adding icons-(solved)

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:44 am

using jwm. how to i add an icon to an item that is in my menu that doesnt have an icon next to the description/tks

ThruHammer · Post by **ThruHammer** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:53 am

Look at other ".desktop" items in /usr/share/applications to see how they populate the menu.

Post by **bigpup** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:24 am

The menu entries are provided by the info, in the programs specific .desktop file, in /usr/share/applications.
Find the .desktop file for the menu item.
Open in a text editor to show contents.
It is probably trying to use an icon, not in Fossapup, or location of icon, is not correct.

In the file will be an icon= line.
That needs to state, exactly where the icon is, and what icon file.
Example:
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnibbles.png

If it is a program you installed.
Usually, the programs specific icon, will be in a directory of the programs files.
Where that directory is located, depends on where it got put, in Puppy file system.

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:51 pm

couldnt get to work i want to add icon next to app in the menu. no problem changing desktop icon to whatever just lost on adding to menu entry.

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rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 1:52 pm

not a big deal just exploring puppy

ThruHammer · Post by **ThruHammer** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:24 pm

Yeah, "/usr/local/lib/X11/pixmaps" the system *KNOWS* about.

You spec the "Icon=" by name alone in its ".desktop" file.

Run Fixmenus and it should become visible.

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 4:57 pm

going down the rabbit hole. dont understand

666philb · Post by **666philb** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:06 pm

in fossapup .... menu>>fixmenus

in other pups you would run it in the terminal ... fixmenus

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:13 pm

yup did that to no avail

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:28 pm

666 followed you post here
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Post by **bigpup** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:29 am

Do you have a save icon on the desktop?
If yes.
The change you made is still in memory.
Click the save icon.
After it saves.
Try the fixmenus

Can also try a reboot after the save.

666philb · Post by **666philb** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:51 am

you have a small 'x' in X11

ThruHammer · Post by **ThruHammer** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:14 am

Yeah, that's one that got by me.

You have too much time on your hands, Phil.

Post by **bigpup** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 2:13 pm

So, was that the problem?
You had the directory identified as x11 and not X11?
So, it was not identifying the correct directory, for the location of the icon file?

rburkartjo · Post by **rburkartjo** » Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:34 pm

big problem was me. been using ubuntu and mint for over 15 years. still on the puppy learning curve

used this but selected app that needed to have icon added (which i could have deleted somehow)

opening/usr/share/applications/palemoon.desktop in geany
changing the icon line to Icon=/usr/share/icons/PMaterial/scalable/apps/palemoon.svg
then run fixmenus to rebuild the menu
new palemoon icon now shows in the menu

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