>

    <Directory>applications.directory</Directory>

    <OnlyUnallocated/>

    <Include>

      <All/>

    </Include>

  </Menu>

</Menu>

This is my games.directory file contents:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Directory

Name=Games

Icon=general_folder

X-Osso-User-Position=14

X-Maemo-Category=Main

X-Text-Domain=maemo-af-desktop

This is my applications.directory file contents:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Directory

Name=Apps

Icon=general_folder

X-Osso-User-Position=01

X-Maemo-Category=Main

X-Text-Domain=maemo-af-desktop