How do I change the Menu Launcher icon?

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1

I'm new to Ubuntu Mate. Is there a way to change out the Menu icon? I mean the menu launcher icon.

2

If you mean this:

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Then sure, the icon is inherited from the current theme and is named start-here.svg. So, suppose you were using Ambiant-MATE, the icon would be coming from:

/usr/share/icons/Ambiant-MATE/apps/22/start-here.svg

Suppose your current theme is Ambiant-MATE, you can override the icon by placing a SVG file into a hidden (dot) folder in your home directory.

~/.local/share/icons/Ambiant-MATE/apps/22/start-here.svg

The folders won't exist, so you'll need to create them. Be sure to reload the theme (by switching themes in :appearance: Appearance) after adding the icon to this folder.

I think you can use a PNG icon, but I haven't checked.

3

If I get you right, desired workflow is

  • invoke menu command System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Main Menu
  • find the menu position you are interested in, select it and press Properties button
  • in the properties window press 'launch pad' in the upper left corner and select an icon

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