submitted 11 months ago by again@feddit.de to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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Hello.

Linux Mint. Current release. Cinnamon desktop with default main menu.

Still struggling with that. I have two applications with no app icon in the menu. I want to add the correct icon by hand. Unfortunately, I can only choose icons provided from Linux mint. Is there a way to add your own icons to the choice dialog? How?

Thanks in advance.

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[-] Knusper@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

There's alternative GUIs for editing the menu that you can try, for example MenuLibre. I assume, MenuLibre allows adjusting that freely, but I haven't actually tried it.

But yeah, as @DmMacniel@feddit.de already pointed out, what these GUIs do, is just editing the .desktop file, which you can also edit with a text editor.
You probably already have a file for the application you're trying to correct underneath ~/.local/share/applications/. If you don't, then copy it to there from /usr/share/applications/.
And then find the [Desktop Entry] section and edit (or add) the value for Icon= to contain the absolute path to the image file you want to use.

Normally, the menu picks up such changes immediately, but if in doubt, you can try logging out and back in...

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

Can't you edit the .desktop file and point the icon to a PNG of your choice?

[-] again@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago

facepalm Your right. Sorry. Sometimes I'm very dumb.

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