plugins: MenuStart

For the MenuStart plugin to work, you need to install nwg-menu. The application was written in Go, and may also be used standalone. Check the link for more information.

Similarly to Controls, MenuStart is a panel property rather than a regular module. You don't add it to "modules-left" (/ center / right), but choose a position in the panel settings: right, left or off in order to set the menu button position.

Pressing the button opens the system menu with simplified freedesktop main categories (8 instead of 13). It also provides the search entry, to look for installed application on the basis of .desktop files, and for files in XDG user directories.

You may pin applications by right-clicking them. Pinned items will appear above the categories list. Right-click a pinned item to unpin it. The pinned items cache is shared with the nwggrid command, which is a part of nwg-launchers.

In the bottom-right corner of the window you'll also see a set of buttons: logout, lock screen, restart and shutdown. The commands attached to them may be defined in the nwg-panel settings or given as the arguments.

Open the panel configuration to customize the window and redefine actions attached to buttons.