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[Solved] How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark background?
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:34 pm
by RytronII
Hi.
How can I change the mintMenu to have just an icon on a dark background?
I added a dark theme and it now looks like so [image attached]. I changed the icon but the white/grey background remains.
Thanks.
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 3:28 am
by caribriz
Try this:
Right-click mintMenu button > Preferences > Theme
Click down arrow next to Theme and change from the default "Desktop theme" to your theme.
Close box.
I had to logout/in because the Update Manager icon and the Network Manager icon changed to a white background,
but after logging out/in, it was same dark background as the rest of the panel.
This worked for me in Mint 13 xfce using Xfce-dusk theme.
Dark mintMenu background.png
caribriz
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:38 am
by RytronII
caribriz wrote:Try this:
Right-click mintMenu button > Preferences > Theme
Click down arrow next to Theme and change from the default "Desktop theme" to your theme.
Close box.
I had to logout/in because the Update Manager icon and the Network Manager icon changed to a white background,
but after logging out/in, it was same dark background as the rest of the panel.
This worked for me in Mint 13 xfce using Xfce-dusk theme.
Dark mintMenu background.png
caribriz
No joy.
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:45 am
by caribriz
I just tried it with another dark theme - it didn't work at first as it did for Xfce-dusk.
I had to copy the extracted folder to /usr/share/themes (as root) for it to show up in the mintMenu > Preferences > Theme list.
(Before I just copied the extracted theme folder to /home/username/.themes)
Logged out/in - then it worked.
This was Shiki-Midnight-Brave theme.
caribriz
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:47 am
by RytronII
caribriz wrote:I just tried it with another dark theme - it didn't work at first as it did for Xfce-dusk.
I had to copy the extracted folder to /usr/share/themes for it to show up in the mintMenu > Preferences > Theme list.
(Before I just copied the extracted theme folder to /home/username/.themes)
Logged out/in - then it worked.
This was Shiki-Midnight-Brave theme.
caribriz
Could you upload the Shiki-Midnight-Brave theme here in a .7z file?
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:55 am
by caribriz
Hope this works
Shiki-Midnight-Brave.7z
caribriz
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 4:58 am
by RytronII
caribriz wrote:Hope this works
Shiki-Midnight-Brave.7z
caribriz
Thank you caribriz.
It shows up in themes no problem. The mintMenu icon remains the same though. I may go back to Mint-x.
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 5:43 am
by caribriz
Curious it doesn't work for you.
What happens if you (temporarily) change the mintMenu icon to the same as mine:
Right-click mintMenu > Preferences > Main Button change Button icon to:
/usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/24.png ... then close box and logout/in?
Does the icon's background change to the dark background then?
Edit - just tried it with your icon: /usr/share/xfcemint/visualisation-logo.png
dark background visualisation-logo.png
Another idea - a stab in the dark
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In the mintMenu > Preferences > Theme screen .... is "Use custom colors" unchecked?
caribriz
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 6:54 am
by RytronII
caribriz wrote:
Curious it doesn't work for you.
What happens if you (temporarily) change the mintMenu icon to the same as mine:
Right-click mintMenu > Preferences > Main Button change Button icon to:
/usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/logos/24.png ... then close box and logout/in?
Does the icon's background change to the dark background then?
Edit - just tried it with your icon: /usr/share/xfcemint/visualisation-logo.png
dark background visualisation-logo.png
Another idea - a stab in the dark
-
In the mintMenu > Preferences > Theme screen .... is "Use custom colors" unchecked?
caribriz
This is odd indeed. I tried everything but still no good.
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:22 am
by caribriz
Sorry it hasn't worked out for you.
I'm out of ideas
Hopefully, someone will have another suggestion ... please let us know if you get it sorted out in the end.
caribriz
Re: How can I change mintMenu to have a icon on dark backgro
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:47 pm
by RytronII
caribriz wrote:Sorry it hasn't worked out for you.
I'm out of ideas
Hopefully, someone will have another suggestion ... please let us know if you get it sorted out in the end.
caribriz
I will do. Thanks again for helping me. Bye caribriz.