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I was wondering if anyone knows how I can hide the "All" category in Xubuntu's Whisker Menu? I can hide most categories except "All".

Any help would be much appreciated!

Stephen Michael Kellat
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I don't seem to find any command that allows that, neither via GUI nor config file. It seems to be a deeply embedded characteristics so that every new item is placed automatically in this All category.

The only alternative I can think of is that you compile your own whisker menu. That requires (1) some knowledge of C++ (language in which the program is written), (2) know how to compile a program from source. Also, you need to remove the program (Xfce Whisker Menu) before compiling. So do at your own risk.

The source code is here. As far as I can see, to get what you need modify the following files:

  • category.cpp: remove lines 43 to 63.

  • applications-page.cpp: remove lines 285 to 291.

Save and compile using these instructions or similar.

Remember to to remove the whisker menu app from your system beforehand.

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user308164's answer probably worked on an older version of the code.

What worked for me was to make the iterator start at the end:

In panel-plugin/window.cpp change from

for (std::vector<SectionButton*>::const_iterator i = categories.begin(), end = categories.end(); i != end; ++i)

to

for (std::vector<SectionButton*>::const_iterator i = categories.end(), end = categories.end(); i != end; ++i)
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