leb-kuchen / apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic_tm

Category based menu for apps for COSMIC™️ DE

Install

git clone https://github.com/leb-kuchen/apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic
cd apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic
cargo b -r
sudo just install

Config

The configuration directory is .config/cosmic/dev.dominiccgeh.CosmicAppletAppsMenu/.

Each configuration option coresponds to a filename, e.g. you can set skip_empty_categories with true > .config/cosmic/dev.dominiccgeh.CosmicAppletAppsMenu/skip_empty_categories.

These are the default options:

skip_empty_categories: true,
categories: [
    "Favorites",
    "Audio",
    "AudioVideo",
    "COSMIC",
    "Education",
    "Game",
    "Graphics",
    "Network",
    "Office",
    "Science",
    "Settings",
    "System",
    "Utility",
    "Other",
],
sort_categories: true,

Note that FavoritesandOther` are not acutally categories in your desktop files.

Dependencies

(some may not be required)

Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 11),
  debhelper-compat (= 11),
  rustc ,
  cargo,
  libdbus-1-dev,
  libegl-dev,
  libpulse-dev,
  libudev-dev,
  libxkbcommon-dev,
  libwayland-dev,
  libinput-dev,
  just,
  pkg-config,

apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic_tm's Issues

[Feature Request] Option for "start button" or logo icon instead of the word Applications

Is it possible to use an icon for the launcher instead of the word Applications?

This would make using the applet in a single panel layout much more visually appealing.