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Re: MATE desktop - changing icon of a Launcher




On 3/24/21 2:14 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
On Tue, 2021-03-23 at 09:26 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
I've been use MATE almost since it came out.
IIRC I used to use a series of mouse clicks to determine the file
name
{including path} of the current icon.

On my current systems {one Stretch, one Buster} if I:
I am using Bullseye and Mate, for clarity, my icons are all on
taskbars, none are on the desktop.

   1. right click on the Launcher
   2. select properties
   3. left click on the current icon

I get a "Select Custom Icon" menu. In it I can select a directory to
search and it will display a list of available icons in that
directory.

I get "Choose an icon"

But I need to know the complete path to the current icon.
The path to the current (icon) directory is listed above the icons you
can select from. You would have to note this down as it is not possible
to select it for cut and paste purposes.

I can get the desired information by opening the launcher with a text
editor. {I want a "mouse click" method to obtain the information as
I'm
setting up a system for a very novice user.}

Suggestions?
TIA


No help I know but it does not currently seem possible to do exactly
what you require.
Cheers,
Dom

When selecting an icon from the desktop, I get the same results as Richard.  If I select an icon from a taskbar, I get the same results as Dominic .

You can get to the info strictly by mouse clicks for icons on the desktop by dragging the icon onto a taskbar, then follow the same steps that you listed.  You can delete the icon from the taskbar afterwards, but this is probably not what you really want.


Marc


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