Customizing the right-click menu on the desktop

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You can customize the menu that opens when you right-click the desktop background. You can create custom entries in the menu that run arbitrary commands.

To customize the menu, follow these steps:

  1. Log into the standard GNOME session, either Wayland or X11.

  2. Install the gnome-shell-extension-custom-menu package:

    # dnf install ...

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