Neat trick: Faster access to Ubuntu's menu entries
Markus Thielmann — Fri, 2008-06-27
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:

Should have thought about that earlier.

Neat ! :-)
Stefano F. (not verified) — Tue, 2008-07-01Neat ! :-)
Thanks a million. Up to now
JohnnyG (not verified) — Tue, 2008-07-01Thanks 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
Vadim P. (not verified) — Wed, 2008-07-02Drag 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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