How can I find the path to various icons

Hi

Favorites are kept in file ~/.kde/share/config/kickoffrc
This is simple INI file and value of FavoriteURLs key is comma-separated list
of .desktop files paths. If you only want to read path to executable, just open
appropriate .desktop file in any text editor.

Global .desktop files are kept in /usr/share/applications/. You should not
modify them. You would have root privileges to do so, but any changes will be
overwritten next time you update application which ships .desktop file.
Instead, you should copy .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications/ (you can
create that directory if you do not have it). Then you can modify it any way
you like.

If you need GUI for it, you can simply drag icon and drop it anywhere on your
desktop. You will be able to modify properties of that icon. Modifying them
will transparently copy .desktop file into your ~/.local folder and modify it.
To see changes in kickoff ("start menu"), you will have to restart it. Simply
logging out and logging in will do the job. You can safely remove icon from
your desktop afterward.
Best regards
Mirosław Zalewski


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On 22/10/11 22:31, Harry Putnam wrote:

On the main kde menu, I have several icons in the first area
(favorites)

I expected to be able to right click and get the properties of the
icon as one can do in gnome, but that hows other information and
nothing about what the icon is linked to (path wise). How can I get
that information.

A detailed example:

An icon for Virtual Box appears in my `Favorites'

It will also appear elsewhere (launcher => System => VirtualBox)
Favourites is just a shortcut to the launcher entry.

How can I determine what executable and how it is called.

Moreover, how can I edit that call?

Right-click on the KDE icon at the base of the launcher (menu)
Select "Menu Editor" from the drop-down list
Expand the Category you're interested in eg. System
Left-click on the entry eg. VirtualBox
You'll see the command and can edit it, if you click on the Advanced tab
you can change the work path, left-click on the (VirtualBox) icon to
edit it's properties.


Though you don't ask:-
;Right-clicking on the KDE launch icon will give you access to the
Application Launcer Settings - it'll also allow you to turn off "Kick
off menu style".
;Right-clicking on the bottom panel will allow you to "Unlock Widgets"
(it's under Panel Options) - when widgets are unlocked you can
right-click on any launcher (KDE menu) entry and assign it to the
Desktop, Favourites, or the Panel.



Cheers




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Scott Ferguson writes:

First, I've snipped the bulk of your input. It hit the mark and very
helpful, thank you.

For some reason VB is under Utilities for me, rather than
System. Other than that, I found everything I asked for.

I've left your first comments below because it raised another related
point I wanted to get at.

[...]

A detailed example:

An icon for Virtual Box appears in my `Favorites'

It will also appear elsewhere (launcher => System => VirtualBox)
Favourites is just a shortcut to the launcher entry.

A word of explanation: I put VB under favorites my self. Here is
why. First it looked like a long job to find it by hand; so I
used the search box to find it... I still could not determine where it
was in the menus. Seems like something I should be able to see from
the `search' output (the path to the icon in the menus) But since I
couldn't and I didn't want to use search every time... I drug it
to `favorites' since that is the first thing that opens.

I say all that to point up the fact that (In my opinion) the path
information would often be nearly as useful as finding the item. It
seems a serious shortcoming to the menu `search' dialog, that it does
not provide the path (inside the menus) for the items it finds.


PS - what does %F mean at the end of a command path, such as the one
for emacs23: /usr/bin/emacs23 %F.



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Mirosław Zalewski writes:

[...] snipped excellent input.

. . . . You will be able to modify properties of that
icon. Modifying them will transparently copy .desktop file into your
~/.local folder and modify it. To see changes in kickoff ("start
menu"), you will have to restart it. Simply logging out and logging
in will do the job. You can safely remove icon from your desktop
afterward.

Thanks. That list bit was especially helpful because it would not be
at all obvious.


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On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:

[...]

A detailed example:

An icon for Virtual Box appears in my `Favorites'

It will also appear elsewhere (launcher => System => VirtualBox)
Favourites is just a shortcut to the launcher entry.

A word of explanation:  I put VB under favorites my self.  Here is
why.  First it looked like a long job to find it by hand; so I
used the search box to find it... I still could not determine where it
was in the menus.   Seems like something I should be able to see from
the `search' output  (the path to the icon in the menus)  But since I
couldn't and I didn't want to use search every time... I drug it
to `favorites' since that is the first thing that opens.

I say all that to point up the fact that (In my opinion) the path
information would often be nearly as useful as finding the item.  It
seems a serious shortcoming to the menu `search' dialog, that it does
not provide the path (inside the menus) for the items it finds.


(...)

Maybe you can vote this upstream bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?idW314. Solving this 'wishlist'
will help to your problem.


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