[kde-linux] How do I add my own item to the main launcher menu?

[Duncan]

David J Iannucci posted on Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:19:25 -0600 as excerpted:

> Running 4.4.5, and want to add my own item, a shell script, to the main
> launcher menu. Am somewhat dumbfounded that it's either impossible or at
> least very hard to figure out how to do this.  With all the attention
> paid to customizability...?
> 
> BTW, have switched that menu to "classic" mode - don't like the new
> "kickoff" style, if that makes a difference.

This could be one of those "obvious in hindsight" things you wonder how 
you ever missed, but sometimes, you just have to ask, as it can be obvious 
to everyone else, and to you in hindsight, but /only/ in hindsight.  I'm 
sure we've all been there.

Simply context/right-click on the menu icon , and choose menu editor.  
There you go.  Edit, add, delete, move around, to your heart's content! 
=:^)  Just remember to save when you're done, or it won't be changed.

(With the classic menu, the menu must be closed before right-clicking the 
icon, as normally, only one menu can appear at a time, and one is already 
open!  It doesn't matter with kickoff as it's closer to a normal window, 
not really a menu.  Also in kickoff, you can context-click on the frame or 
any of the bottom category icons too, tho not in the main menu area in the 
center, but of course you don't have them to click on in classic menu 
mode.)

Alternatively (and less I-should-have-figured-that-out!), the app name is 
kmenuedit.  You can run it from krunner, a konsole window, etc.

Maybe you want to try context-clicking on a few other things to see what 
other interesting choices you might have missed? =:^)

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