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Whisker Menu, the default application menu for Linux Mint Xfce edition, has reached the 1.5 release with some new features and bug fixes.

According to the release note, Whisker Menu 1.5 adds an option to set background opacity and allows searching Xfce settings manager items.

Whisker Menu 1.5 for Xfce

There are also a few bug fixes, UI improvements and translations updates. See the full changes:

  • Fix search activation to allow input methods (bug #11271)
  • Fix broken menu when closed by window manager (bug #11287)
  • Fix unnecessary assignment to NULL
  • Fix possible null pointer dereference
  • Add option to set background opacity
  • Add command to edit profile
  • Add profile picture
  • Add customizable limit for recently used
  • Add support for non-square panel button icon
  • Add items of Xfce settings manager to allow searching
  • Expand subcategories when activated
  • Load default settings from XDG location
  • Make launchers executable when they are added to desktop
  • Rearrange options in configuration dialog
  • Refactor list page code
  • Rename option for including favorites in recently used
  • Rename option to use single panel row
  • Rename button to match default menu applet
  • Use a single instance of the garcon menu
  • Translation updates: Bulgarian, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese (Taiwan)

How to Install/Upgrade Whisker Menu:

For Linux Mint 17.1 (or 17), (X)Ubuntu 12.04, (X)Ubuntu 14.04, and later, this software and future updates are available in the developer’s PPA.

To add the PPA, open terminal and run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa

whisker menu ppa

Then update your system package cache and install/upgrade the app via below 2 commands:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

If you’re first time using this app launcher, you have to manually add it to panel from panel preferences -> panel items.

xfce4 whisker menu

Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce, it gives you a unity/gnome3 style search in xfce4 desktop. As well as that you can browse through all of your installed applications by clicking on the category buttons on the side.

whisker menu in ubuntu 14.04

Whisker Menu is the default app launcher in Linux Mint Xfce edition since Mint 15 Olivia. The developer has released version 1.4.0 with new features and various translation updates:

  • Add option to switch position of categories and launchers
  • Add waiting for grabs
  • allows modifier as shortcut
  • Add padding to username
  • Add single panel row option
  • Add about entry to context menu
  • Load applications immediately
  • Recognize keypad enter as return for searching
  • Set menu window type hint to DIALOG
  • Translation updates: Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish

Install Whisker Menu 1.4.0 in Ubuntu 14.10 / 14.04:

The binary packages has been built into developer’s PPA, available for Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint 13 and 17.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and run to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa

After that install it via your package manager after checking for updates. Or run:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

If you don’t like Ubuntu PPAs, grab the .deb package directly from the launchpad page.

Once installed, add the launcher menu onto panel and move it to the left.

add whisker menu to launcher

xfce4 whisker menu

Whisker Menu, the default application launcher of Linux Mint Xfce Desktop now is at version 1.3.0. According to the changelog, now you can drag app launchers from Whisker Menu to Panel or Desktop.

Whisker Menu 1.3 ChangeLog:

  • Fix menu artifacts when switching categories
  • Fix undefined behavior in slots
  • Add command to launch menu editor
  • Add command to switch users
  • Add hiding commands
  • Add browsing for commands
  • Add hiding category and launcher icons
  • Add loading default settings from a file
  • Add search actions
  • Add running arbitrary programs in PATH
  • Add dragging launchers to panel or desktop
  • Add support for custom menu files
  • Defer loading applications until window is shown
  • Merge configuration dialog tabs
  • Rearrange source files to match standard layout of Xfce plugins
  • Reduce unnecessary reloading of applications
  • Rewrite search model code
  • Use a single row in Xfce 4.10 panel
  • Use empty file for saving settings
  • Translation updates: Asturian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Malay, Nepali, Norwegian Bokmål, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek

Xfce Drag launcher to desktop or panel

Click “Mark Executable” button if you get below window. The desktop icon will work properly next time you open it.

Xfce drag launcher to desktop

Install Whisker Menu:

If you’re on Xfce Desktop with Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint 13/14/15/16 and their derivatives. Whisker Menu can be easily installed from PPA.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

For Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE and other Linux, go to whisker menu homepage

xfce4 whisker menu

The Whisker Menu for Xfce recently released version 1.2.1 with bug fixes and improvements.

As you may know, Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce. With it, you can browser, search, and marked as favorites through all of your installed applications. Changes in version 1.2.1:

  • Fix incorrect comparison for checking icon sizes
  • Add window title to allow identifying menu window
  • Add tips to README for popup script and compiz workaround
  • Improve build system files
  • Translation updates: Asturian, Catalan, Chinese (Taiwan), Czech, German, Estonian, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
whisker menu in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce4

whisker menu in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce4

For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and their derivatives you can easily install or upgrade to this release by running commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

For Arch Linux, OpenSUSE, Debian, Fedora, and other Linux, get the Whisker Menu from its website

whisker menu for xfce

Whisker Menu for Xfce released v1.2.0 with more options and bugfixes. Here’s how to install it in XUbuntu 13.10, XUbuntu 13.04, Xubuntu 12.04, XUbuntu 12.10 and other Linux distributions.

Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce. With it, you can browser, search, and marked as favorites through all of your installed applications.

What’s New in version 1.2.0:

  • Fix popup script to show correct version information
  • Fix memory leak when reloading applications
  • Fix favorites and recent deleted when menu failed to load
  • Add option to load menu hierarchy
  • Add option to not include favorites in recently used
  • Add options to set custom commands
  • Add option to show recently used by default
  • Add option to position search entry next to panel button
  • Add option to position command buttons next to search entry
  • Add manual page for popup script
  • Use tabs for configuration dialog layout
  • Translation updates: Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Spanish, Uzbek.

Install Whisker Menu 1.2 for Xfce4:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

For Debian / Fedora / openSUSE and others, see installation guide on Whisker Menu Homepage

Once installed, right-click on panel and add this launcher by navigating to panel -> Add new item…

whisker menu in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce4

whisker menu in Ubuntu 13.10 Xfce4