Add a main menu to Docky

Long for a ‘main menu’ on Docky? RishavT has posted a tutorial on GNOME-Look.org for add a main menu ‘of sorts’ to Docky.




"I’ve been using AWN for quite sometime now, but that’s because of the lack of many docklets in Docky; the main-menu being an important one (at least for me)" he says on why he sought out a solution.

"What we do is change the "click" function of the Docky icon. So I modified that a bit, and got it to display the gnome-menu whenever I click the Docky icon."

Sounds neat, so how does one do it?

1. Install "xdotool" (click here to install)
2. Press ALT+F2 and type in "gconf-editor".
3. Press enter.
4. Navigate to /apps/docky-2/Docky/Items/DockyItem and double click on "DockyItemCommand"
5. In the "value" field copy paste: xdotool key -clearmodifiers alt+F1
6. Press OK and close the box.
7. Click on the Docky icon

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