Some categories in the Whisker menu are bloated with rarely used applications. I would like to simplify using the menu by creating a nested sub-category, like Other, and moving the rarely used applications under it. So the regularly-used applications would be a short list, which includes Other, and I can expand Other when needed.
Tools like the included menu editor or MenuLibre can create a new top-level category. However, a number of categories warrant this sub-category, so I don't want to create a bunch of additional Other categories that appear at the top menu level. I'm looking to add a nested sub-category in each bloated category.
My research has yielded instructions for doing this manually via creating edited copies of .desktop and menu files, and editing the menu. I'm not anxious to manually mess with, and potentially need to then troubleshoot, the menu system.
Is there a way to do this in Whisker with automated (and preferably GUI), tools for Debian-family distros, or even an alternate menu application or menu editor with such a feature built-in, that will run on Debian-family Xfce (version 4.18 and later)?
Just to clarify, the menu editor will let you create a directory at the same level as the applications in the category, and move selected applications into that directory. However, the directory is not visible in the menu, so it serves only to archive and hide the selected applications. This also does not modify the category choices in the .desktop files for the moved applications.
