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dominicus

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Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 6

right-click menu in gnome?

Is there a way i can have a right-click like menu like in xfce, I tried searching google and here.

daeltar

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From: Czech Republic, Prague

Registered: 2003-10-22

Posts: 31

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Re: right-click menu in gnome?

You can get this menu by F1+ALT.

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Captain Spaulding

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Registered: 2006-11-16

Posts: 115

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Re: right-click menu in gnome?

Not without some work. You can either replace Metacity with xfwm and xfdesktop or you can install a third-party app, such as grootmenu.

aku

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From: Greendale, Finland

Registered: 2006-11-25

Posts: 24

Re: right-click menu in gnome?

how 'bout using Openbox _with_ Gnome ?

if you don't know how,
first install Openbox and some utils,

pacman -S openbox obconf menumaker

then do what pacman tells you (about moving openbox config files)
as user:

mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox/
cp /etc/xdg/openbox/rc.xml ~/.config/openbox/
cp /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml ~/.config/openbox/

then (from Gnome) hit Alt+F2
type:

openbox --replace

to replace metacity with openbox

if you wonder where are the menu items in your OB right-click menu,
as user:

mmaker -v OpenBox3

to create a menu with all your apps.
(with an optional -f to force the generating of the menu (if a old menu refuses to be overwritten) )

If you choose to save your session on logout, it will use OB to replace Metacity after your next boot too.

I used this method only once, ages ago, so don't hold me responsible of anything..
//aku