Gnome start button

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Description:

Start button for gnome.

How to change a menu button:
1. add a main menu applet to your panel
2. run gconf-editor
3. go to /apps/panel/objects/object_1 (number at the end may differ for you)
4. check "use custom icon" option
5. in "custom icon key" field add an image path

Last changelog:

13 years ago

I've done some color variations as requsted. To get more just use hue/saturation filter in Gimp.

gblackbox
13 years ago

To all those having issues installing:

1. add the "Main Menu applet" to your panel
2. run gconf-editor
3. navigate to /app/panel/objects
4. find the object_x that contains "object_type=menu-object".
5. check "use_custom_icon"
6. change the "custom_icon" value to the full image path including extension.

Hope this helps all those having issues.

gblackbox

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Beowulf1976
13 years ago

I followed the instructions to the letter, and still I don't have the button :(

I rebooted and CTRL ALT DEL aswell and nothing :(

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greno
13 years ago

me too, i cant use this bottom :(

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geniux1980
13 years ago

Nice button I really like it, could you make one in blue? Would look awsome on my desktop :)

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garoth
14 years ago

Why? Why? Why?

Why would I want my convenient gnome to be more Windows-Esque?

I realize that it's cool that it's so easy for Linux to be so configurable, but hey, why would I want to configure is as such. I left windows to escape bullshit, not to recreate it.

Still, though. Good work finding this. I suppose that it's kind of cool that you can do that and in only 5 steps. Good work, although it's not something that I would want to do.

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toby
14 years ago

Am I missing something here? Since when is Open Source, the GNOME project, or even Linux about doing shameless rip-offs? GNOME, as well as KDE, already have this kind of uninspired "start" buttons, only they didn't overstep their boundaries by actually writing "START" on it, as it has always been incredibly redundant, and fairly misleading. I don't consider this a step in the right direction for anything related to this website's philosophy and purpose (Open Source, Linux On The Desktop, GNOME etc.)

http://xpde.com

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flomar
14 years ago

doesnt seem to work on breezy badger, is there another way to "refresh" the panel than "killall gnome-panel" + "gnome-panel"?

thx, flo

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nunogomes
14 years ago

exactly what gtk theme is that? its clearlooks isnt it, but i dont recall seeing that shade of blue before

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audax321
14 years ago

Yeah, its not always:
/apps/panel/objects/object_1

For me it was:
/apps/panel/objects/object_16
for a newly added main menu.

I guess the easiest way is to remove the main menu you have now, readd it and then looks for the highest number or just go through them until you see the one that has the following keys:
object_type: menu-object
tooltip: Main Menu

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kiddo
14 years ago

Hmm... are you sure? I'm on dapper drake and I could not make it work with your instructions...

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13 years ago

I've done some color variations as requsted. To get more just use hue/saturation filter in Gimp.

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