Install

git clone https://github.com/leb-kuchen/apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic
cd apps-menu-applet-for-cosmic
cargo b -r
sudo just install

Config

The configuration directory is .config/cosmic/dev.dominiccgeh.CosmicAppletAppsMenu/.

Each configuration option coresponds to a filename, e.g. you can set skip_empty_categories with true > .config/cosmic/dev.dominiccgeh.CosmicAppletAppsMenu/skip_empty_categories.

These are the default options:

skip_empty_categories: true,
categories: [
    "Favorites",
    "Audio",
    "AudioVideo",
    "COSMIC",
    "Education",
    "Game",
    "Graphics",
    "Network",
    "Office",
    "Science",
    "Settings",
    "System",
    "Utility",
    "Other",
],
sort_categories: true,

Note that FavoritesandOther` are not acutally categories in your desktop files.

Dependencies

(some may not be required)

Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 11),
  debhelper-compat (= 11),
  rustc ,
  cargo,
  libdbus-1-dev,
  libegl-dev,
  libpulse-dev,
  libudev-dev,
  libxkbcommon-dev,
  libwayland-dev,
  libinput-dev,
  just,
  pkg-config,