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?
18.04 gnome-shell .desktop 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?
18.04 gnome-shell .desktop ubuntu-dock
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
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asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
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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
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
30.1k1192125
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
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
18.04 gnome-shell .desktop ubuntu-dock
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
30.1k1192125
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
30.1k1192125
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
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edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
30.1k1192125
edited Jan 11 at 21:40
pomsky
30.1k1192125
30.1k1192125
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
asked May 4 '18 at 0:34
razor7razor7
701923
701923
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Follow the steps below.
Copy
.desktopfile associated to your preferred application, sayapp-name.desktopfrom/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
.desktopfile 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, appendMy-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
geditin place ofcommand-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
.desktopfile associated to your preferred application, sayapp-name.desktopfrom/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
.desktopfile 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, appendMy-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
geditin place ofcommand-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
.desktopfile associated to your preferred application, sayapp-name.desktopfrom/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
.desktopfile 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, appendMy-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
geditin place ofcommand-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
pomskypomsky
30.1k1192125
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Follow the steps below.
Copy
.desktopfile associated to your preferred application, sayapp-name.desktopfrom/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
.desktopfile 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, appendMy-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
geditin place ofcommand-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
pomskypomsky
30.1k1192125
Follow the steps below.
Copy
.desktopfile associated to your preferred application, sayapp-name.desktopfrom/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
.desktopfile 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, appendMy-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
geditin place ofcommand-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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answered May 4 '18 at 1:09
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answered May 4 '18 at 1:09
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