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Kamikaze | # 71 | 2010-02-25, 02:15 | Report

Thanks Jakiman, I've used your hildon.menu as a template for mine and now have it pretty much looking how I want. One question though, does anyone know if it's possible to create a folder (or directory) within the standard 'More...' folder? I ask as I want to have a folder in which I can put the duplicate icons I'm going to make so I can have shortcuts for the same programs on multiple desktops. If avoidable I don't want my 'Duplicates' directory in the Main Menu and just want to hide it away in the 'More...' one. Thanks

Kamikaze | # 72 | 2010-02-25, 11:58 | Report

I've set up numerous folders (Games, Utilities etc.) but wanted to have two folders at the bottom of the menu for 'More...' with all the unallocated apps that don't fit into the other directories (as it's set up as standard) and then also an 'All' folder for all the apps on the phone in case you can't remember where you put an app or just want to scan through everything. However having all the apps in the 'All' folder obviously makes the 'More...' search for all unallocated apps come back with nothing as they are all now in a folder ('All'). Is there any way to change the configuration of the 'More...' directory so that it searches for all unallocated apps but disregards the fact that the are returned in the 'All' folders search? The two directories currently look like this in my hildon.menu file:

Code:

  <Menu>
    <Name>All</Name>
    <Directory>all.directory</Directory>
    <Include>
      <All/>
    </Include>
  </Menu>

  <Menu>
    <Name>Applications</Name>
    <Directory>applications.directory</Directory>
    <OnlyUnallocated/>
    <Include>
      <All/>
    </Include>
  </Menu>

Thanks

Kamikaze | # 73 | 2010-02-26, 16:19 | Report

Anyone have an idea with either of these queries please?

Rob1n | # 74 | 2010-02-26, 16:37 | Report

Originally Posted by Kamikaze View Post

Thanks Jakiman, I've used your hildon.menu as a template for mine and now have it pretty much looking how I want. One question though, does anyone know if it's possible to create a folder (or directory) within the standard 'More...' folder? I ask as I want to have a folder in which I can put the duplicate icons I'm going to make so I can have shortcuts for the same programs on multiple desktops. If avoidable I don't want my 'Duplicates' directory in the Main Menu and just want to hide it away in the 'More...' one. Thanks

Yes, you can do. I edited the applications.menu file to add (after the <Layout> section:

Code:

<MergeDir>submenus/</MergeDir>

I then created a new submenus directory (within the same directory that applications.menu is), and copied the applications.menu file into it. I then edited the applications.menu file, replacing the top level "Main" name with "Applications" (as it's a submenu of the Applications menu), and the submenu "Applications" name with a new one. Then it's just a case of adding a new .directory file, and editing the new .menu file to add in whatever <Filename> entries you want.

I'm not sure I've described that too well, so let me know if you have any questions about it.

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Kamikaze | # 75 | 2010-03-01, 09:13 | Report

Thanks for the info Robyn, however I am not sure where the applications.menu file is. I can find and have edited the hildon.menu and applications.directory files and looked in the directories that each of them are in but cannot find it, please can you tell me where I can find this file to edit it? Cheers

Rob1n | # 76 | 2010-03-01, 10:26 | Report

Originally Posted by Kamikaze View Post

Thanks for the info Robyn, however I am not sure where the applications.menu file is. I can find and have edited the hildon.menu and applications.directory files and looked in the directories that each of them are in but cannot find it, please can you tell me where I can find this file to edit it? Cheers

The applications.menu file should be in /etc/xdg/menus/hildon

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Kamikaze | # 77 | 2010-03-03, 10:44 | Report

Thanks again, Rob1n. But I think I've followed all your steps and still not managed to get the submenu directory to show up within the 'More...' directory. If you can be bothered please could you up your applications.menu, submenus.menu and submenus.directory files so I can see if it's something obvious I done wrong? Cheers

Rob1n | # 78 | 2010-03-03, 11:00 | Report

Originally Posted by Kamikaze View Post

Thanks again, Rob1n. But I think I've followed all your steps and still not managed to get the submenu directory to show up within the 'More...' directory. If you can be bothered please could you up your applications.menu, submenus.menu and submenus.directory files so I can see if it's something obvious I done wrong? Cheers

Mine's a little hacked around, but you should get the idea.

Here's the applications.menu file. I had to remove all the default layout stuff otherwise there seems to be no way to order the directories before the applications. If you don't mind them all mixed together then you can leave that alone though:

Code:

<Menu>
  <Name>Main</Name>
  
  <Menu>
    <Name>Applications</Name>
    <Directory>applications.directory</Directory>
    <OnlyUnallocated/>
    <Include>
      <All/>
    </Include>

    <Layout>
      <Menuname>office.directory</Menuname>
    </Layout>

    <MergeFile>submenus/office.menu</MergeFile>
  </Menu>

</Menu>

And the submenus/office.menu file:

Code:

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

<Menu>
  <Name>Applications</Name>
  
  <Menu>
    <Name>Office</Name>
    <Directory>office.directory</Directory>
    <Include>
      <Filename>calendar.desktop</Filename>
      <Filename>osso_calculator.desktop</Filename>
      <Filename>osso_pdfviewer.desktop</Filename>
      <Filename>sstg.desktop</Filename>
      <Filename>stg.desktop</Filename>
      <Filename>wtg.desktop</Filename>
    </Include>
  </Menu>
</Menu>

and the office.directory file (I still need to sort out better folder icons):

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Directory
Name=Office
Icon=general_folder

EDIT: Oh, and I used MergeFile instead of MergeDir to enable me to keep all the submenus in the same directory, but add them into different menus. Either will work though.

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Kamikaze | # 79 | 2010-03-04, 15:54 | Report

Cheers dude, I'll fiddle some more!

uncleboarder | # 80 | 2010-03-21, 01:13 | Report

Everything I've read here seems to be about building & modifying folders within the application menu. I like that, but I want to access those folders... or at least the application menu, directly from my desktop.

Normally, if you nave nothing running in the background, it's a simple click to get the application menu. But if you have other apps running, you have to go though the current apps screen first. So... it it possible to build a widget or something to go directly to an application folder... if not, then at least a widget or shortcut from desktop directly to the application menu??