Create a New Menu called Entertainment for streaming media (Internet Radio and Television) launchers
Method 1: Command-line
First, create an entertainment.menu file in the appropriate location in /etc
Open a Terminal [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T] and type:sudo mousepad /etc/xdg/menus/applications-merged/entertainment.menu
Copy and paste the following into it:
<!DOCTYPE Menu PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD Menu 1.0//EN" |
Save and “X” out of the entertainment.menu but leave the Terminal window open. Make a directory (folder) called menus in .config in Home, copy the xfce-applications.menu file, “paste” it in menus and open it in Mousepad.
In the Terminal type:mkdir ~/.config/menus
sudo cp /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu ~/.config/menus/
sudo mousepad ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
Copy and paste the following after the Education menu entry (and a space):
<Menu> |
Save and “X” out of the xfce-applications.menu but still leave the Terminal open. Make a folder called desktop-directories and have Mousepad create and open a file called entertainment.directory
mkdir ~/.local/share/desktop-directories
mousepad ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/entertainment.directory
Copy and paste the following text into it:
[Desktop Entry] |
Save and “X” out of the xfce-applications.menu and “X” out of the Terminal.
Now, any launcher in your own applications folder at ~/.local/share/applications or globally for all users at /usr/share/applications that contains the Categories=Entertainment; key will populate the Entertainment menu you just created.
To “move” existing launchers to Entertainment; simply change the Categories key to Categories=Entertainment
Method 2: MenuLibre
MenuLibre is an advanced menu editor that allows you to graphically create, delete, (re-)arrange, hide and show launchers, menus and more. Use it to split off Internet Radio launchers under it’s own category and re-name the Entertainment menu to Television.
Go to Menu > Settings > Menu Editor
Click the green + symbol and choose Add Directory from the drop down
A new, editable, directory (folder) appears…
Click “New Directory” to Name it and “A small descriptive burb about this directory” to add the Comment, then click the folder icon to (navigate to and) add your own image.
Click the blue, downward-facing Arrow to Save the directory
Select Internet Radio Launchers (one at a time) and click the down arrow…
… to move Internet Radio Launchers under the Radio directory
That’s it for the Radio menu!
Now to change Entertainment to Television. Select the Entertainment Directory
Rename the directory Television, change the Comment to Video (Movie & TV) Streaming and add a new Icon
Click the blue, downward-facing Arrow to Save the directory changes
Enjoy the new Radio and Television Menus!
More Info Customize Menu in the Xfce wiki and MenuLibre at bluesabre.org