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==Change Icons of Applications and System Settings== | ==Change Icons of Applications and System Settings== | ||
The path of icons is saven in .desktop files. For each application you can find their corresponding .desktop files in one of these locations: | The path of icons is saven in <code>.desktop</code> files. For each application you can find their corresponding <code>.desktop</code> files in one of these locations: | ||
/usr/share/applications/ | /usr/share/applications/ | ||
~/.local/share/applications/ | ~/.local/share/applications/ | ||
Note that all folder names beginning with a dot are hidden folders. You need to make them visible by clicking <code>View --> Show Hidden</code> in your PcManFM-Qt File Browser. The <code>~</code> directory is your home folder. | |||
open a .desktop file with a text editor with root privileges and look for the following line: | |||
open a <code>.desktop</code> file with a text editor with root privileges and look for the following line: | |||
Icon= | Icon= | ||
insert the path to the icon you want to use after the | insert the path to the icon you want to use after the <code>=</code> symbol. a lot of system icons can be found in this location: | ||
/usr/share/icons/ | /usr/share/icons/ | ||
example: if you want to use a flag icon, use this line in the .desktop file: | |||
example: if you want to use a flag icon, use this line in the <code>.desktop</code> file: | |||
Icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/apps/locale.png | Icon=/usr/share/icons/gnome/48x48/apps/locale.png | ||
==Change Order of Icons on Panel== | |||
You can modify the panel by opening the following file in a text editor: | |||
~/.config/lxqt/panel.conf | |||
Note that all folder names beginning with a dot are hidden folders. You need to make them visible by clicking View --> Show Hidden in your PcManFM-Qt File Browser. The <code>~</code> directory is your home folder. | |||
Change the order of whole paragraphs beginning with <code>[square brackets]</code> to move items on your panel. In addition, use one of the following lines: | |||
alignment=Left | |||
alignment=Right | |||
Pay attention to the paragraph with the title <code>[quicklaunch]</code>. This is a panel element, which contains multiple quick launch items. it can only be moved as one element. The order of every quick launch item can be adjusted separately within the <code>[quicklaunch]</code> element. | |||
In order to see the changes logout and log in again. If you want to see the changes immediately run the following commands: | |||
killall lxqt-panel | |||
lxqt panel | |||
==Change Icon of Start Menu / Mainmenu== | |||
This Icon can be changed by opening the following folder with root privileges: | |||
/usr/share/lxqt/themes/<theme name>/ | |||
replace <theme name> with the name of the theme you are currently using. The name of your current theme can be found in <code>System Settings>LXQT Configuration Center>LXQtAppearance>LXQt Theme</code>. | |||
In this folder, you find a <code>mainmenu.png</code> file. It is the icon of your Start Menu (called "Mainmenu" in LXQt). Replace this file with the icon file you want to use. Rename your icon file to the same name. | |||
In order to see the changes logout and log in again. If you want to see the changes immediately run the following commands: | |||
killall lxqt-panel | |||
lxqt panel | |||