What I mean is that you can right click any file and select "add to app menu",then it opens a window that is like kde menu edit and you can select in which group you wanna add the program and which command it should use.
So to be sure, you suggest to add this for executable files or executable desktop files and have a sort of kmenuedit form prefiled for this file with a tree to select the location of the future new desktop file (i.e entry in the app menu). AFAICT we don't have a dialog for this currently.
Can you walk me through what exactly you're trying to do here? I feel like there is a very specific workflow you're trying to do and it would be helpful to know what that is.
(In reply to Méven Car from comment #1) > So to be sure, you suggest to add this for executable files or executable > desktop files and have a sort of kmenuedit form prefiled for this file with > a tree to select the location of the future new desktop file (i.e entry in > the app menu). > > AFAICT we don't have a dialog for this currently. Yes,but not only for executables,but also for other file types. (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #2) > Can you walk me through what exactly you're trying to do here? I feel like > there is a very specific workflow you're trying to do and it would be > helpful to know what that is. When I download a program not from the repos,then no app menu shortcuts get created by default,so I copy the location of the file I want to have a app menu shortcut,then open kmenuedit and add a shortcut. So it would be faster for me if I could just right click the file I want and add them via a dialog.
(In reply to Toadfield from comment #3) > (In reply to Méven Car from comment #1) > > So to be sure, you suggest to add this for executable files or executable > > desktop files and have a sort of kmenuedit form prefiled for this file with > > a tree to select the location of the future new desktop file (i.e entry in > > the app menu). > > > > AFAICT we don't have a dialog for this currently. > > Yes,but not only for executables,but also for other file types. Which other file types, and for what uses ? For folders it would be the same as "Add to places", i.e add to dolphin places that are shared with the menu favorites. For documents or images, I don't see a use case, maybe add to recently accessed files. The executable file case is already some hefty work to implement.
(In reply to Méven Car from comment #4) > (In reply to Toadfield from comment #3) > > (In reply to Méven Car from comment #1) > > > So to be sure, you suggest to add this for executable files or executable > > > desktop files and have a sort of kmenuedit form prefiled for this file with > > > a tree to select the location of the future new desktop file (i.e entry in > > > the app menu). > > > > > > AFAICT we don't have a dialog for this currently. > > > > Yes,but not only for executables,but also for other file types. > > Which other file types, and for what uses ? For .txt files. Would that really take more extra work than adding executables? Cause you can already add other file types easily to the app menu,the only problem is that you need to set which program it opens. The use for .txt files would be that if I have a config file that I editmany times,then it would make it faster if I could access it from the app menu like any other app.
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We already have KMenuEdit which lets you create menu entries for programs which lack.desktop files. This is basically a worst-case-scenario fallback for programs whose packaging is defective. I would recommend that you report to the developers that their download needs to include a .desktop file. Alternatively, they should package the software as an AppImage for more user-friendliness.