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Bug 653

Summary:	Reduce TDE Menu Clutter and Duplication
Product:	TDE	Reporter:	Darrell <darrella>
Component:	tdebase	Assignee:	Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	bugwatch, darrella
Priority:	P3
Version:	R14.0.0 [Trinity]
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Compiler Version:		TDE Version String:
Application Version:		Application Name:
Attachments:	Help unclutter applications.menu tdeutils: removed the X-KDE-More category; added the Utility category to KEdit.desktop tdemultimedia: removed the X-KDE-More category tdenetwork: removed the X-KDE-More category tdeadmin: removed the X-KDE-More category tdegraphics: removed the X-KDE-More category tdepim: removed the X-KDE-More category; added the Office category to KOrn.desktop. koffice: removed the X-KDE-More category tdebase: added the Utility category to kate.desktop, kwrite.desktop.

Description Darrell 2011-11-19 21:58:28 CST

Move all apps in the "More Applications" submenus to the parent menu and delete the submenus:

Graphics
Internet
Multimedia
Office
System
Utilities

The number of apps listed in each "More Applications" submenu are few and waste space. The submenu name is not informative about the task. There is no compelling reason to maintain these submenus.

One option is to create meaningful submenus such as is found in the Development, Edutainment, and Games Menus.

The Utilities menu is rather large and to reduce the size, perhaps the layout of the original 3.5.10 Utilities menu should be restored with submenus of Accessibility, Desktop, Editors, File, PIM, Peripherals, Toys.

There are two Settings menu, albeit one is optional. Nonetheless, there should be no repetition in menu option names. There is duplication between the two Settings menus:

Boot Manager (LILO)
CDDB Configuration
Configure the Panel
Digital Camera
Image Index
Local Network Chat
Network Settings
Printers
Wallet Management Tool
Wireless Network

If those items were removed and the default Trinity installation was to enable the optional Settings menu, the only remaining menu options in the top level Settings menu are:

Desktop Settings Wizard
Menu Editor
Menu Updating Tool

Those three could be moved to the System or Utilities menu.

Comment 1 Darrell 2012-02-04 01:59:55 CST

I'm posting patches to help resolve this bug report.

1. Two nominal changes in tdelibs/kded/applications.menu.

2. Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

    tdeutils/ktimer/ktimer.desktop
    tdeutils/kdf/kdf.desktop
    tdeutils/kdf/kwikdisk.desktop

    tdemultimedia/arts/builder/artsbuilder.desktop
    tdemultimedia/arts/tools/artscontrol.desktop
    tdemultimedia/kaboodle/kaboodle.desktop
    tdemultimedia/kmid/kmid.desktop

    tdenetwork/kdict/kdict.desktop
    tdenetwork/kppp/logview/kppplogview.desktop
    tdenetwork/knewsticker/knewsticker-standalone.desktop

    tdeadmin/kdat/kdat.desktop

    tdegraphics/kiconedit/kiconedit.desktop
    tdegraphics/kfax/kfax.desktop
    tdegraphics/kcoloredit/kcolorchooser.desktop
    tdegraphics/kcoloredit/kcoloredit.desktop

    tdepim/konsolekalendar/konsolekalendar.desktop

    applications/koffice/karbon/data/karbon.desktop
    applications/koffice/kugar/part/kugar.desktop
    applications/koffice/kugar/kudesigner/kudesigner.desktop
    applications/koffice/kchart/kchart.desktop
    applications/koffice/kformula/kformula.desktop
    applications/koffice/tools/kthesaurus/KThesaurus.desktop

3. Added the Utility category to kate.desktop, kwrite.desktop, KEdit.desktop.

4. Added the Office category to KOrn.desktop.

Comment 2 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:01:08 CST

Created attachment 321 [details]
Help unclutter applications.menu

Comment 3 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:02:11 CST

Created attachment 322 [details]
tdeutils: removed the X-KDE-More category; added the Utility category to KEdit.desktop

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdeutils/ktimer/ktimer.desktop
tdeutils/kdf/kdf.desktop
tdeutils/kdf/kwikdisk.desktop

