The Menu Editor is a two paned window displaying a Groups Tree and a Contents List that are used to edit Window Manager Menus.
The Groups Tree displays all the Groups in the Window Manager's Start Menu, Tool Bar, Icon Tray, etc. Each Group represents a Submenu or similar concept of grouping for a set of Items (depending on the Window Manager in question.
The Contents List displays all the Items and Subgroups in the Group that is currently selected on the Groups Tree.
The Progress Bar indicates if the window is currently busy.
The Status Bar can display information about selected objects, the highlighted function, or the verbose progress of an operation.
The Window Manager Menus are automatically opened when you run Menu Editor using the following command:
menueditor -f <format> &
Where <format>
specifies the Window Manager
Menu Format and therefore determines which menu configuration
files to open.
For example, to run Menu Editor and open the IceWM menus, type:
menueditor -f IceWM &
For a list of supported formats, see Supported Formats.
To create a new Item:
ENTER
To edit an Item's properties:
Different types of Items have different types of properties, the example shown above shows the properties for a regular Item.
To change an Item's icon, click on the Properties Dialog's Change Icon button, an Icon Selector will appear (as shown below).
Select a different Location as needed.
Select the desired icon and click on Select.
Depending on the Window Manager you are editing the menus of, the icons
are stored in various locations. To add new icons you will need to
create the icons (usually image files) and place
them in the directory or directories that the
Window Manager in question looks for.
To edit an Item's name:
ENTER
To move an Item using Drag & Drop:
CTRL
as you select).
Dropping the Item(s) on the Contents List will change the order of the Item(s), dropping the Item(s) on the Groups List will move them to another Group.
Holding CTRL
while dropping the Item(s) will copy
them.
Holding CTRL + SHIFT
while dropping the Item(s) will
link them.
To move an Item using Copy & Paste:
CTRL
as you select).
To delete Item(s):
You will be automatically prompted to save the Window Manager Menus to the configuration file(s) & apply it to the Window Manager each time you close the Menu Editor (go to File->Always Apply On Close to always save & apply when you close).
Save means to save the Window Manager Menus to the configuration
file(s) and apply means to notify the Window Manager that the
configuration file(s) have been updated and to reload them (if and only
if the Window Manager is currently running).
To manually save the Window Manager Menus to the configuration file(s) at any time:
To manually save the Window Manager Menus to the configuration file(s) and apply at any time:
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