The Circular Application Menu is a C-A-M interface designed for GNOME desktop. It offers a circular-application-menu representation for a user-friendly experience.
The Circular Application Menu is a unique representation for the GNOME desktop, which utilizes a circular-application-menu (C-A-M) prototype mirroring the same structure as the existing application menu. It is an excellent panel launcher that can be easily added to the desktop by following a few simple steps.
To add C-A-M to the panel, right-click on any vacant panel space, and select 'Add to Panel' from the displayed context menu. In the 'Add to Panel' dialog box, you need to enter some details, such as name, comment, command, type, and icon. Once added, you can click on any segment of the menu to display its child tab. You can also use navigation keys such as Page-Up, Page-Down, Home, and End to navigate the menu.
Furthermore, to make C-A-M the default menu for Alt F1 (Metacity), you need to change the existing 'Main Menu' to Alt F3 by running the following command: gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu "F3". After that, assign C-A-M as Alt F1 with the following sequence of commands:
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 circular-main-menu
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 "F1"
In addition to this, other features include using Page-Up/PageDown keys to jump between menus, Home/End keys to navigate the root and last sub-menu, and Right-Click to move around the screen.
Finally, the Circular Application Menu requires GNOME, GTK 2.12, and compiz-devel, along with a composited environment, such as compiz, to function correctly. The latest release of C-A-M also includes the blur plugin by default which can be optionally disabled.
To add C-A-M to the panel, right-click on any vacant panel space, and select 'Add to Panel' from the displayed context menu. In the 'Add to Panel' dialog box, you need to enter some details, such as name, comment, command, type, and icon. Once added, you can click on any segment of the menu to display its child tab. You can also use navigation keys such as Page-Up, Page-Down, Home, and End to navigate the menu.
Furthermore, to make C-A-M the default menu for Alt F1 (Metacity), you need to change the existing 'Main Menu' to Alt F3 by running the following command: gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/panel_main_menu "F3". After that, assign C-A-M as Alt F1 with the following sequence of commands:
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_1 circular-main-menu
gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_1 "F1"
In addition to this, other features include using Page-Up/PageDown keys to jump between menus, Home/End keys to navigate the root and last sub-menu, and Right-Click to move around the screen.
Finally, the Circular Application Menu requires GNOME, GTK 2.12, and compiz-devel, along with a composited environment, such as compiz, to function correctly. The latest release of C-A-M also includes the blur plugin by default which can be optionally disabled.
What's New
Version 0r52: N/A