[Solved] On desktop contextmenu "+Make new starter..." does nothing.

[RemonK]

For 2 weeks now i am trying to find out what that option does in my context menu on the desktop:

"+ Make a new starter..." (in dutch it says "+ Maak hier een nieuwe starter..." so i don't know exactly what it says in english)

I guess it has something to do with making a new shortcut to start a program?? But it does nothing...

[all41]

This is a known issue--see here:
viewtopic.php?f=90&t=288236

[RemonK]

Also the Shortcut Editor does nothing... mouse icon shows for a few seconds that it is loading something then nothing!

I will look in that topic, thanx.

[all41]

Also the Shortcut Editor does nothing... mouse icon shows for a few seconds that it is loading something then nothing!

I will look in that topic, thanx.

The patch will allow the launcher dialog to open, then use gnome-terminal -e <command> in the command field

It's a workaround---but this should be mitigated by a future update.

[RemonK]

The patch in that topic worked for me! Context menu is working again, thanx!
[Edit] and it fixed my very annoying problem of having no shadows around windows!!


Shortcut Editor still not working.. same problem, mouse icon busy for few seconds and then nothing..

[RemonK]

Well.. after a reboot the shadows are gone again!! Very annoying, it is hard to see where a windows/titlebar begins or ends..

[all41]

Well.. after a reboot the shadows are gone again!! Very annoying, it is hard to see where a windows/titlebar begins or ends..

I suggest opening a new topic for the shadows problem.

[RemonK]

I just solved that one.. i was working all this time on software rendering mode! No idea why that happened?? But it all looks much smoother now!!

Still the Shortcut editor does nothing.. i have no clue why? Is that the same as the context menu making a new starter?

[Valsodar]

Well.. after a reboot the shadows are gone again!!

Lucky you! I can't find a way to get rid of the stupid shadows! I'm using the extension "Transparent panels" along with a transparency script from the theme I've installed. Everything is perfect except for one thing: when I maximimze any window, it comes with a shadow which makes the 100% transparent panel ugly by adding a shadow to it. The panel kinda looks like a smoked glass with that shadow.

[RemonK]

Try to set cinnamon on software rendering before login! My shadows are gone if i do that..
But i'm glad they are back! I can imagine that it is ugly with transparent windows, but normally it is very annoying because my theme has no borderlines. So a few windows overlapping and it becomes a mess and i can't see which piece goes with which window!?

But do you have a screenshot? I'm curious at your theme..

[Valsodar]

But do you have a screenshot? I'm curious at your theme..

The windows themselves are not transparent. Only the panel and the context menus are. The menu is somewhat transparent, but not fully. The theme is Cinnamox-Rhino by smurphos.



And why would I use software rendering, considering I also play games on Steam and I need the hardware rendering? I wanna get rid of the shadows without using software rendering.

[smurphos]

I can't find a way to get rid of the stupid shadows!

Add the line MUFFIN_NO_SHADOWS=1 to /etc/environment, log off and log back on.

[Moem]

I'm using the extension "Transparent panels" along with a transparency script from the theme I've installed. Everything is perfect except for one thing: when I maximimze any window, it comes with a shadow which makes the 100% transparent panel ugly by adding a shadow to it. The panel kinda looks like a smoked glass with that shadow.

When I used that extention before, it had settings and I could choose whether or not to show that shadow. If that's not the problem here, you should really start a thread of your own about this problem instead of hi-jacking one that is about a different problem and posted by a different member.