Desktop Menu¶

XDG Desktop Menu specification

xdg.Menu.parse(filename=None, debug=False)[source]¶: Helper function. Equivalent to calling xdg.Menu.XMLMenuBuilder().parse(filename)

class xdg.Menu.Menu[source]¶

Menu containing sub menus under menu.Entries

Contains both Menu and MenuEntry items.

getComment()[source]¶: Returns the menu’s comment text.

getEntries(show_hidden=False)[source]¶: Interator for a list of Entries visible to the user.

getGenericName()[source]¶: Returns the menu’s generic name.

getIcon()[source]¶: Returns the menu’s icon, filename or simple name

getMenu(path)[source]¶: Searches for a Menu with a given path.

getMenuEntry(desktopfileid, deep=False)[source]¶: Searches for a MenuEntry with a given DesktopFileID.

getName()[source]¶: Returns the menu’s localised name.

getPath(org=False, toplevel=False)[source]¶: Returns this menu’s path in the menu structure.

class xdg.Menu.MenuEntry(filename, dir='', prefix='')[source]¶

Wrapper for ‘Menu Style’ Desktop Entries

DesktopEntry¶: The xdg.DesktopEntry.DesktopEntry instance holding the data for this entry.

getDir()[source]¶: Return the directory containing the desktop entry file.

getType()[source]¶: Return the type of MenuEntry, System/User/Both

save()[source]¶: Save any changes to the desktop entry.