Add Main Menu customization to Settings

[questions2000]

(This was mentioned in a very old post, was not sure if I should revive it so decided to make this post)

I have seen that there are a couple of different ways that user can customize (show/hide items) the "Main Menu"
-Edit text file (works well but requires computer access to make adjustments)
-Use plugin that is provided (this works well)

If it is possible, to me it seems that this might be something worth adding into the RB "Settings" itself.
Not sure if maybe the plugin code could be somehow built into RB?

I know there are ways around what I am about to mention, but this could also allow user to be able to "hide" the "Plugins" category from the "Main Menu"
If you do this currently, then you no longer have access to the Main Menu plugin
if want to update the Main Menu

Thank You

Could be added to
Settings - General Settings - Main Menu

[chris_s]

Good point!

[questions2000]

Thank You

[iPodVT]

You can always access plugins via the File Browser.  As well, you can put shortcuts to specific plugins into your Shortcuts menu or on your Quick Screen.  All of those options would provide access even if you remove the Plugins item from the Main Menu.

[chris_s]

@iPodVT: Some users may want to hide the File Browser as well, so it is at least possible to lose access to the main menu config plugin.

[iPodVT]

Right - I was just suggesting a way to preemptively maintain easy alternative access before hiding the Plugins item in the Main Menu.  The Shortcuts and/or Quick Screen links could be preemptively made accessible even if Files and Shortcuts are also subsequently removed from the Main Menu.

[iPodVT]

In fact, one could make a shortcut to the /.rockbox/rocks (Plugins) directory and then still have easy access to all plugins after hiding the Plugins, Shortcuts, and Files items in the Main Menu.

[iPodVT]

Would adding a link to main_menu_config.rock somewhere in the Settings Browser or in the Settings context menu be a reasonable fail-safe solution?

[Bilgus]

this should be pretty easy to do check if the plugin exists and if so display an entry just needs a lang entry

[chris_s]

yeah, imo LANG_MAIN_MENU can be reused for that. Plus, I made some minor changes to the main menu config plugin so it wouldn't feel out of place in the Settings menu, e.g. by keeping the theme enabled (g6493). With the addition of autosave and single press toggling, I find it's much quicker to temporarily hide or show an item. So, instead of: Select, toggle item, select again, save and exit you can just select and then immediately exit the menu. Makes perfect sense in the Settings menu, too.

[iPodVT]

Great stuff!

This discussion got me wondering if one could have a shortcut to the root of the File Browser and then remove the Files item from the Main Menu and still have access to the File Browser.  So I created a shortcut with "type: browse", "data: /", and "name: File Browser".  It worked perfectly for both a single volume ipod6g and a two volume ipod6g.  Rockbox is great!

Of course, any shortcut into any directory within the File Browser would also allow the user to just back-out to the root directory.