#1 2016-03-22 03:24:24

seppalta

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[SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

I replaced tint2 by fbpanel in my BL8.3-64bit.  Normally, making sure "gtk-menu-images=1" in ~/.gtkrc-2.0 is sufficient to guarantee icons for menu items.  Not happening in BL.  Help.

Last edited by seppalta (2016-03-24 09:34:18)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

I can't reproduce this

I have just installed fbpanel in my BL and the menu icons show up:

empty@BunsenLabs:~$ cat ~/.gtkrc-2.0
# DO NOT EDIT! This file will be overwritten by LXAppearance.
# Any customization should be done in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine instead.

include "/home/empty/.gtkrc-2.0.mine"
gtk-theme-name="Bunsen"
gtk-icon-theme-name="Faenza-Dark-Bunsen"
gtk-font-name="Sans 10"
gtk-cursor-theme-name="DMZ-White"
gtk-cursor-theme-size=0
gtk-toolbar-style=GTK_TOOLBAR_ICONS
gtk-toolbar-icon-size=GTK_ICON_SIZE_SMALL_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images=0
gtk-menu-images=1
gtk-enable-event-sounds=0
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds=0
gtk-xft-antialias=1
gtk-xft-hinting=1
gtk-xft-hintstyle="hintslight"
gtk-xft-rgba="rgb"

Is anything being set in ~/.gtkrc-2.0.mine?

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seppalta

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

It isn't important, but I was just curious why suddenly in this one particular situation I was not getting icons.  I have used fbpanel with many distros, including BL, on several laptops, and always gotten icons.  Thanks anyway for having a look.

Last edited by seppalta (2016-03-24 05:14:47)

seppalta

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

Found a work-around that is generally appealing - replaced the fbpanel menu with the lxde-applications.menu.  I always preferred the lxde menu because it is easy to add new dynamical categories.  With the fbpanel menu I could only add new static categories.  Here is a photo of the lxde menu in the fbpanel.

PackRat

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

Since you're using the lxde menu, would you be better off switching to lxpanel (originally derived from fbpanel) - just a thought.

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seppalta

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

Since you're using the lxde menu, would you be better off switching to lxpanel (originally derived from fbpanel) - just a thought.

Fbpanel has 1 big advantage over Lxpanel, which I like and have used in the past, namely, genmon plugins.  Genmon plugins allow a variety of computer processes to be shown, essentially can replace Conky, which allows a big savings in resources.  Also, I think the desktop pager being able to mimic the wallpaper is a nice touch.  Finally I find fbpanel easier to configure, but that is probably just a personal thing.  Here is a picture of a left-fbpanel with 11 genmon plugins, the desktop pager mimicing the wallpaper and an open fbpanel menu with icons: 
left-fbpanel with genmon plugins

ohnonot

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Re: [SOLVED] no icons in fbpanel

Fbpanel has 1 big advantage over Lxpanel, which I like and have used in the past, namely, genmon plugins.

btw, i'm getting icons in the menu with fbpanels default setup.
the relevant config section looks like this:

Plugin {
    type = menu
    config {
        IconSize = 22
        #icon = start-here
        icon = logo
        systemmenu {
        }
        separator {
        }
	menu {  
	    name = Computer
	    icon = computer
            
	    item {
		name = Terminal
		icon = terminal
		action = x-terminal
	    }
            item {
                name = Lock Display
                icon = gnome-lockscreen
                action = slock
            }
            separator {
            }
            item {
                name = Reboot
                icon = gnome-session-reboot
                action = sudo reboot
            }
            item {
                name = Shutdown
                icon = gnome-session-halt
                action = sudo shutdown -h now
            }
            item {
                name = logout
                icon = gnome-session-logout
                action = /usr/libexec/fbpanel/xlogout
            }
        }
    }
}

if that doesn't help, maybe it's something to do with the icontheme you're using?

Last edited by ohnonot (2021-07-04 06:32:44)