[SOLVED] Alternate Menu

mobius · 2024-01-10 23:59:52

Hi All. I'm not a fan of the whisker menu. I like the applications menu; it is simple and clean. But the real blocker (for me) is that it cannot be toggled, i.e. use the same key to open and close the menu. There are likely many alternative menu systems; can anyone recommend a good menu that can be installed on Xfce?

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ToZ · 2024-01-11 01:37:37

Xfce has 3 menu apps (applicationsmenu plugin, whiskermenu, and appfinder). The applicationsmenu grabs the keyboard when popped up (GTK thing) and thus a second key doesn't toggle it. You can create an enhancement request to see if the developer can and is willing to add a toggle option to the menu.

Another third-party option that appears to support menu toggling is jgmenu.

mobius · 2024-01-11 18:08:13

ToZ wrote:

Xfce has 3 menu apps (applicationsmenu plugin, whiskermenu, and appfinder). The applicationsmenu grabs the keyboard when popped up (GTK thing) and thus a second key doesn't toggle it. You can create an enhancement request to see if the developer can and is willing to add a toggle option to the menu.

The funny thing is that the whisker menu, when popped up, doesn't grab the keyboard. There is already a bug report on this (https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10451), which discusses that aspect, and had a patch listed. But the patch does not seem to be available, and the bug report is closed as WONTFIX.

Another third-party option that appears to support menu toggling is jgmenu.

Thanks. I'll check out jgmenu.

mobius · 2024-01-15 22:10:38

So, jgmenu did the trick. It is very customizable, and can be configured to produce many different looks, as simple or complex as one wants. My very simple one, similar to the Applications Menu:

ToZ · 2024-01-15 22:44:43

Good to hear. Looks nice.

eriefisher · 2024-01-15 23:38:39

Jgmenu is a cool option. Very configurable. I used it as part of a desktop build out with xfwm and tint2 as the start.

chang-zhao · 2024-01-16 03:06:11

Jgmenu seems interesting, but honestly I'm puzzled by the notion that Whisker menu is not simple or lacking in any regard.

Here is my Whisker menu, and I wouldn't change anything:

Whisker

mobius · 2024-01-16 23:19:03

Fair enough. Each should use the one that he prefers.

Very broadly, there are two basic styles: the Applications Menu (and my corresponding configuration of jgmenu) resemble the single-column Start Menu of Windows 95/98, while the Whisker Menu resembles the multi-column Start Menu of Windows XP/7+, etc (never mind the abomination of Windows 8 start screen). I've used WFW3.11, Windows 95 OSR2, 98 SE, XP, 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 (I skipped ME and Vista). Since XP all the way up to 10, I've used http://www.classicshell.net/ to keep the Start Menu in the first class, ala 95/98, because that's the one that I prefer. Here's an interesting history of the Windows Start Menu: https://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/1092 … al-history.

For those who prefer the second style, the Whisker Menu is fine.

eriefisher · 2024-01-17 00:15:21

Here is a shot with Jgmenu when I was running Xfwm stand alone.

mobius · 2024-01-17 19:49:30

The borders are nicely rounded; jgmenu is so configurable, one can make it look amazing. I'm curious though, the sub-menu contents look as though they would belong to Accessories rather than Graphics, yet in the parent menu, Graphics is highlighted?

eriefisher · 2024-01-17 21:33:28

I likely moved the mouse before the shot was taken but your correct.

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