Comment 4 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:03:16 CST

Created attachment 323 [details]
tdemultimedia: removed the X-KDE-More category

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdemultimedia/arts/builder/artsbuilder.desktop
tdemultimedia/arts/tools/artscontrol.desktop
tdemultimedia/kaboodle/kaboodle.desktop
tdemultimedia/kmid/kmid.desktop

Comment 5 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:04:17 CST

Created attachment 324 [details]
tdenetwork: removed the X-KDE-More category

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdenetwork/kdict/kdict.desktop
tdenetwork/kppp/logview/kppplogview.desktop
tdenetwork/knewsticker/knewsticker-standalone.desktop

Comment 6 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:05:02 CST

Created attachment 325 [details]
tdeadmin: removed the X-KDE-More category

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdeadmin/kdat/kdat.desktop

Comment 7 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:06:14 CST

Created attachment 326 [details]
tdegraphics: removed the X-KDE-More category

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdegraphics/kiconedit/kiconedit.desktop
tdegraphics/kfax/kfax.desktop
tdegraphics/kcoloredit/kcolorchooser.desktop
tdegraphics/kcoloredit/kcoloredit.desktop

Comment 8 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:07:15 CST

Created attachment 327 [details]
tdepim: removed the X-KDE-More category; added the Office category to KOrn.desktop.

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

tdepim/konsolekalendar/konsolekalendar.desktop

Comment 9 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:08:15 CST

Created attachment 328 [details]
koffice: removed the X-KDE-More category

Removed the X-KDE-More category from the following:

applications/koffice/karbon/data/karbon.desktop
applications/koffice/kugar/part/kugar.desktop
applications/koffice/kugar/kudesigner/kudesigner.desktop
applications/koffice/kchart/kchart.desktop
applications/koffice/kformula/kformula.desktop
applications/koffice/tools/kthesaurus/KThesaurus.desktop

Comment 10 Darrell 2012-02-04 02:09:54 CST

Created attachment 329 [details]
tdebase: added the Utility category to kate.desktop, kwrite.desktop.

Added the Utility category to kate.desktop, kwrite.desktop.

Comment 11 Darrell 2012-03-14 11:47:38 CDT

tdelibs updated in GIT hash 1c06ae32f64450c38f1294b8adda2fd9a6cc98b1.

tdebase updated in GIT hash 984c57e3ca467e5f02fa8ab4254e323b56f287e2.

tdeutils updated in GIT hash 803f475286c861cb5e7c9fa4f4dfadc5d0900177.

tdemultimedia updated in GIT hash 31e44a7b933cb32eaf1c9e3d8bbbaae806963956.

tdenetwork updated in GIT hash f86a25380b4901bbd828dde8f35adb5b789d40c6.

tdeadmin updated in GIT hash d3d702117d757d6c16d0dd41969bc44229123330.

tdegraphics updated in GIT hash 8bfc3ba81697e8572cec13667c6cff6a88de874e.

tdepim updated in GIT hash 678b4e05030d29b417617c12df09f46f463e48e8.

koffice updated in GIT hash 840305a54e679c2e9f094d9fd6dc5732c88b5d96.

Leaving this bug report open for further requested refinements. The Utilities menu is too big and needs reorganization.

Comment 12 Darrell 2012-03-14 21:42:13 CDT

Further changes:

tdelibs: GIT hash 955686e61bab53a6e85de368a05db13cf72b5fea

tdebase: GIT hash 312ebed66bec754af65f4dd9e53b7b88093eb8b3

tdepim: GIT hash 9387e16a2c50c134cebe5a6a133f4df297a8cd19

tdetoys: GIT hash 9ad510349709c88e3d8dfa7bf2f0c9d5c31fb51d

tdeutils: GIT hash b970fc42f21431495c12a97f52e6f0699b173170

Unless there are other changes requested in the near future, this bug report may be closed as resolved.

Comment 13 Darrell 2012-04-16 20:50:22 CDT

The Utilities sub menu was reorganized in GIT hash 955686e6.

Closing this item as resolved.