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3.3 Configuring the Main Menu
There are several options how to customize your main menu. To change
the overall appearance of the menu, right-click the main menu button in the
panel and select either the new or the
traditional .
Changing the SUSE Menu Style
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When the menu appears in SUSE style, it usually opens when you hover
the mouse over the main menu button.
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To change this default behavior, start the Personal Settings from
the main menu or press Alt+F2 and enter kcontrol.
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Click .
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Click the tab.
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Deactivate if you want
the menu to open on mouse click instead.
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To add applications or files and folders to your menu
favorites:
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Select an application or file/folder from one of the other tabs in
the main menu.
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From the context menu choose .
The object appears in and can be accessed
from there.
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Resort entries in per drag and
drop.
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To delete objects shown in ,
right-click the object and select .
When the main menu appears in KDE style, you can configure further
details, for example, you can add, rename or remove menu items from the
menu:
Changing the KDE Menu Style
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Start the Personal Settings from the main menu or press Alt+F2 and enter kcontrol.
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Click .
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Click the tab.
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When the is set to
, you can define whether you want to see the
applications names or the descriptive text (or both) in the main menu.
Select from , , , and
.
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If you want to change a menu item, click . The K Menu Editor shows a list of menu items on the
left.
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Click the item in the list and change its options on the
right.
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You can add new menu items, submenus, or separators with the
menu or the toolbar.
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To cut, copy, paste, or delete objects in the main menu, use the
menu or the icons in the toolbar.
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To save your changes in the K Menu Editor, click .
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Quit K Menu Editor with .
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To apply all of your changes in the tab and
close the Personal Settings, click .
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