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How to edit it highly depends on your desktop environment.
 
How to edit it highly depends on your desktop environment.
  
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See /usr/share/kde4/services/plasma-containmentactions-contextmenu.desktop
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= KDE =
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This plugin adds a new KDE context menu: http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/kde-contextmenu
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tweedleburg:~/.kde4/share/config # diff plasma-desktop-appletsrc~ plasma-desktop-appletsrc
 
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3d2
 
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< wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=switchdesktop
 
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tweedleburg:~/.kde4/share/config # cd /usr/share/kde4/services
 
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tweedleburg:/usr/share/kde4/services # grep -ir "switchdesktop" *
 
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plasma-containmentactions-switchdesktop.desktop:X-KDE-Library=plasma_containmentactions_switchdesktop
 
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plasma-containmentactions-switchdesktop.desktop:X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=switchdesktop
 
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tweedleburg:/usr/share/kde4/services # grep -ir "contextmenu" *
 
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plasma-containmentactions-contextmenu.desktop:X-KDE-Library=plasma_containmentactions_contextmenu
 
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plasma-containmentactions-contextmenu.desktop:X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=contextmenu
 
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plasma-containmentactions-minimalcontextmenu.desktop:X-KDE-Library=plasma_containmentactions_minimalcontextmenu
 
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plasma-containmentactions-minimalcontextmenu.desktop:X-KDE-PluginInfo-Name=minimalcontextmenu
 
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= chat =
 
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it is a beginner's question and can go directly into your tutorial
 
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what can I write in the .desktop file behind ServiceTypes?
 
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tstaerk: ls `kde4-config --prefix`/share/kde4/servicetypes
 
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tstaerk: each of those files defines a service type
 
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wow, suddenly this makes sense :)
 
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grep X-KDE-ServiceType `kde4-config --prefix`/share/kde4/servicetypes/* | grep -i plasma
 
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that will get you all the plasma related ones
 
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= Questions =
 
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* why can't I
 
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plasmoidviewer contextmenu
 
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: while i can use the contextmenu in .kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc
 
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* why can't I use charselect in .kde4/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc
 
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: while I can
 
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plasmoidviewer charselect
 
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* seems this is determined by the type. One has
 
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ServiceTypes=Plasma/ContainmentActions
 
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the other
 
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ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet
 
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* hm... do ContainmentActions need an init function to work? And in case of javascript Applets, just the javascript code is executed and an init function is not needed?
 
  
 
= See also =
 
= See also =
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* http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=117639
 
* http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=117639
 
* http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/JavaScript/GettingStarted
 
* http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/JavaScript/GettingStarted
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* [http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kde-workspace.git&a=tree&h=3323d310c236dbefe44a75da771d65a5b251b129&hb=d204b5aeb73bde509bc9ae9bf379b076fb4ae6fa&f=plasma%2Fgeneric%2Fcontainmentactions%2Fcontextmenu KDE's context menu's source code]

Latest revision as of 19:24, 6 March 2013

When you right-click on your Linux desktop you get a context menu displayed. It looks like this:

Snapshot-context-menu-kde-1.png

How to edit it highly depends on your desktop environment.

KDE

This plugin adds a new KDE context menu: http://www.staerk.de/thorsten/kde-contextmenu

See also

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