Desktop files and Gnome

[Colin Law]

On 28 April 2017 at 14:13, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 April 2017 at 16:39, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Since I am going to have to wean myself of Unity I decided to give Gnome a go.
>>
>> I have a number of home spun .desktop files which I have added to the
>> Unity launcher which allow alternative actions on right click. For
>> example I have one that by default gives me a terminal, but by right
>> clicking I can ssh into a long list of servers. I have tried adding
>> the opening the application using the desktop file and then adding it
>> to Favourites in the panel, but the right click does not give me the
>> options. Is there a way to achieve something similar in Gnome?
>
> I believe I have found the solution. This feature is implemented
> natively in gnome but one has to add the application to the favourites
> in the right way. I had done this by running the .desktop file from
> the Dash and had then selected Add to Favourites from the launcher
> panel. The correct way is to find the .desktop file in the Dash and
> right click it there and Add to Favourites.  Then right click on it in
> the launcher shows the actions quicklist. It is not perfect as when I
> open it another terminal icon is added to the launcher, but I can live
> with that.

Hmm, seems I spoke too soon. Another desktop file with a quicklist
still does not work from the launcher. I will have to try to work out
what the difference is.

Colin

>
> Colin