menendez Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Hi All, I am new to Linux and Madriva. So far I am very happy with Mandriva but I have a KDE configuration question. Is there a way to configure the menus so that the name of the software application appears? For example, instead of Mandriva -> Multimedia -> Audio Player I would prefer to see Mandriva -> Multimedia -> Audio Player (Amarok) I've seen the later on a Linspire Live CD Thanks [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Go to: System > Configuration > Menu Editor, and make your changes. You may have to do this as root via the MCC aka (Configure your computer), for some of your changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 On my Mandriva 2005 install using KDE: Settings Configure the Panel Menus now configure the K-menu to your liking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menendez Posted August 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 OK, so I found my way to the KDE Menu Editor. I see that all items in the menu have both a "Name" and "Description" The interesting thing is that in the KDE Menut Editor itself all the itema are listed as "Description (Name)" which is the way I want my menu's to look. But as I originally stated, the actual menus are just "Description". I do not see any selection in the KDE Menu Editor that wiill change the actual menus from just "Description" to "Description (Name)". What am I missing? :huh::huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Main menu -> System -> Configuration -> Control Centre When KDE Control Centre opens: Desktop -> Panels -> Menus Here you can select the menu style that you want. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Daniel gave you the easiest method of all and you ignored it. :D :D :D I just did it myself just to prove it. Cheers. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 You can also get to the menu editor with a right click on the start button, either the star or the mandriva button whichever you have. Just an alternative for you, as for the information given it's quite correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menendez Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 Daniel gave you the easiest method of all and you ignored it. :D :D :D I just did it myself just to prove it. Cheers. John I didn't understand the method. Did you mean going into the Mandriva Linux Control Center and selecting Menu Style Configuration. This gives me 3 options: Original Menu Discovery Menu Mandriva Menu I tried all 3 and none yielded my desired result. The only thing that changed was the menu nesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerr82508 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 As I indicated in my earlier post, you want the KDE Control Centre NOT the Mandriva Control Centre. KDE Control Centre is where you set KDE user preferences. It's worthwhile taking a look at the many options that it offers. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 KDE Control Center comes out after pressing alt+F2, and after that typing "kcontrol". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menendez Posted August 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 As I indicated in my earlier post, you want the KDE Control Centre NOT the Mandriva Control Centre. KDE Control Centre is where you set KDE user preferences. It's worthwhile taking a look at the many options that it offers. Jim Thanks, it finally sunk in. Sorry if I was being thick headed. I need to get use to this multiple control center thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniewicz Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 No need to apologize. It is confusing. :P The KDE control center is found on all linux distributions using KDE. Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) wrote their own additional gui MCC in an effort to make system configuration easier and remove the need to edit text files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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