====== Advanced Mate Menu: favourites cannot be reordered ======

In previous versions you could move icons simply dragging them around in the favourites menu. On the contrary, in recent versions the icons are unmovable.


==== First workaround ====
The first workaround is to rearrange them from\\
~/.config/mate-menu/applications.list



==== Better solution ====
The real solution is to fix the bug in the python plugin.

In my case Mate is on Debian 11, however this path should be the same almost in every distro.
<code bash>
sudo nano /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mate_menu/plugins/applications.py
</code>

~LINE 191
<code bash>
class pluginclass( object ):
    TARGET_TYPE_TEXT = 80
    toButton = ( Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "text/uri-list", 0, TARGET_TYPE_TEXT ), Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "text/uri-list", 0, TARGET_TYPE_TEXT ) )
    TARGET_TYPE_FAV = 81
    
    #------ REMOVED
    #toFav = ( Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "FAVORITES", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81 ), Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "text/plain", 0, 100 ), Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "text/uri-list", 0, 101 ) ) 
    #fromFav = ( Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "FAVORITES", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81 ), Gtk.TargetEntry.new( "FAVORITES", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81 ) )
    #------------------
   
    # ----- ADDED (Rik)
    toFav = (Gtk.TargetEntry.new("text/plain", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81), Gtk.TargetEntry.new("text/plain", 0, 100), Gtk.TargetEntry.new("text/uri-list", 0, 101))
    fromFav = (Gtk.TargetEntry.new("text/plain", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81),  Gtk.TargetEntry.new("text/plain", Gtk.TargetFlags.SAME_APP, 81))
    #-------------------
</code>
Line 1371

<code bash>
def on_drag_data_received( self, widget, context, x, y, selection, info, time ):
        if info == self.TARGET_TYPE_FAV:
        
            #------- REMOVED
            #self.favoritesReorder( int(selection.get_data()), widget.position )</del>
            #------- ADDED (Rik)
            self.favoritesReorder(int(selection.get_data().decode()), widget.position)

def on_drag_data_get( self, widget, context, selection, targetType, time ):
        if targetType == self.TARGET_TYPE_FAV:
            #------- REMOVED
            #selection.set(Gdk.SELECTION_CLIPBOARD, 8, str(widget.position))</del>
            #------- ADDED (Rik)
            selection.set_text(str(widget.position), -1)
</code>

Save, reboot and the problem is solved.