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vrcmr
Asked: 2010-12-03 14:41:40 +0800 CST

Is there an icon pack for nautilus right click menu?

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I saw in default gnome theme icons when I clicked right the mouse. The icons are very useful for orientation in the menu.
See the picture below. How can I add some icons to standard ubuntu theme?

If there no icon pack how can I add my own icons?

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nautilus icons menu

4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can enable this option (It's disabled by default) in the configuration manager. This should be available through Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Manager (The System Tools menu may be hidden - you can make it visible by going to System -> Preferences -> Main Menu and selecting the checkbox next to System Tools, and possibly the one next to Configuration Editor in side the System Tools menu). Alternatively you can run gconf-tool from the command line.

    You'll need to navigate to desktop -> gnome -> interface

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    Select menus_have_icons and check the box.

    If you want the quick one liner you can enter the following in your terminal

    gconftool --set --type bool /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons 0

    This is the outcome

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  2. See comment 4 for bug 974915 "Nautilus Context menu missing icons".

    Sebastien Bacher wrote on 2012-04-06:

    icons for most components got turned off like 2 years ago, they are only there in menu for objects like applications or directories, not for actions etc

    Sebastien Bacher wrote on 2012-04-09:

    it's not a bug, it's a design decision

    But the following tip works!

    1. Execute Alt+F2 → run gnome-tweak-tool
    2. Navigate to "Theme" settings
    3. Enable icons in Context menus using the sliders "Menus Have Icons" and "Buttons Have Icons"
    4. Restsart Gnome Shell doing Alt+F2 → r
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  3. For ubuntu 12.04 to 15.04+

    To enable menu have icons, run:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true

    To enable button have icons, run:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface buttons-have-icons true

    To do it graphically install dconf-editor or dconf-tools

    source

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  4. I don't know how to add your own icons. I suppose you would need to create your own theme. But just to add on what everyone has been saying (how to turn on the icons in menu), there is my input...

    If you use "Cinnamon" desktop, you can use cinnamon-settings

    Go to Appearance > Themes

    Tab Settings

    Miscellaneous options

    • Show icons in menus
    • Show icons on buttons (you might want that one as well)
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