Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:08:45 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing Applications menu folder icons
Message-ID:  <1071248925.756.3.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <20031212153643.A1D235D04@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20031212153643.A1D235D04@ptavv.es.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

--=-C0NN3IHgfYpSK0NUTtVS
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 10:36, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > From: Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh@sdf.lonestar.org>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:30:08 -0500
> > Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
> >=20
> > Hi everyone, I just installed openoffice and I went to add a new folder
> > for it to the gnome menu.  I used Nautilus and clicked Go --> Start Her=
e
> > and created a new folder under Applications where i added launchers for
> > the apps.  The problem is that I selected the new folder's properties
> > and gave the folder an icon but when I use the Applications menu my
> > custom icon does not show up, instead the default folder icon appears.=20
> > If I go into Start Here again, the custom icon is there.  I read help,
> > looked through the FreeBSD gnome FAQ and googled but I can't seem to
> > find how to change folder icons in the Applications menu.  Can somebody
> > help me with this?  I'm running gnome2 2.4.1 from ports which I just
> > updated two days ago.  Thanks a bunch.
>=20
> I have been seeing this same behavior since I moved to Gnome2. I can
> assign icons to launchers, but not to folders. I have tried to install
> both icons I imported and simply selecting an icon from another app that
> was already available, but I still just get the standard "folder" icon.

I believe this is how it works.  Take a look at the Advanced folder in
the Applications menu.  I think you'd need to create a vfolder entry if
you wanted it to have an icon.

Joe

--=20
PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc



--=-C0NN3IHgfYpSK0NUTtVS
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQA/2fYdb2iPiv4Uz4cRAl/5AKCvD4vt8I0BnTkeEVO9KRCgnz+m1ACgqtve
h3B52+8N3kjTugNourV7wvk=
=tIHd
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--=-C0NN3IHgfYpSK0NUTtVS--



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?1071248925.756.3.camel>