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Adding Fullscren zorin Apps menu to Cairo-Dock

7vincent7black7

Sat Mar 12, 2016 2:39:18 pm

So, I'm using Cairo-Dock instead of AWN currently, and one thing that is not as fun is the lack of a Z icon on my left Main Dock that would present a fullscreen view of all the apps I have installed with their respective categories. I can add a Zorin Menu, that is the one presented when the Look changer is set to Windows 7, or I can add an application manager to the Dock, which is equally less exciting. :3 However, I can not find out how to specifically add the Big One.

It feels like wanting the Start Menu from Windows 10, when its set to fullscreen rather htan popup menu, and having to settle for Windows Vista's. :lol:

Any help?

Swarfendor437

Sat Mar 12, 2016 8:59:32 pm

From recollection, how I did this can be two ways - I do remember putting PearOS once on Cairo-Dock panel or rather it might have been Cairo-Dock on Pear and it picked it up or I moved some logos around. The 'easiest' (:lol:) way is to add the old GnoMenu:

http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/03/how-to- ... unity.html

This has the old Menu preferences where you choose the distribution logo - as shown here (unless the Z is Zorin Menu in this instance!:

https://vimeo.com/85105549

7vincent7black7

Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:59:29 am

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lpdzPJYxCY4/T ... neiric.png

This is close but not exactly. I've successfully pinned a Zorin Start Menu, and an Application Manager to the Cairo-Dock in the search for the one I"m looking for, but they are not the one I"m looking for. You know when you first install Zorin, and on the left is the AWN Main Launcher, assuming you make your interface look like Unix? And on that Launcher is teh Zorin Start Menu button, that when clicked, opens up a Full screen view of all the applications installed? Across the top are tabs with different categories as well as a big search bar, which will cause only applications matching the criteria typed in.

It basically looks like the fullscreen start menu of windows 8/8.1/10 in comparison to xp/vista/7. I'm looking to make my Start menu display as its fullscreen, unix counterpart.

Update: WHOO-HOO-HOO!!! I think I've found a fix, albeit not the one I expected. As a reference, you can look at one of my past threads. The bottom line is that here (you don't have to read it, I'll summarise)
http://zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11585

I asked for help because pcsx2 won't install on account of expecting older versions of dependencies that I have, so I borked my Operating system as displayed here: (summary below link)
http://zoringroup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=11503

by trying to force the installation of outdated dependencies in tandem to the current versions, which caused countless files to be removed in favor of older ones. I foolishly thought that the OS would allow multiple dependencies to exist alongside each other and they necessary ones would be used by their respective counterparts, and this has led to a slew of problems.

Long story short, my AWN Launcher and status bar went missing and I had no Zorin Launcher button to be able to access my applications directly. So, having Cairo-dock already installed, I was attempting to create a Main launcher with a the fullscreen Zorin Menu linked to it manually, which is no longer necesssary. Last week I had learned that the Look Changer was corrupted by that one mistake above, and some of hte Looks or Desktop Themes were missing, including Unity. BUT I used a command in terminal to have my Distro install all the most up-to-date applications of my Distribution image from the offical Zorin servers, can't remember the command, but it was something like "Sudo apt-get install --reinstall distrib...."

This command has fixed the Zorin Look Changer, restoring all of its Look Themes, and by telling it to make my Desktop look like Unity, has restored my Launcher along with the Fullscreen Zorin Menu. My Cairo-Dock's new Main Dock is no longer needed, so the greater problem is solved. :)

Swarfendor437

Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:28:59 am

Hi, your post has also jogged my memory - and that is why you need to install GnoMenu (this does NOT replace ZorinMenu - which is a 'tweaked' GnoMenu) - because Cairo-Dock on the last tab has an option to 'get more themes' and one of these is 'GnoMenu' - but it has to be present first! ;) :D

7vincent7black7

Sun Mar 13, 2016 11:31:12 pm

I will look into that. :mrgreen: