Customizing the right-click menu on the desktop

You can customize the menu that opens when you right-click the desktop background. You can create custom entries in the menu that run arbitrary commands.

To customize the menu, follow these steps:

1. Log into the standard GNOME session, either Wayland or X11.

2. Install the gnome-shell-extension-custom-menu package:

   # dnf install gnome-shell-extension-custom-menu
   

3. Restart your your desktop session.

4. Enable the custom-menu-panel GNOME Shell extension.

   In RHEL 9, you can use the following command:

   $ gnome-extensions enable custom-menu-panel@AndreaBenini
   

5. In the ~/.entries.json file, specify your custom menu entries as described in Content from github.com is not included.Gnome Custom Menu Panel.

   For example:

   {
     "entries": [
       {
         "type": "launcher",
         "title": "Desktop Windows",
         "command": "/usr/bin/xfreerdp +clipboard /v:192.168.0.x /d:DOMAIN /u:USER /p:'PASSWORD' /monitors:1 /f /kbd:0x00020409"
       },
       {
         "type": "toggler",
         "title": "Use System Audio",
         "command_on":  "$HOME/bin/audio.switch speaker",
         "command_off": "$HOME/bin/audio.switch headset",
         "detector":    "$HOME/bin/audio.switch status|grep speaker >/dev/null && echo yes"
       },
       {
         "type": "separator"
       },
       {
           "type": "submenu",
           "title": "Examples",
           "entries": [
               {
                 "type": "launcher",
                 "title": "Desktop Windows",
                 "command": "/usr/bin/xfreerdp +clipboard /v:192.168.0.x /d:DOMAIN /u:USER /p:'PASSWORD' /monitors:1 /f /kbd:0x00020409"
               },
               {
                 "type": "launcher",
                 "title": "RDP Desktop (Generic)",
                 "command": "$HOME/bin/rdp.generic"
               },
               {
                 "type": "launcher",
                 "title": "Apple Keyboard Function Keys fix",
                 "command": "$HOME/bin/keyboard.mac.functionkeys.sh"
               }
           ]
       },
       {
         "type": "launcher",
         "title": "Stream CAM ",
         "command": "/usr/bin/ffplay -x 640 -y 360 rtsp://192.168.0.x:5555/MyCamUnicast"
       },
       {
         "type": "launcher",
         "title": "Edit Menu",
         "command": "/usr/bin/gedit $HOME/.entries.json"
       }
     ]
   }
   

6. Restart your desktop session.

7. Right-click on the desktop. Your custom menu opens.