Wing Menu is an alternative menu plugin for lxqt-panel (Updated for LXQt 2.0)
It has two columns instead of the "classic menu" and was inspired by Xfce's Whisker Menu
Can be activated via D-Bus qdbus org.lxqt.panel.wingmenu /wingmenu toggle (or wingmenu2, wingmenu3, etc). Exact command is available in the Settings window.
NOTE: If the D-Bus command is set as a global shortcut, the menu might block the detection of the shortcut when it's open, so it might not work for hiding it (Esc or F1-F12 will hide it).
License: LGPL-2.1+
You can contribute with translations on Weblate
- lxqt-build-tools 2.0+
- liblxqt 2.0+
- libqtxdg 4.0+
- lxqt-panel 2.0+
- lxqt-globalkeys 2.0+
- KWindowSystem 6.0+
- Qt 6
sudo pacman --needed -S git base-devel cmake lxqt-build-tools \
liblxqt libqtxdg lxqt-globalkeys lxqt-panel kwindowsystem qt6-base
# clone repo
git clone https://github.com/elviosak/plugin-wingmenu.git
# cd into folder
cd plugin-wingmenu
# run install script
bash install.sh
Note: it's not well integrated with actual LXQt Themes, try it with "System" theme and "Fusion" widget style.
WIP branch for Wing Menu styling in themes: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-themes/tree/wing-menu-fixes
If everything was successful, you should have a new plugin ready to be added to your panel, named Wing Menu (wingmenu).