Today's article? Iconic! Here's a short tutorial showing how to add and pin custom application icon launchers in the Plasma desktop environment. Le enjoy. https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-menu-custom-apps.html Cheers, Mrk
Quick question: in the two KDE Menu Editor screenshots from that post in Dedoimedo, the first shot shows the "Command" field grayed out and the second shot shows this field as active. I have added a new item and entered name, description, and comment, and even selected an icon for it. But the Command field is still grayed out. How do you get it to become active, so that you can input the proper command? All the fields under the Advanced tab are also grayed out. FWIW, I'm on KDE Plasma Version 5.12.9. Thanks!
@JEAM, On my system, Kubuntu 18.04.4, Plasma 5.12.9, in KDE Menu Editor, when selecting New Item, Command and Advanced options are active instantly. I wonder what is different on your system, or what you did differently.
Darned if I know! The behavior that you describe is also different from @Mrkvonic's, since according to the screenshots he had the field grayed out at first and then it (somehow) became active, while yours was active from the beginning. So we have 3 users and 3 different experiences with this process. FWIW, when I did it, I created a New Submenu (under Utilities) instead of a New Item.
When I create a New Submenu, Command and Advanced options are not active. When next, I create a New Item in that submenu, Command and Advanced options are active.
Ahhhh, that's the key: to create a New Item under the New Submenu. It worked -- thank you very much! Still learning my way around Linux...
You're most welcome, JEAM. I'm also still learning. I started looking at Linux five years ago, gathered information for a few years, seriously started reading last year, and migrated last January. I found out Kubuntu was much easier than I expected it to be, but there are always new things to discover and to learn.
