Edubuntu-menueditor

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menueditor

  • What is menueditor ?
    • Menueditor is an applications to create menu to be later able to apply them to groups.
  • Where to find it ?

    • The menueditor is part of the package edubuntu-menueditor and is found under Applications/Systems Tools/Edubuntu menu editor.

  • Interface presentation

    Menueditor-interface.png

  • The interface is very simple, it consist of a 2 column tree-view.
    • The left column Contain the icons and entry names,
    • The right one contain a check box to toggle between hide/show for the items.
    • Items in the tree-view have context menu available, depending of the items, and where it comes from you might have more option available in the context menu

playing with sub-menus

Adding a submenu to the menu

  • Submenu can be added anywhere in the menu tree, to create a new submenu, follow the following simple steps:
    1. decide where you want to create the submenu and right-click,

    2. a context menu appear, click on Add Sub-menu,

      Menueditor-add-submenu.png

    3. a dialog box appear and ask you for the name and a comment for the menu,

      Menueditor-submenu-name-dialog.png

      • The name will be displayed as the submenu name,
      • The comment will appear when the mouse stays over the menu for a while.

    4. click on OK to create then menu entry.

      Resulting-submenu.png

Editing Menu

  • It's only possible to edit and delete sub-menu you have created, copied or moved. Context menu activate items only for action you can perform.
  • editing name or comment

    • Select the sub-menu you want to edit, do a right-click and select Edit Sub-menu.

    • a dialog box appear containing the current menu name, change the appropriate value and press OK

      Menueditor-rename-dialog.png

    • the interface now show the new name for the menu.

      Resulting-rename.png

  • delete
  • moving
    • copy, and delete

* playing items in submenu items

  • add
  • deleting
  • hiding
  • moving items around

* saving your work. * limitation

profilemanager

  • What is profilemanager ?
  • Where to find it ?
  • overview of the main window.
    • groups
    • menus
    • associations
    • import menus
      • naming the menu
    • delete menus from the system.
    • adding associations
      • group-menu
      • menu-group
    • removing association
    • saving
  • showing system groups
    • what are they