Add menu option to favoured app launcher in Ubuntu dock

I can't find the way to add a custom menu entry to a .desktop launcher.

In Unity I was able to add custom menu entryes to launcher like "Open customfile.txt" or "Open somespreadsheet.ods". Is that possible in Ubuntu Dock?

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I can't find the way to add a custom menu entry to a .desktop launcher.

In Unity I was able to add custom menu entryes to launcher like "Open customfile.txt" or "Open somespreadsheet.ods". Is that possible in Ubuntu Dock?

edited Jan 11 at 21:40

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I can't find the way to add a custom menu entry to a .desktop launcher.

In Unity I was able to add custom menu entryes to launcher like "Open customfile.txt" or "Open somespreadsheet.ods". Is that possible in Ubuntu Dock?

edited Jan 11 at 21:40

pomsky

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asked May 4 '18 at 0:34

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I can't find the way to add a custom menu entry to a .desktop launcher.

In Unity I was able to add custom menu entryes to launcher like "Open customfile.txt" or "Open somespreadsheet.ods". Is that possible in Ubuntu Dock?

18.04 gnome-shell .desktop ubuntu-dock

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edited Jan 11 at 21:40

pomsky

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asked May 4 '18 at 0:34

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pomsky

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edited Jan 11 at 21:40

pomsky

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edited Jan 11 at 21:40

pomsky

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asked May 4 '18 at 0:34

razor7

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asked May 4 '18 at 0:34

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Follow the steps below.

Copy .desktop file associated to your preferred application, say app-name.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/. You can do this by running the following command in Terminal
```
cp /usr/share/applications/app-name.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
```

Open the .desktop file using a text-editor, for example by running
```
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/app-name.desktop
```

Look for a line beginning with Actions=. If there is one, append My-Custom-Action; to it. Otherwise add the following line
```
Actions=My-Custom-Action;
```

Write the following lines at end of the file:
```
[Desktop Action My-Custom-Action]

Name=Name of the Option

Exec=command-you-want-ro-run
```
For example if you want to open Text editor, put gedit in place of command-you-want-ro-run.

Save the file.

Click on "Activities" and search for the application.

Right click on the application icon and select "Add to Favourites". It should be added to the Ubuntu dock.

Now if you right click on the newly added application icon in the dock, you should see a "Name of the Option" entry in the context menu which should work as expected.

Similarly you can other options by adding new Desktop Actions and adding the name of the action to the Actions= line. For more info see this.

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Follow the steps below.

Copy .desktop file associated to your preferred application, say app-name.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/. You can do this by running the following command in Terminal
```
cp /usr/share/applications/app-name.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
```

Open the .desktop file using a text-editor, for example by running
```
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/app-name.desktop
```

Look for a line beginning with Actions=. If there is one, append My-Custom-Action; to it. Otherwise add the following line
```
Actions=My-Custom-Action;
```

Write the following lines at end of the file:
```
[Desktop Action My-Custom-Action]

Name=Name of the Option

Exec=command-you-want-ro-run
```
For example if you want to open Text editor, put gedit in place of command-you-want-ro-run.

Save the file.

Click on "Activities" and search for the application.

Right click on the application icon and select "Add to Favourites". It should be added to the Ubuntu dock.

Now if you right click on the newly added application icon in the dock, you should see a "Name of the Option" entry in the context menu which should work as expected.

Similarly you can other options by adding new Desktop Actions and adding the name of the action to the Actions= line. For more info see this.

answered May 4 '18 at 1:09

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Follow the steps below.

Copy .desktop file associated to your preferred application, say app-name.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/. You can do this by running the following command in Terminal
```
cp /usr/share/applications/app-name.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
```

Open the .desktop file using a text-editor, for example by running
```
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/app-name.desktop
```

Look for a line beginning with Actions=. If there is one, append My-Custom-Action; to it. Otherwise add the following line
```
Actions=My-Custom-Action;
```

Write the following lines at end of the file:
```
[Desktop Action My-Custom-Action]

Name=Name of the Option

Exec=command-you-want-ro-run
```
For example if you want to open Text editor, put gedit in place of command-you-want-ro-run.

Save the file.

Click on "Activities" and search for the application.

Right click on the application icon and select "Add to Favourites". It should be added to the Ubuntu dock.

Now if you right click on the newly added application icon in the dock, you should see a "Name of the Option" entry in the context menu which should work as expected.

Similarly you can other options by adding new Desktop Actions and adding the name of the action to the Actions= line. For more info see this.

answered May 4 '18 at 1:09

pomsky

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Follow the steps below.

Copy .desktop file associated to your preferred application, say app-name.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/. You can do this by running the following command in Terminal
```
cp /usr/share/applications/app-name.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
```

Open the .desktop file using a text-editor, for example by running
```
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/app-name.desktop
```

Look for a line beginning with Actions=. If there is one, append My-Custom-Action; to it. Otherwise add the following line
```
Actions=My-Custom-Action;
```

Write the following lines at end of the file:
```
[Desktop Action My-Custom-Action]

Name=Name of the Option

Exec=command-you-want-ro-run
```
For example if you want to open Text editor, put gedit in place of command-you-want-ro-run.

Save the file.

Click on "Activities" and search for the application.

Right click on the application icon and select "Add to Favourites". It should be added to the Ubuntu dock.

Now if you right click on the newly added application icon in the dock, you should see a "Name of the Option" entry in the context menu which should work as expected.

Similarly you can other options by adding new Desktop Actions and adding the name of the action to the Actions= line. For more info see this.

answered May 4 '18 at 1:09

pomsky

30.1k1192125

Follow the steps below.

Copy .desktop file associated to your preferred application, say app-name.desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/. You can do this by running the following command in Terminal
```
cp /usr/share/applications/app-name.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
```

Open the .desktop file using a text-editor, for example by running
```
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/app-name.desktop
```

Look for a line beginning with Actions=. If there is one, append My-Custom-Action; to it. Otherwise add the following line
```
Actions=My-Custom-Action;
```

Write the following lines at end of the file:
```
[Desktop Action My-Custom-Action]

Name=Name of the Option

Exec=command-you-want-ro-run
```
For example if you want to open Text editor, put gedit in place of command-you-want-ro-run.

Save the file.

Click on "Activities" and search for the application.

Right click on the application icon and select "Add to Favourites". It should be added to the Ubuntu dock.

Now if you right click on the newly added application icon in the dock, you should see a "Name of the Option" entry in the context menu which should work as expected.

Similarly you can other options by adding new Desktop Actions and adding the name of the action to the Actions= line. For more info see this.

answered May 4 '18 at 1:09

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answered May 4 '18 at 1:09

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