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The root menu is where you can 1) launch commonly-used applications, and 2) change different aspects of fluxbox by simply clicking on a menu item.

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:09 am The two current entries under Extras:

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[submenu] (Window options)
    	   	[Exec] (Border) {mxfb-borders}
    		[Exec] (Titlebar) {mxfb-top}

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 11:17 am Are you otherwise good with the proposed changes?

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 2:54 pm last menu topic: mxfb-appfinder.rasi and its settings.

1. Adding a mxfb-tools category. viewtopic.php?p=796261#p796261
I already have an amended app-categories script,we would just need to add "MXFB-Tools" to the categories in the .desktop files of all mxfb-tools.

2. Adding an exit-options tab.
I have a working script and have been using it for months.
Requires amending ~/.config/rofi/themes/appfinder/mxfb-appfinder.rasi, so we need to decide how to deal with mx23 users who retain their /home.
Would also need to update appfinder-manager to deal with the new tab.

3. Update tab icons.
I'd like to update the icons to differentiate them more.
Again requires amending ~/.config/rofi/themes/appfinder/mxfb-appfinder.rasi, which would break the current version of appfinder-manager.

1. That sounds great. I am going to propose that we remove from MXFB Tools all those that duplicate what is in MX Tools (revised mxfb-tools.list coming soon).

Category=USER
mxfb-tint2-manager
mxfb-keybindings
mx-rofi-manager
exit-options-manager
mx-dockmaker
mx-idesktool
mxfb-backgrounds
mxfb-trashcheck

Category=OTHER
mx-tools

Melber wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 7:21 pm

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 2:54 pm last menu topic: mxfb-appfinder.rasi and its settings.

Three things with mxfb-appfinder.

1. Adding a mxfb-tools category. viewtopic.php?p=796261#p796261
I already have an amended app-categories script,we would just need to add "MXFB-Tools" to the categories in the .desktop files of all mxfb-tools.

dolphin_oracle wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 10:03 am @Melber I don't remember why exactly, other than its technically more freedesktop compliant than the current mx tools categories, (which we made when we were young and dumb), but mxfb-menu-generator looks for the "X-MXFB-Tools" category in the desktop files, and puts it into a submenu called "MXFB-Tools".

Jerry3904 wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:33 am <snip>
Here is the 2023 list of "MX Fluxbox Tools" following a severe diet:

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Category=USER
mxfb-tint2-manager
mxfb-keybindings
mx-rofi-manager
exit-options-manager
mx-dockmaker
mx-idesktool
mxfb-backgrounds
mxfb-trashcheck

Category=OTHER
mx-tools

dolphin_oracle wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:25 am I have a suggestion for the mxfb custom tools thing. If you are going to just do those, then the addition of the usual mx-tools category items, plus "OnlyShowIn=FLUXBOX" to the desktop files, will show the tools in the standard mx-tools application, without additional work. some of those are already included anyway. MX-Tools is set up to filter per supported desktop that way. we do similar for a few that are Xfce only so that they don't show up in KDE.

many of the desktop files already have the OnlyShowIn=FLUXBOX line added (lower case, but mx tools is case insenstive I think or a quick adjustment to mx-tools to make it so), so all you would need to add is the appropriate mx tools sub category.

food for thought.

Jerry3904 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 10:09 am Shortcuts=Keybindings=Keys=Hotkeys

Jerry3904 wrote: Tue Jan 28, 2025 9:00 am

Jerry3904 wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 9:33 am <snip>
Here is the 2023 list of "MX Fluxbox Tools" following a severe diet:

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Category=USER
mxfb-tint2-manager
mxfb-keybindings
mx-rofi-manager
exit-options-manager
mx-dockmaker
mx-idesktool
mxfb-backgrounds
mxfb-trashcheck

Category=OTHER
mx-tools

Are people good with this transitional list?

Category=MX FLUXBOX TOOLS
mxfb-tint2-manager
mxfb-keybindings
mx-rofi-manager
exit-options-manager
mx-dockmaker
mx-idesktool
mxfb-backgrounds
mxfb-trashcheck
+ mxfb-font
+ mxfb-look
+ appfinder-manager (need to add a .desktop file)
+ mxfb-workspace-settings (needs to be added to mxfb-accessories)
+ mx-tweak

Category=MX TOOLS
mx-tools

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:11 am I meant how to call this:

OnDesktop Mouse2 :WorkspaceMenu

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:19 pm From the Root menu...

[workspaces] (Workspaces)

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:19 pm From the Root menu...

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:15 am Looks good in test, I like the new category names. 2 comments:

1) I thought we decided that mxfb-workspace-settings was redundant given the Workspace menu available off a middle mouse click (and we might want to add that to the Root menu somewhere). ATM it's not even in any repo, is it?

2) I really don't want to include mx-tweak under Fluxbox Tools, given the existence of the MX Tools category. What about instead creating a new desktop file named something like "Fluxbox settings" that opens the "Fluxbox" tab in Tweak?

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mx-tweak --fluxbox

That option is not currently recognized in bash, but I imagine that @dolphin_oracle would be willing to add it sometime.

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 6:03 am

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   [submenu] (All Apps)
[include] (~/.fluxbox/full_menu)

╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[07:08 15/02/25]══════════════════════════════════════[~/.fluxbox]
╚═> ls
apps                 init       lastwallpaper  overlay              startup
backgrounds          keys       menu           pre-global-menu.txt  styles
fbrun_history        keys-BAK   menu-mx        scripts              submenus
fluxbox-mx-defaults  keys-orig  mystyles       slitlist             windowmenu

2) log out and back in, and click All apps > MXFB-Tools at the top of the rootMenu. Notice in particular the new "MX Fluxbox Tweaks" and "Appfinder Setttings"

I don't have that file listed.

MX Fluxbox Tweaks opens MX Tweaks. Is that the intention? Just asking.

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:43 am

I don't have that file listed.

"All apps" is at the top of the rootMenu and we had a long discussion about this (maybe in this thread)

~/.fluxbox/full_menu

MX Fluxbox Tweaks opens MX Tweaks. Is that the intention? Just asking.

Yes, there is a discussion between @Melber and me on this somewhere in this (?) thread.

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 11:55 am Your looking in the wrong place, it's in

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~./fluxbox/submenus

1) Click Menu > Settings > Configure > Menus > Main, and replace the existing All apps section at the top with this:

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[submenu] (All Apps)
        [include] (~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu)
        [separator]
        [include] (~/.fluxbox/full_menu)  [b]<-----------This is the entry in question[/b]
        [exec] (Update)  {/usr/bin/mxfb-menu-generator}
        [exec] (Disable) {mx-tweak --other}
   [end]

Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 12:31 pm I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you are not getting here.

[submenu] (All Apps)
[include] (~/.fluxbox/submenus/full_menu)
[separator]
[include] (~/.fluxbox/full_menu) <-----------This is the entry in question
[exec] (Update) {/usr/bin/mxfb-menu-generator}
[exec] (Disable) {mx-tweak --other}
[end]

dolphin_oracle wrote: Sat Feb 15, 2025 1:45 pm The last commit on GitHub added a second incorrect full_menu entry