CinnVIIStarkMenu

NikoKrause

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Cinnamon Menu with the look of the Windows 7 Start Menu or the MATE Menu

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CinnVIIStarkMenu

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Tested	❌	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Cinnamon-Version	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.2	3.0	2.8	2.6
Linux Mint-Version	20	19.3	19.2	19.1	19	18.3	18.2	18.1	18	17.3	17.2

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Published on Nov 11, 2016

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Rocco (aka. Big Daddy) gave some air time (22:22--24:01) to CinnVIIStarkMenu on the Destination Linux Podcast.	CinnVIIStarkMenu is mentioned at the end of the Article Linux – Desktop Environment Hopping by MorningStarGG on Think Critic

Published on May 15, 2017	Published on September 17, 2017

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CinnVIIStarkMenu is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. See the COPYING file for details.

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Language	By
Chinese (Simplified) (zh_CN)	giwhub
Croatian (hr)	gogo
Czech (cs)	Radek Otáhal
French (fr)	bluedxca93, Christian Medel
German (de)	Niko Krause
Kurdish (ku)	Rokar ✌
Portuguese (pt)	Hugo Meireles Gonçalves
Russian (ru)	Niko Krause, Pavel Ivanov
Serbian (sr)	Мирослав Николић
Spanish (es)	Bob, Germán
Swedish (sv)	Åke Engelbrektson

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82 Comments

xcelsiour-1 month ago

I have a request. I want to get rid of the sidebar on the left when you go into all applications and just show the list only. https://i.imgur.com/QR36cW4.png I have it circled what I want to get rid of. How can I modify CinnVIIStarkMenu to make this happen? I have a feeling it's just one line or two I have to modify to do t his.

Aquaventurer-1 month ago

really good menu. so far no issues on linux mint 20.1

germe-fur-2 months ago

is a REALLY good menu.

Fred-4 months ago

God, help me..i'm blind! I think i've clicked in every link in this page, scrolled in every direction, and i can't find the changelog for the 13/12/2020 update. I mean, i click "open" in changelog section, i see the credits, the languages bla bla, and i can't see where do i click to see what's changed! I gave up and updated anyway, but i hate to update blindly. can anyone help?

NikoKrause-4 months ago

You find the changelog by clicking on the commit hash at the top of this site, i.e. the link in the square brackets after "Last commit".

Fred-4 months ago

I was indeed blind. Thanks! Btw, awesome work you've been doing, i always spread the word about this menu. The best ever made brother. Good job and have a nice day!

dtconnor-4 months ago

I would like to remove the Lock Screen/Logout/Quit buttons I have my own restart(reboot) and Shutdown(poweroff) buttons in Favorites I have looked around in the .js file but not being a coder not sure exactly what to comment out - can you point me in the right direction. THX

NikoKrause-4 months ago

Hey, you're thinking too complicated. There's a switch called "Show quit buttons" in the settings.

dtconnor-4 months ago

DOH ! THX - perfect - beautiful menu btw

NikoKrause-5 months ago

Web search has been added to CinnVIIStarkMenu version 1.31 (in Cinnamon version 4.2+).

sanawu-5 months ago

It works in Mint 20 Cinnamon 4.6.7

Andrei Miculita-5 months ago

I've been trying to recreate the look of the Windows XP start menu. I took some screenshots and thought you might find them useful. Maybe it's not in your scope, but in case you want this applet to be able to look like XP, there are a few differences (I used the b00merang XP theme). https://imgur.com/Tu31kkT.png I don't know if it's the theme or the applet that would need to make some adjustments. These would be: less padding between programs, user picture and name in top margin, power buttons in bottom margin (I'll look into these in my free time :P). Maybe separate favorite programs and frequently used programs. It's almost pixel perfect for Vista and 7 themes though.

Andrei Miculita-2 months ago

Update: after some discussion with the theme dev, this is where he got it. https://imgur.com/e9lVFV8.png

Andrei Miculita-6 months ago

I honestly miss most of Cinnamenu's features such as fuzzy search, web search, and the built-in calculator. To me, in the long term, it would be nice to see these two applets merged. Regarding your plans to simplify the settings menu, maybe make some of the settings collapsible?

