How can I create a menu item that points to a URL?I've tried creating a mylink.desktop entry like this:[Desktop Entry]Encoding=UTF-8Name=My Link NameIcon=my-iconType=LinkCategories=Office;URL=http://www.example.com/then using xdg-desktop-menu install mylink.desktop should put this entry in the current user's menu. This does not work however. The file is copied into ~/.local/share/applications/ but the entry doesn't show up in the menu.If I change Type to Application and define Exec instead of URL then it works. But I don't want to have menu entry for a local application. I want a default browser to launch on a specified address when the menu entry is selected.How can I do that?Also, by using this command: xdg-desktop-icon install mylink.desktop the result is as expected - a new link is created on the desktop. So why doesn't it work in the menu?I tested this on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6 with KDE, but I would like to know how to do it in Gnome as well.
Create url link in menu
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While reading up on stuff I stumbled uppon this question. That gave me an idea for a workaround:[Desktop Entry]Encoding=UTF-8Name=My Link NameIcon=my-iconType=ApplicationCategories=Office;Exec=xdg-open http://www.example.com/This does exactly what I need and is a local application, so I can use xdg-desktop-menu to install this entry without problems.