Vanishing icons in Ubuntu 10.04
5/28/2010 05:55:00 PM // 0 comments // MiRuL // Category: Ubuntu Desktop //What happened to the icons in window menus, context menus and
action buttons?
Right click on something in one of the later Ubuntu releases and
you’ll rarely see any icons in window or context menus. You will see a
few but you’ll usually just see a icon-sized space. A lesser noticed
omission is icons on common action buttons like Okay, Cancel,
Help, Close.
This is classic “I want a clean interface” decision that happened with little regard for usability. These icons help people make choices. It’s like colour coding things green and red to indicate forward or backward progress. You subconsciously know what they mean, remove the icon and you have to read the buttons, slowing interaction and increasing error rates.
You used to be able to fix this through the Interface tab in Appearance Preferences but thanks to some upstream meddling, that pane has now gone. However you can still fix it through gconf with these below quick commands:
gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons True
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