A new item may be added to a menu by selecting the menu in the left hand ''Menus'' list and clicking the ''Add Item'' button. This will display the ''Create Launcher'' dialog:
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A new item may be added to a menu by selecting the menu in the left hand ''Menus'' list and clicking the ''New Item'' button. This will display the ''Create Launcher'' dialog:
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[[Image:ubuntu_desktop_create_launcher.jpg|Adding new item to an Ubuntu desktop menu]]
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[[Image:ubuntu_desktop_create_launcher2.jpg|Adding new item to an Ubuntu desktop menu]]
In the ''Name'' field, enter the name to be displayed in the menu. Next enter the path and name of the command to be launched when the menu item is selected into the ''Command'' field. If you are unsure of the full path to the tool, use the ''Browse'' option to navigate the file system to find the application executable. For example, we might want to add a menu option to launch the ''gedit'' editing tool. To do so we would enter ''GEdit'' into the ''Name'' field and ''gedit'' into the ''Command'' field. The ''Comment'' field provides a place to enter optional descriptive text which will be displayed if the mouse pointer hovers over the menu option.
In the ''Name'' field, enter the name to be displayed in the menu. Next enter the path and name of the command to be launched when the menu item is selected into the ''Command'' field. If you are unsure of the full path to the tool, use the ''Browse'' option to navigate the file system to find the application executable. For example, we might want to add a menu option to launch the ''gedit'' editing tool. To do so we would enter ''GEdit'' into the ''Name'' field and ''gedit'' into the ''Command'' field. The ''Comment'' field provides a place to enter optional descriptive text which will be displayed if the mouse pointer hovers over the menu option.