NikoKrause-6 months ago

Hey, thanks for your feedback. I just backported the new search from Cinnamons menu, which is a lot better compared to the previous search, and I'm pretty happy with it. I'm not sure, which built-in calculator is used in Cinnamenu, but I'll take a look. You can enable search providers for CinnVIIStarkMenu to have a built-in calculator. I'll add some instructions later, how to enable that. Making settings collapsible doesn't change much codebase wise. By the way, the Cinnamenu is back. So nothing to miss there anymore :)

NikoKrause-6 months ago

I've updated this applet to version 1.29. The main change in this version is a significantly improved search function (in Cinnamon versions 4.2+). Furthermore I started a poll to find out which settings of the applet are used a lot and which are don't used at all or which are barely used. This will help me to improve the applet. You find the survey on GitHub: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/issues/3249 Thanks for your feedback in advance.

sallywoog-9 months ago

Where does this menu store the menu items? I hope it's NOT in dconf, which file/folder?

Ryan Festag-10 months ago

Just tested 1.23 in Cinnamon 4.6.2, and it is working great. Whatever version I had installed before my latest Cinnamon upgrade was crashing, but this works as expected.

ivanaponi-10 months ago

Given the alternatives, this is the best we got

Mpc46-10 months ago

Easy to use, highly customizable and really good looking, I love it! You did a great job, thanks for sharing it with us!

NikoKrause-1 year ago

I've updated the applet to version 1.19. Hope it works better now.

Stephen Sepan-1 year ago

Thanks!

flansuse-1 year ago

Why isn't this page being updated? Why is the built-in applets manager still stuck with an very outdated and incompatible version? There is constant development and updates on the GitHub project, yet the maintainer makes no updates or announcements on here anymore. Yes, I know you can manually download the tarball from the project page and change a few lines with a text editor on a specific .json file, but that should never be expected of a desktop user. Applet updates should be seamless and integrated.

ak1dd-1 year ago

Thanks for this... really love it. A couple questions - is there a way to change the Quit menu icons? They don't match my theme and I think it would be slick to look more like symbolic icons. Second, is there a way to have the view always default to "All Programs"? I don't really use favorites as they are on my panel. Finally, how about a way to reduce the amount of white space? For example there is a lot of empty space between menu items and a big empty space to the right of the search box. Thanks again.

Stephen Sepan-1 year ago

Sorry wrong link -- that was MY fork; the original location is... https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/blob/master/CinnVIIStarkMenu@NikoKrause/files/CinnVIIStarkMenu@NikoKrause/metadata.json ...but the point is the same. The download link (and I should clarify that I mean the one HERE on Cinnamon Spices) is older.

Stephen Sepan-1 year ago

As you can see here... https://github.com/ssepan2/cinnamon-spices-applets/blob/master/CinnVIIStarkMenu@NikoKrause/files/CinnVIIStarkMenu@NikoKrause/metadata.json ... @kavalanche added the fix 2 days ago. However, it's not in the download link yet.

Stephen Sepan-1 year ago

I'll also echo @bassistguy's comment about the Download link -- I pulled the version in that link before doing my edit and found that although the .json file did have 4.2, it did NOT have 4.4.

Stephen Sepan-1 year ago

I've just upgraded to Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.3 Tricia (Cinnamon v4.4.5). Although the upgrade warned about the applet and no longer loaded it, following the advice by @bassistguy below, by downloading the latest, copying to the folder indicated, and adding "4.4" to the cinnamon-version line, as in ... "cinnamon-version": ["2.6","2.8","3.0","3.2","3.4","3.6","3.8","4.0","4.2","4.4"] ...allows the menu to load in Mint 19.3.

fgovoni-1 year ago

It worked

Aliaksei Labotski-1 year ago

Why it don't work with Mint 19.2??? So much time has passed

Derek-is-Eric-1 year ago

I've installed Linux Mint 19.2 MATE and try to install this including the workaround, but i cant choose this "applet"... Is it possible to use this applet in Linux Mint 19.2 MATE? I've used this Menu in Linux Mint 18.2 MATE and it works fine but i don't remember how i have it installed. Is there a difference between Cinnamon and MATE?

bassistguy-1 year ago

PLEASE NOTE: Before you try the workaround I posted, if you already attempted to download this menu via the "Add applet to panel" dialog, make sure to REMOVE it from the "Manage" tab first before attempting my workaround!! Just highlight CinnVIIStarkMenu and choose X at the bottom. Then start on the workaround below.

