MX menu editor Hide option not working

[makis_best]

Hi.

I want to hide some applications using the MX menu editor.
So I find the application I want I press the hide option ---> Save and BOOM... Noting happen.
The application keep show in MX Menu even after I restart the computer.

I do something wrong?

The hide option inside menu editor is nor use for that?

Thank you

[Adrian]

It works for me for at least for some apps. Which app do you try to hide?

[makis_best]

I try to hide Vivaldi browser

[fehlix]

I try to hide Vivaldi browser

That's a bug in MX Menu Editor. The Hide Otion does create one "NoDisplay=true" marker,
but this marker is only effective for tha last "Exec" statement with that Menu-Icon starter.
For menu icon starter with multiple Exec-lines like vivaldi it does not hide the menuenty.

To correct this manually here a quick fix for vivaldi:
Run within terminal this one liner after you clicked Hide with the menu Editor:

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perl -pi  -e '/^Exec=/ && print qq/NoDisplay=true\n/;'  ~/.local/share/applications/vivaldi-stable.desktop

This will add to all Exec lines within the starter file a NoDisplay marker,
and by this the menu entry will not shown in the menu.
HTH

[Adrian]

So we need a NoDisplay=true after each Exec= line... that's so stupid... grrrr.

[fehlix]

So we need a NoDisplay=true after each Exec= line... that's so stupid... grrrr.

... I would formulate it bit nicer, like it's a freedesktop spec

[skidoo]

So we need a NoDisplay=true after each Exec= line

indeed, it is a stupid fREEDESKTOPoRG spec.
To be safe, I might also add:

X-NoJalapeños=true
X-NoAnchovies=true
X-NoClientSideDecorationsHeaderbarThingie=true

[makis_best]

I try to hide Vivaldi browser

That's a bug in MX Menu Editor. The Hide Otion does create one "NoDisplay=true" marker,
but this marker is only effective for tha last "Exec" statement with that Menu-Icon starter.
For menu icon starter with multiple Exec-lines like vivaldi it does not hide the menuenty.

To correct this manually here a quick fix for vivaldi:
Run within terminal this one liner after you clicked Hide with the menu Editor:

Code: Select all

perl -pi  -e '/^Exec=/ && print qq/NoDisplay=true\n/;'  ~/.local/share/applications/vivaldi-stable.desktop

This will add to all Exec lines within the starter file a NoDisplay marker,
and by this the menu entry will not shown in the menu.
HTH

I can use the same command and for other applications just by changing the application name I imagine. Correct?

[fehlix]

I can use the same command and for other applications just by changing the application name I imagine. Correct?

Yes, if you adjust the filename of the .desktop -starter file found within ~/.local/share/applications .