--- gnome2-user-docs-2.8.1/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml.no-menu-edit 2004-11-06 06:35:38.000000000 -0500 +++ gnome2-user-docs-2.8.1/gnome2-user-guide/C/goseditmainmenu.xml 2004-11-06 06:36:03.000000000 -0500 @@ -606,238 +606,4 @@ to a panel, right-click on any vacant space on the panel. Choose Add to PanelMenu Bar. - - Customizing Your Menus - - menus - customizing - - You can modify the contents of the following menus: - - - Applications menu - - - Desktop Preferences menu - - - You use the following GNOME Desktop components to customize menus: - - - Menus on panels - - - Nautilus file manager - - - When you use panels to customize your menus, you use the menu item popup -menu. For more information, see . - When you use the file manager to customize your menus, you must access the Applications menu or the Desktop Preferences -menu from within the file manager. To access the Applications -menu or the Desktop Preferences menu, open a file manager -window. - To access menus -in the file manager, access one of the following URIs in the file manager: - - - - - - - - Menu - - - Enter this URI - - - - - - - Applications menu - - - - applications:/// - - - - - - Desktop Preferences menu - - - - preferences:/// - - - - - - - For more information on the file manager, see Nautilus File -Manager. - - To Add a Menu - - menus - adding - - To add a menu, perform the following steps: - - - In a file manager window, access the location where you want -to add the menu. For example, if you want to add a menu to the Applications menu, enter applications:/// URI. - - - Choose FileCreate Folder. An untitled folder -is added to the menu. The name of the folder is selected. - - - Type a name for the folder, then press Return. - - - The next time that you log out then log in again, the menu is in the -assigned location. - - - To Add a Launcher to a Menu - - menus - adding launchers to - - To add a launcher to a menu, perform the following steps: - - - Right-click on any item in the menu to which you want to add -the launcher. - - - Choose Entire menuAdd new item to this menu. A Create Launcher dialog is displayed. - - - Enter the properties of the launcher in the Create -Launcher dialog. For more information on the elements in the Create Launcher dialog, see Working With Panels. - - - Click OK. - - - - - To Add a Launcher to an Empty Menu - To add a launcher to an empty menu, perform the following steps: - - - In a file manager window, access the menu where you want to -add the launcher. - - - Choose FileCreate Launcher. A Create -Launcher dialog is displayed. - - - Enter the properties of the launcher in the Create -Launcher dialog. For more information on the elements in the Create Launcher dialog, see Working With Panels. - - - Click OK. - - - - - To Copy a Launcher to a Menu - - menus - copying launchers to - - To copy an existing launcher to a menu, perform the following -steps: - - - In a file manager window, access the location from which you -want to copy the launcher. For example, if you want to copy a launcher from -the Applications menu, enter applications:/// URI. - - - Select the launcher that you want to copy, then choose EditCopy File. - - - In a file manager window, access the location to which you -want to copy the launcher. - - - Choose EditPaste Files. The launcher is added to the new location. - - - Alternatively, you can drag the launcher from one location to another. - The next time that you log out then log in again, the launcher is in -the new menu location. - - - To Edit the Properties of a Menu - - menus - editing properties - - To edit the properties of a menu, perform the following -steps: - - - Right-click on any item in the menu that you want to edit. - - - Choose Entire menuProperties. A Launcher Properties dialog is displayed. - - - Modify the properties of the menu in the Launcher -Properties dialog. For more information on the elements in the Launcher Properties dialog, see Working With Panels. - - - Click OK. - - - - - To Edit a Menu Item - - menus - editing menu items - - To edit a menu item, perform the following steps: - - - Right-click on the item that you want to edit. - - - Choose Properties. A Launcher Properties dialog is displayed. - - - Modify the properties of the launcher in the Launcher -Properties dialog. For more information on the elements in the Launcher Properties dialog, see Working With Panels. - - - Click OK. - - - - - To Delete an Item from a Menu - - menus - deleting menu items - - To delete an item from a menu, use the menu item popup menu. -To delete an item from a menu, perform the following steps: - - - Right-click on the item that you want to delete. - - - Choose Remove this item. - - - -