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menulibre package

[Feature Request] Reflect the real menu in the menu structure

Bug #1310261 reported by Pasi Lallinaho
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MenuLibre
New
Unknown
menulibre (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Wishlist
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Bug Description

Currently, I have numerous of items shown in the menu structure under "System", while they aren't in reality shown in the System menu. (Because they are listed under the Settings Manager in Xubuntu).

MenuLibre should either enable a mode or make the default mode show items only in categories where they will be shown in the menu in reality.

Alternatively, a visual cue to denote that the items are not shown in the menu (eg. light gray label on the menu structure) would work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: menulibre 2.0.3-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Sun Apr 20 15:36:09 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (918 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: menulibre
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-12 (8 days ago)

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Pasi Lallinaho (knome) wrote :
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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

This might require a bit of magic, will look into this one.

Changed in menulibre:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Goth Queen (artistbraab) wrote :

I can confirm this. With Xubuntu 14.04 LTS (Final) menu entries under for example (but not exclusively) System are not visible in the menu itself, although menulibre lists them as not hidden. This affects entries as for example Software Updater, Sessions and Startup, Software Sources and Updates, Printers, and Settings Editor. These entries are visible and accessible though through the Settings Manager.

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N. W. (nw9165-3201) wrote :

Hello,

> Sean Davis (smd-seandavis) wrote:
>
> This might require a bit of magic, will look into this one.

any update on this one?

It would be much appreciated if this would be fixed.

Regards

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
summary: - Reflect the real menu in the menu structure
+ [Feature Request] Reflect the real menu in the menu structure
Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in menulibre:
importance: Medium → Wishlist
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ineuw (ineuw) wrote :

I've been following this issue for the past year and struggling with the hidden/revealed menu items just as Pasi Lallinaho mentioned above. I also have duplicates, triplicates, and even quadruplicates of the same menu item within the same groups and this compounds the problem. Deleting .config/menus/*.* + .local/share/desktop-directories/*.* + .local/share/applications/*.* in the Home folder to rebuild the menu, doesn't help, so now just sit back and wait for any new developments.

Perhaps it would be possible for the developers to consider a single master list from which the users can pick and choose their own menu structure?

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Sean Davis (bluesabre) wrote :

I've started implementing a fix for this. With the below commit, hidden items are now marked italic. This was an intended feature from the beginning, but the wrong keys were being evaluated.

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~menulibre-dev/menulibre/master/revision/362

For the second part of this implementation, I'll need to evaluate when items are explicitly hidden in the menu files.

Sean Davis (bluesabre)
Changed in menulibre:
importance: Wishlist → Unknown
status: Confirmed → Unknown
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in menulibre:
status: Unknown → New
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