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mfischer

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Registered: 2023-07-25

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Modify xfdesktop --menu behavior

I would like to customize the entries displayed via `xfdesktop --menu`.

I am NOT referring to the Application Menu, I refer to the entries which appear _above_ "Applications" - the "Open in New Window" down through "Properties".

Google has failed me here - everything ultimately refers back to https://wiki.xfce.org/howto/customize-menu, which is addressing a different question.

`strace` didn't give me any hints either (though I may be blind or ignorant here )

Can this be done?

Any suggestions?

TIA

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Modify xfdesktop --menu behavior

Yes and no. Settings Manager > Desktop > Menu - the top half is where can configure some of the options, like displaying the applications menu. Some of the other options may be thunar custom actions - you can disable those in thunar. The rest are hard-coded.

If you set Icon Type to None (on the Icon tab in the same dialog) and disable the application menu, then you won't get anything to display on a right click.

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mfischer

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Re: Modify xfdesktop --menu behavior

Well darn.

By "hard-coded", you mean in the C source?

Is there a way to create a completely custom menu, and bind it to mouse/keyboard actions? (as fvwm and I _think_ openbox can do)
If so, then I'd just unset the right-click and keybindings for popping up the standard menu.

TIA.

ToZ

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Re: Modify xfdesktop --menu behavior

By "hard-coded", you mean in the C source?

Yes.

Is there a way to create a completely custom menu, and bind it to mouse/keyboard actions? (as fvwm and I _think_ openbox can do)
If so, then I'd just unset the right-click and keybindings for popping up the standard menu.

I don't know, honestly. Maybe you could look into dmenu or possibly using zenity/yad to create some sort of menu that you can manipulate and use instead of the default one.

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mfischer

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Re: Modify xfdesktop --menu behavior

Thanks - I'll look into those.