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Neat trick: Faster access to Ubuntu's menu entries

Posted Fri, 2008-06-27 by Markus Thielmann

From time to time I need to start some applications from command line, either to watch for debug messages, or to run the application as a different user.

Most times I'm unable to remember the correct filename to start the application. So I end up using Ubuntu's menu editor to watch for the correct command line, unfortunately the Gnome main menu applet isn't capable of showing it's configuration otherwise.

I accidentally discovered a neat trick to shorten the procedure a lot: Instead of using the menu editor, just drag and drop the menu entry to an open Firefox window:

Firefox Screenshot

Should have thought about that earlier.

Comments

Neat ! :-)

by Stefano F. - 2008-07-01

Neat ! :-)

Thanks a million. Up to now

by JohnnyG - 2008-07-01

Thanks a million. Up to now I've had to use the menu editor or my other trick was dragging the menu entry onto the panel to get a launcher and then looking at its properties.

Drag and drop is very

by Vadim P. - 2008-07-02

Drag and drop is very available in ubuntu and imo is underutilized. It can really help speed things up and is way more intuitive.

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