Creating SubMenus in Gnome RHE6

chris_carr · 01-05-2012, 02:46 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to add some sub menus to the applications tab in RHE6. I'm trying to add some 3rd party software into the applications tab and seem to be hitting a brick wall.

I have made .directory .desktop files for the software in the
/usr/share/applications = .desktop
/usr/share/desktop-directories = .directory

and tried to add a submenu line to the
/etc/xdg/menus/applications.menu file but I can not seem to get the program to show up. Any clue?

theNbomr · 01-05-2012, 06:48 PM

Just a wild-assed guess: the directory names prefixed with '.' means 'hidden' in some contexts. Try a conventional directory name.

--- rod.

chris_carr · 01-06-2012, 07:07 AM

@TheNbomr....no the .desktop and .directory are file extensions in the directories that I had mentioned in my first post.

doing an "ls" on /usr/share/applications you will see a list of files for example: "gnome-screenshot.desktop"
doing an "ls" on /usr/share/desktop-directories you will see a list of files for example:
"gnome-screensaver.directory"

Here is a link to the page I have been trying to follow to achieve my end result.

http://developer.gnome.org/menu-spec...cy-hierarchies

This should help explain a bit more what I'm trying to accomplish here.

chris_carr · 01-06-2012, 07:31 AM

Also to further explain my situation. I'm trying to add 3 party applications to the "Applications" menu within the GUI of RHE6. The programs I'm trying to add are part of an auto mount directory.