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{Solved} How can I edit the MATE menu

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{Solved} How can I edit the MATE menu

#1 Post by yodamin »

Hi,

Is there anyway I can edit the mate menu? A GUI front end for it would be great if anyone knows one?

AND why does the Mate men look so different in Debian as opposed to say Linux Mint?
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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#2 Post by bin »

MATE uses 3 different menu systems. More recently there's Brisk Menu, plus the old Classic Menu and Compact Menu.
Brisk seems to be a bit of a look alike for the XFCE Whisker menu - but lacks all the configuration options in Whisker.
Sorry - but I don't use Ubuntu based systems so cannot comment on the Mint Menus but I know they do roll a lot of their own stuff.

As to editing - I have always been a bit nervous of editing MATE menus after a total mess up a couple of years back. However Menulibre does the trick for simple stuff on the NON-Brisk menus.

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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#3 Post by yodamin »

Hi Am not using the brisk menu, I am using the classic menu.

In will try menulibre

- tyvm.

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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#4 Post by NFT5 »

There is a menu editor in Control Panel - "Main Menu"

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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#5 Post by yodamin »

I did try MenuLibre, and it did start messing up my menu. It stared to create duplicate/triplicate entries in various "category". SO I got rid of it and installed Mozo and I fixed the menu's and configure them the way I like (so far).

So yah Mozo it is :-0

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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#6 Post by yodamin »

Thanks a bunch guys.

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#7 Post by sgage »

Didn't there used to be a utility called 'alacarte'? Yes, I see it's still in the repos. You might want to give that a try.

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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#8 Post by yodamin »

Is there a way to mark a thread solved?

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#9 Post by sunrat »

yodamin wrote: 2022-10-11 22:24 Is there a way to mark a thread solved?
Edit the title of your first post and add [SOLVED] :wink:
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Re: How can I edit the MATE menu

#10 Post by yodamin »

Thank You sir!

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