[SOLVED] Gnome Main Menu Command

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I don't think there is a command to make the main menu come up. Maybe there is but not that I know of.

[cdtech]

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alacarte

He wants a command to open the actual menu, not the menu editor.

[cdtech]

What application are you trying to open? It makes no sense what your trying to explain. Are you trying to launch an application, a desktop icon, command line?

[Daryl7352]

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Apparently you can do this in Cairo dock by using the command "<Alt>F1" but I doubt this will work in AWN. You can always use the Alt+F1 keys to open a menu, but I don't know how to tie this to a launcher.

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I think I might have it. Install the package xvkbd then use this command:

xvkbd -text "\[Alt_L]\[F1]"

Edit: Damn sorry, doesn't work from a launcher, only from the command line.

[Daryl7352]

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Woohoo I got it to work.
Ok first you need the xautomation package:

sudo apt-get install xautomation

Now create a launcher and set it to "application in terminal"
and for the command enter:

xte "keydown Alt_L" "key F1" "keyup Alt_L"

Now remove your old menu launcher from the panel if there is one and the new launcher should work.

The only problem is a terminal window opens up for a split second but I couldn't get it to work without the application in terminal part.

[Daryl7352]

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