Desktop files and Gnome

[Colin Law]

On 27 April 2017 at 16:39, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since I am going to have to wean myself of Unity I decided to give Gnome a go.
>
> I have a number of home spun .desktop files which I have added to the
> Unity launcher which allow alternative actions on right click. For
> example I have one that by default gives me a terminal, but by right
> clicking I can ssh into a long list of servers. I have tried adding
> the opening the application using the desktop file and then adding it
> to Favourites in the panel, but the right click does not give me the
> options. Is there a way to achieve something similar in Gnome?

I believe I have found the solution. This feature is implemented
natively in gnome but one has to add the application to the favourites
in the right way. I had done this by running the .desktop file from
the Dash and had then selected Add to Favourites from the launcher
panel. The correct way is to find the .desktop file in the Dash and
right click it there and Add to Favourites.  Then right click on it in
the launcher shows the actions quicklist. It is not perfect as when I
open it another terminal icon is added to the launcher, but I can live
with that.

Colin