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Idea #2160: Add more functionality by right-clicking on the menu

Written by mencey the 1 Mar 08 at 13:15. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
When you click on a program on the menu, we could add more options such as:

* Delete this program and its dependencies. (Using sudo)
* See the manual, if available.
* Also add this idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/327/
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2160
Written by mencey the 1 Mar 08 at 13:15.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2160 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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cheesehead (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:57
I don't want more visual clutter - more things to *choose* that I'll never use, or select by accident!

I want to select between a couple useful options, not be bombarded with a billion choices for every click.

When I want a billion choices, I use the command line.

bluecat9 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:54
I would like to be able to 'right-click > delete' an item from the Gnome Panel menu's. TY

gabtrat wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 04:50
I have often thought that removing a program through a context menu would be very handy.

phnomic wrote on the 11 Mar 08 at 10:57
Perhaps an idea would be that you could be able to chose wich alternatives you want on your menu. Maybe from a setup-utility of some kind. That way, you can have as much or little clutter as you want.

scamper_22 wrote on the 11 Mar 08 at 22:37
Two right-click actions we could definitely use from the menu

1. remove item from menu
2. show menu item properties (dialog with name, icon, command line...)
3. Maybe a delete application with confirmation box of course

cmittle wrote on the 19 Aug 08 at 17:38
I like this idea because it is non-intrusive if you don't press the right mouse button but could make for very quick and easy removal of a program that you may have been testing out.

saivann (Brainstorm moderator) wrote on the 2 Sep 08 at 01:35
Thanks for your participation. You can use this idea to think, discuss and to get inspiration (because this sounds nice).

However keep in mind that the description of this idea is not clear, and developer won't be able to do anything with it.

The reasons are that the description suggest improvement, and gives concrete examples, however it speaks about different ideas (manual, delete program) which are different, thus we can't know for which idea people voted.

Adding functionalities to the Applications menu can be great! However, you need to specific what, and only one idea at the time, so people can vote and gather on it ;)

mencey wrote on the 6 Sep 08 at 21:50
I understand what you say. This was a general idea, now, we have to specify each option.

mencey wrote on the 8 Sep 08 at 17:01
Uninstall programs:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/12936/

leael wrote on the 27 Mar 09 at 20:35
A menu item in the context menu like "Start this program" would not be wrong, if we get the edits, so a new user can start the thing, when she accidently used the right button instead of the left one.


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