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howto:customize-menu [2013/12/03 21:55] – [Unanswered] ammohowto:customize-menu [2019/03/27 22:01] – [Hide menu entries] revised popup blueberrybrownie
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 This page describes how to customize the menu, using Xfdesktop **4.5 or higher**.  For earlier versions you can use the libxfce4menu GUI. This page describes how to customize the menu, using Xfdesktop **4.5 or higher**.  For earlier versions you can use the libxfce4menu GUI.
  
-A GNU-licensed graphical menu editor for LXDE, [[http://lxmed.sourceforge.net|LXMenuEditor]], also works for XFCE, as of XFCE 4.8.0 and LXMenuEditor 20110523.+A GNU-licensed graphical menu editor for LXDE, [[http://lxmed.sourceforge.net|LXMenuEditor]], also works for Xfce, as of Xfce 4.8.0 and LXMenuEditor 20110523. [[https://launchpad.net/menulibre|MenuLibre]] is another freedesktop.org standard-compliant editor that works well with Xfce.
  
 ===== What xfdesktop installs ===== ===== What xfdesktop installs =====
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 If you want to hide menu entries from all menus, copy their .desktop files and edit them to add a ''NoDisplay=true'' line. If you want to hide menu entries from all menus, copy their .desktop files and edit them to add a ''NoDisplay=true'' line.
  
->> {{wiki:warning.png}} +<note tip>As explained[[http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html| here]], ''NoDisplay=true'' will hide the application from the menu but the mime type associations will still be available. ''Hidden=true'' is equivalent to deleting the file.</note>
->> As explained[[http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s05.html|here]], ''NoDisplay=true'' will hide the application from the menu but the mime type associations will still be available. ''Hidden=true'' is equivalent to deleting the file. +
 ===== Hide only root entries ===== ===== Hide only root entries =====
 If you only want to remove menu items from the root menu only, copy their .desktop files and edit them to remove Category X-Xfce-Toplevel. If you only want to remove menu items from the root menu only, copy their .desktop files and edit them to remove Category X-Xfce-Toplevel.