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This is a virgin install of 20.04, not upgrading from 18.04 and previous versions. I tried to add an item to Other using MenuLibre. Launcher tested OK, saved, etc., yet Whisker menu still not showing "Other" category. If I go back to MenuLibre it does not even show my addition. Yet, in my $HOME all changes and the launcher file is created. I researched the subject, consulted answer here "How to reset MenuLibre"; purged, deleted related files, reinstalled MenuLibre, but nothing helps. This really baffles me.

Further notes a few days later: After various attempts finally I have the "Other" category in Whisker menu with my custom added menu items (launchers). However, I had to do it "under the hood" and not with MenuLibre. Here is how:

  1. deleted ~/.config/menus/applications-merged and ~/.config/menus/gnome-applications-merged folders
  2. created my launchers (.desktop files) in ~/.local/share/applications/ with Mousepad, according to relevant specs
  3. edited ~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu XML file with Mousepad in the <Name>Other</Name> section within <layout> part by adding there <Filename>MyOwnLauncher.desktop</Filename> lines of my own Other menu items.

This seems to work. Maybe tedious, but not as frustrating as MenuLibre. I even created a new user to see if MenuLibre would work there - but not really. Same thing, Other is not shown. The new menu item in the other category is in fact created in ~/.config/menus/applications-merged as .desktop files, but invisible to Whisker menu.

Could this be a bug in MenuLibre for the 20.04 xUbuntu version?

Janos
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