How to create a jwm directory launcher? (solved)

[eden6000]

Hi everybody, just asking, as of title, if anybody knows how to create a taskbar button that opens a sort of popup showing some customizable directories...something like the launcher that kde4 has (if someone has seen it...)

[disciple]

You might have to explain what you mean by "customisable" and "a popup".
I use a folder menu bound to button 2. Would it do the trick? You should be able to figure out the code.
(N.B. this is my second menu - the main one is bound to button 1, but I can't remember if that is a default in puppy these days).

This is the code for my folder menu, in /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal:

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<!-- folder menu -->

<RootMenu label="Folders" labeled="false" onroot="2" height="16">
<Program label="Filesystem">rox /</Program>
<Program label="Home folder">rox /root</Program>
<Program label="Desktop">rox /mnt/sda1/Windows/Desktop</Program>
<Separator/>
<Program label="Alister">rox "/mnt/sdb5/My Documents/Alister New"</Program>
<Program label="Gabriel">rox "/mnt/sdb5/My Documents/Gabriel"</Program>
<Program label="Nathaniel">rox "/mnt/sdb5/My Documents/Nathaniel"</Program>
<Program label="Dad">rox "/mnt/sdb5/My Documents/Dad"</Program>
<Program label="Mum">rox "/mnt/sdb5/My Documents/Mum"</Program>
</RootMenu>

As you can see, I have the menu attached to a button on a second tray at the top of my screen. This is my code for that tray in /root/.jwmrc-tray

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	<Tray autohide="true" x="-100" border="0" height="24" width="0" valign="top">

		<TrayButton popup="Show Desktop" icon="desktop.xpm">showdesktop</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Home" icon="home24.png">root:2</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Console" icon="rxvt.xpm">exec:rxvt -sl 3200</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Text editor" icon="notepad_16x16.xpm">exec: defaulttexteditor</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Word Processing" icon="word_16x16.xpm">exec: swriter</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Spreadsheets" icon="excel_16x16.xpm">exec: scalc</TrayButton>
		<!-- TrayButton popup="Opera browser" icon="opera16.xpm">exec:opera</TrayButton -->
		<TrayButton popup="Internet" icon="mozicon16.xpm">exec:firefox</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="E-mail" icon="oexpress_32x32.xpm">exec: defaultemail</TrayButton>
		<TrayButton popup="Drives" icon="/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps/drive24.png">exec: pmount</TrayButton>

	</Tray>

The root:2 button is the one - I could just as easily put it in the normal tray at the bottom of the screen, just by putting the code for that button between its <Tray></Tray> tags.

Check out joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml if you need help understanding the JWM configuration.

[jpeps]

Nice!

[eden6000]

simply....
G R E A T!!
It's right what I was looking for!
Thanks!