bassistguy-1 year ago

*Workaround for Mint 19.2, Cinnamon 4.2.x* It looks like NikoKrause already updated this menu for Cinnamon 4.2.x, but didn't point the Download link on this page to the update. To use this with Mint 19.2, do the following: 1. Download the applet (Orange Download link at the top of this page) 2. Extract the ZIP file and move the extracted directory to ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets 3. Edit the metadata.json file with a text editor 4. REPLACE the last line with the following and save the file: "cinnamon-version": ["2.6","2.8","3.0","3.2","3.4","3.6","3.8","4.0","4.2"] 5. Right-click on your panel and choose "Add applets to the panel" 6. You should now see the new, updated "CinnVIIStarkMenu" as an option 7. Choose it, and enjoy the best Cinnamon menu available :)

flansuse-1 year ago

Thank you, bassistguy! This worked for me and I am a very happy Cinnamon user once more! Cannot thank you enough!

jimthedj65-1 year ago

My 19.2 upgraded looking glass reports error t=2019-08-12T12:54:54Z [CinnVIIStarkMenu@NikoKrause]: Extension is not compatible with current Cinnamon version

Bendeguz1974-1 year ago

Hi Niko. Please update the StarkMenu application! This the best menu! I really like this and I'm wery sad, because not work in Linux Mint 19.2 :-(

flansuse-1 year ago

This is the best menu for any desktop, any distro, and operating system, Windows, Mac, or Linux. Nothing else comes close. An update for Cinnamon 4.2.3 (Linux Mint 19.2, Manjaro, and others) is super important, and we are ever so grateful! Thank you for your amazing efforts and applet!

jimthedj65-1 year ago

totally agree it should be part of the distribution.

magellan-13016-1 year ago

Please update for Cinnamon 4.2.3 installed with Linux Mint 19.2 ! I only like this menu for linux !

jimthedj65-1 year ago

would love this to support 19.2

salvamea-1 year ago

Please update it its the best menu for cinnamon....

bassistguy-1 year ago

I'm assuming there will be an update for Linux Mint 19.2 (Cinnamon)? When I attempt to install this menu, there is a message stating it's not compatible.

Saul Fautley-1 year ago

Best menu ever, love it. But is there any way to make it reset to show Favorites each time it opens rather than showing the previous view? Would be great if this could be configured.

LinuxOnTheDesktop-1 year ago

Sorry to be a pain, but there's just now been a Cinnamon update - on the Mint alpha channel, anyway (see https://github.com/linuxmint/alpha-testing) - and Cinnamon now reports the applet as incompatible. $ cinnamon --version Cinnamon 4.2.0

Paulikid-1 year ago

same here on Arch Linux with Cinnamon DE. I added "4.2" in the "metadata.json" of StarkMenu, so the applet starts again after restarting Cinnamon, but the left side of the menu is empty, no applications, no favorites.

alien1618-1 year ago

Hi there, I want to say that I use Cinnamon primarily for the StarkMenu which is in my opinion the best applications menu available as compared with anyone in any desktop environment. It is so great that I think it should be available by default in Cinnamon. Thank you so very much for the great work you have done and please keep up the wonderful work.

FcoDanielRM-1 year ago

I have a problem, when I try to assign a new direct access in applications, and I will open the panel for the order, application name, and the icon, when I click on the icon I can not choose an icon and it is blocked, I have to kill the process since I can not cancel. Thank you for your help and this is incredible!

NikoKrause-1 year ago

Hey, this is a known issue in Cinnamon 4.0 (Linux Mint 19.1) itself and not specific to this applet: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/issues/2155 It will be solved in Cinnamon 4.2 (Linux Mint 19.2).

naaiil-2 years ago

Awesome cinnamon menu. But is that possible bring back the menu to favorite app after search app. Because after search app, the menu cannot back to favorite menu, still on all program menu. Thanks

Neverest-2 years ago

Used this when moving my family's laptop to Mint. No problems so far. :) Any hope for a Mate applet of the menu? Would love to use it on a lighter desktop environment.

GNU_Linux_User-2 years ago

I like this applet so much that I use it twice - on two panels! It's a shame that once I've configured one I have to configure the other (as against there being some way of copying the configuration). Also, I find that typing into the button for the 'quit' text is extremely slow - on a very fast laptop. It takes more than five seconds for some of the letters to show up.

Ben-2 years ago

My favorite Cinnamon menu by far. Great work! Thanks.

