Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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Hi guys,

Just installed LM 17.2 (replaced 17.1) and am currently fine-tuning it to my requirements.

However, many of these programs now have 'generic' names on the whisker menu. For example
GIMP is now just "Image Editor", there are also two entries, both called "Media Player" (Banshee and VLC).

Why not include the actually program names, instead of this generic labelling?

And while I'm on the case, why not just ditch Banshee and Totem altogether, since VLC does everything
they can do anyway? That's another minor annoyance...

Cheers,

Mike.
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Re: Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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It took you longer to write this than it takes to solve it... Right-click on the menu button, choose Properties, remove the mark on "Show generic application names".
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Re: Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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Ha Ha! Thanks for the info...

And thanks for this Forum - it makes life so much easier!

Cheers,

Mike.
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Re: Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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xenopeek wrote:It took you longer to write this than it takes to solve it... Right-click on the menu button, choose Properties, remove the mark on "Show generic application names".
For your ammusement:
I discovered this very same check box...


...after spending a small eternity in the "Edit Applications" window removing "generic names" and removing/editing descriptions until my eyes were bleeding.

/facepalm!!!!!
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Re: Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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Thank you, xenopeek!
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xenopeek wrote: Right-click on the menu button, choose Properties, remove the mark on "Show generic application names".
This sounds great,
but I don't find 'choose Properties' on either 17.2 or 17.3 beta with a right-click.
What else am I missing?
TIA
Got it now. Thanks, xenopeek.
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Re: Annoyed with Whisker menu on 17.2

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Right-click on the menu button, the one on the panel. From the context-menu choose the "Properties" option.

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