There are, however, a number of common tasks related to menu items
that do not vary across distributions, and we'll
describe those here. First, there are context menus for individual
menu items. To see them, right-click on a menu item (this is easier
if you do not keep the left mouse button pressed while navigating
your menus). The possible actions are:
- Add this launcher to panel
-
Add the item as a launcher in the panel. If you have more than one
panel, the launcher will be added to the first panel. You can then
drag the launcher to wherever you actually want it.
- Put into run dialog
-
Display this item as a shortcut in the Run Program dialog.
- Entire menu
-
The two items here, "Add this as menu to
panel" and "Add this as drawer to
panel," allow you to add the entire submenu
containing the launcher to your panel as either a drawer (a portion
of panel that stays open when a menu might close) or as a menu.
The menu customization tools are one of the simplest and most obvious
improvements in the GNOME 2 platform. To alter your menus, just open
your Nautilus file manager and type
"applications:///" into the
location bar. The Applications display represents your menus and
submenus as folders, with item launchers in them. Drag items around
and move, copy, delete, or rename them as you see fit.
To add a submenu, right-click in an empty spot in the folder and
select New Folder, then rename the folder, or right-click on it to
set its name and icon.