Hugo Meireles Gonçalves-2 years ago

Now working with Cinnamon 4.0! Thank you a lot.

eyzer24-2 years ago

The update for CinnVIIStarkMenu it's ok for me(Manjaro cinnamon4). Thanks ;)

eyzer24-2 years ago

HI, i like it but don't work with cinnamon 4

NikoKrause-2 years ago

Added support for Cinnamon 4.0

Michel Casillas-2 years ago

What a beautifil thing.

Frank-3 years ago

Clicking on "configure" does nothing. Version 1.1.7 Debian Sid

Adeel Akram-3 years ago

The following Message appears if Mouse is clicked/kept on extreme lower left corner near @ Menu of CinnVIIStarkMenu (I am using "Hot Corners" Applet to Run a Command on lower left corner): Execution of " failed: Text was empty (or contained whitespace) This message should not be triggered if there is nothing to execute in the "Hot Corners" settings... Similarly anything that has spaces in parameters should be handled without triggering this message. All else is working perfectly... Keep up the good work !!! I am using version 2017-11-16

oxydium-3 years ago

I find that an option is missing to enable or disable tooltips in programs navigation. with this extra option, the applet would be perfect :)

Band1to-3 years ago

Awesome !

Григорий Столяр-3 years ago

Great applet. Thanks.

Craig Lillie-3 years ago

Can't wait for the 3.6 version. Just got upgraded from 3.4.2 to 3.6.0 and sadly it doesn't work now.

NikoKrause-3 years ago

I have updated CinnVIIStarkMenu for Cinnamon 3.6. You just need to update the applet now.

James Upson-3 years ago

Hi Craig, it's working for me on 3.6.1, after a bit of jiggery pokery.

Bertrand Pivaty-3 years ago

This is a great applet. I however have one suggestion: it would be nice that if one select All Programs, whether you start an app or close the menu, re-opening the menu should be back with favorites. Or maybe at least make it configurable.

NikoKrause-3 years ago

The MATE-Menu Layout of this applet has this behaviour.

Bertrand Pivaty-3 years ago

I tried both Mate and Stark menu none of them gave me this behavior.

NikoKrause-3 years ago

MATE-Layout: Remembers which section (»All Programs« or »Favorites«) was open and shows this section next time you're opening the menu. Stark-Layout: Always shows the »Favorites« section on menu opening. If that's not the case please file a new issue on the following page: https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon-spices-applets/issues

Bertrand Pivaty-3 years ago

It works well as you said with Stark layout. Don't know why it did not work before. Nice applet. I like it.

CottonEaster-3 years ago

This fine applet seems to be having problems on my Mint 18.2 Cinnamon system. For details, please see the bug report here: https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/6739#issuecomment-31871833

GNU_Linux_User-2 years ago

The applet is working well on Mint 19.1 and indeed better than the official Mint menu applet. Kudos to the developer of CinnVII!

Henkel256-3 years ago

Work with Mint 17.1, very good. Thanks.

ACinnamonUserInUK-3 years ago

Very nice. Polished. Good work. Thank you.

kreha1-3 years ago

Thank you for this menu. Do you plan on adding win10-like menu layout? Would love that applet even more. Thanks again :).

NikoKrause-3 years ago

No it hasn't. If you are looking for a menu applet with fuzzy search, try the Sane Menu by nooulaif: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/258

Zerophase-3 years ago

Does this have fuzzy search?

Reaw-3 years ago

To solve the 'Super-R' issue opening the wrong menu, you have to restart Cinnamon ! (Alt+f2 then type r and enter).

Reaw-3 years ago

I like this menu a lot, but when I press the the 'Super-R' button, it still opens the default menu and not this one, even if the default menu applet isn't activated. Any idea on how to solve this ?

Steve Murphy-3 years ago

A lot to like with this menu, but for me there are a couple of deal breakers that stop it being my first choice of alternative to the stock menu. I don't like that the menu doesn't maintain a consistent width moving through program categories and it suffers some issues with brief text corruption scrolling trough program categories on my system. Stock menu does the same, but there are other choices on Spices that don't.

NikoKrause-3 years ago

"The menu doesn't maintain a consistent width moving through program categories..." That was a bug. The menu should has constant width now. "... and it suffers some issues with brief text corruption scrolling trough program categories on my system." I'm not sure, what you mean by "brief text corruption". But scrolling through categories has been improved as well.

Steve Murphy-3 years ago

Hi NikoKrause. The text corruption issues seem to be cured with Mint 18.2/Cinnamon 3.4 and the menu width is all good now. Have been using this for a few weeks now as my default. All good. Thank-you.

CinnVIIStarkMenu

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