[SOLVED] How to add LibreOffice to right-click menu?

[SamLearnsLinux]

Hi, just like right click shows 'create new folder' and 'create new document', I would like to add LibreOffce Writer and Calc to the rightclick menu. How do I do this?

[hydrurga]

This will be dependent on which file manager you are using and, to a certain extent, which version of Mint.

For Mint 19/Caja (MATE), you can use filemanager-actions from ppa:daniel-marynicz/filemanager-actions (install filemanager-actions and filemanager-actions-caja-extension). I assume that for Nemo (Cinnamon) you can do the same by installing filemanager-actions-nemo-extension.

With these, you can add a context entry "FileManager-Actions actions" to the file manager which can contain other entries (I, for example, have entries for Bless, ClamTk, GtkHash etc.).

For older versions of Mint, the equivalent package for Caja was caja-actions.

All these programs do is provide a useful GUI means of configuring underlying text files, so if you want to get your hands dirty and edit those files directly then you may well be able to create context menu entries without the additional "FileManager-Actions actions" element.

There may be a separate extension for LibreOffice that does all this purely for LibreOffice but if there is then I'm unaware of it.

[SamLearnsLinux]

Thank you for your reply! I am on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon currently and will move to Linux mint 19 cinnamon soon.

[hydrurga]

Thank you for your reply! I am on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon currently and will move to Linux mint 19 cinnamon soon.

Ok. You might be best to wait until you're running Mint 19 before you look at the Nemo context menu as the implementation may differ between the two.

When you start on this, please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or issues.

[Hoser Rob]

It does depend on the DE version but generally if you right click a file you want to open with LO you should be able to click on "open with something else" or similar. Hit that and tell it to open with LO, and the next time you right click a file of the same type LO should come up on the list of apps.

[shawnhcorey]

Hi, just like right click shows 'create new folder' and 'create new document', I would like to add LibreOffce Writer and Calc to the rightclick menu. How do I do this?

Create a template In Writer and Calc and store it in the Templates folder under your home folder. Name them "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Calc" so they will be easy to find.

When you want to create a new file, right click on the desktop and select Create Document >. The two names should appear in the list of documents you can create. Choose the one you want.

[hydrurga]

Hi, just like right click shows 'create new folder' and 'create new document', I would like to add LibreOffce Writer and Calc to the rightclick menu. How do I do this?

Create a template In Writer and Calc and store it in the Templates folder under your home folder. Name them "LibreOffice Writer" and "LibreOffice Calc" so they will be easy to find.

When you want to create a new file, right click on the desktop and select Create Document >. The two names should appear in the list of documents you can create. Choose the one you want.

Indeed. It suddenly occurred to me that the OP might be wanting to create new documents with the context menu click rather than open existing documents, so I came back on to say just what you've said. Thanks for posting this. In the end, both Shawn's solution (document creation) and Hoser Rob's solution (document opening) are better than my solution which is more generic and designed to force the file manager to open any documents with the chosen application.

[SamLearnsLinux]

Thank you for your reply! I am on Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon currently and will move to Linux mint 19 cinnamon soon.

Ok. You might be best to wait until you're running Mint 19 before you look at the Nemo context menu as the implementation may differ between the two.

When you start on this, please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions or issues.

Sure. Will hit up the forums if I need help. Thank you

[SamLearnsLinux]

It does depend on the DE version but generally if you right click a file you want to open with LO you should be able to click on "open with something else" or similar. Hit that and tell it to open with LO, and the next time you right click a file of the same type LO should come up on the list of apps.

No I don't want to use the 'open with' option. I want the right click menu to let me create new libreoffice writer and calc documents

[SamLearnsLinux]

Create a template In Writer and Calc and store it in the Templates folder under your home folder.

How do I do this? The template option under file does not give me an option to export a template

[smurphos]

There is an export option under manage templates in LibreOffice - so you can either export one of the default templates to your ~/Templates folder, or create and save a new template then use the manage templates gui to export.

[shawnhcorey]

Create a template In Writer and Calc and store it in the Templates folder under your home folder.

How do I do this? The template option under file does not give me an option to export a template

Don't export a template. The files in the Templates folder are regular, empty files. Just open Writer and save the empty file in Templates.

You can also save non-empty files as Templates. Change the font, size, spacing, whatever you want and save the file in Templates.

Suppose you have a letterhead. Open Writer and create the letterhead. Then save the file in Templates. Now when you Create Documents, you can create ones with the letterhead automatically.

You can do the same with Calc. Suppose you have a spreadsheet to calculate your monthly expenses. Open the spreadsheet and save it in Templates. Now, when you Create Documents from it, you have one with the spreadsheet preloaded.

[SamLearnsLinux]

Don't export a template. The files in the Templates folder are regular, empty files. Just open Writer and save the empty file in Templates.

You can also save non-empty files as Templates. Change the font, size, spacing, whatever you want and save the file in Templates.

Suppose you have a letterhead. Open Writer and create the letterhead. Then save the file in Templates. Now when you Create Documents, you can create ones with the letterhead automatically.

You can do the same with Calc. Suppose you have a spreadsheet to calculate your monthly expenses. Open the spreadsheet and save it in Templates. Now, when you Create Documents from it, you have one with the spreadsheet preloaded.

Perfect! Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking to do. Solved my problem