I really don't like the Whisker menu, I can't uninstall programs from it, customize it (change the colour, make categories, change the name of a program, or the icon of a program), and worst of all for me, it names things by what they are, not their actual name (example: the application "MyPaint" is called "Raster Graphics Editor"). Is there a way to change this or an alternative (that is not the "applications menu")?
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Right click on the Whisker Menu panel item. Then select Edit Applications. If you do not have this option, then install MenuLibre by pasting the following in terminal:
sudo apt-get install menulibre
Log out and in again so the option Edit Applications will not be grayed out / disabled.
In MenuLibre you can customize the Whisker Menu to your liking. You can create categories, change the name of a program, and change the icon of a program or category, etc.
- To add a category, click the plus button in the top left. Select Add Directory. Be sure to save it by clicking the down arrow button in the top left.
- To change the name of a program just click on the program name to edit it. Then save.
- To add a launcher under a particular category (directory), first click on that category. Then click the plus button to add your Launcher.
- To customize the icon and use your own image, click on the icon.
- To change the ordering of menu items, click on the down and up arrows in the bottom left.
- To remove a program or category click the trash icon at the top.
You can also change the background color, text color, etc. in Whisker Menu. There is a tutorial here from the developer. https://gottcode.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/theming-whisker-menu You can use a website such as this one for your hexadecimal colors. http://www.colorcombos.com/333333-hex-color
Enjoy!
jbrock
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