How to change the start/main menu icon with plasma5

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#1

I have just updated tumbleweed to the latest iso 26062016 and the start button/ main menu icon has changed from the standard kde ‘k’ icon to the opensuse green icon. On balance I prefer the ‘k’ kde icon. I can remember how to change it using kde4 but can’t work out how to change it using plasma5. Can someone please point me in the right direction.

Many thanks.

#2

Right click the icon > edit menu
You should see where to go from there

#3

Thanks for posting.

I think that they are instructions for changing the icon in kde4 but that option does not exist in plasma5.

#4

Using a very British English KDE Plasma 5 user on my Leap 42.1 system, the British English text to be used when “right-clicking” the KDE Application Menu icon is:

  • “Application Menu Settings…” Alt+D,S

Within “Application Menu Settings - Plasma”, top left: Icon: “Use custom image”.I usually use “/usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/places/start-here-branding.svg” (openSUSE branding . . . ) :wink:

#5

Thanks very much dcurtisfra. It was this location that I could not remember.

#6

What I currently do not understand is the lack of openSUSE branding for KDE Breeze.
I have absolutely no idea if the folks in the Nürnberg office can be bribed with a few “halves” of Fränkisches beer to get this changed . . . :wink:

#7

They’re not going to do this. IIRC this is an upstream issue, don’t have the time to research this.

#8

I couldn’t find the modern plasma5 ‘k’ icon so have used the old blue kde4 ‘k’ icon.

#9

I found it - it is called kde.svg

#10

Or, simply, within “Application Menu Settings - Plasma”, top left: Icon: simply disable the “Use custom image” option.

  • If the “square” is coloured (blue in my case) the option is enabled; if the “square” is white then, the option is disabled.

[HR][/HR]I may be “old fashioned” but, I actually prefer the “cross-in-a-box” (or “tick-in-a-box”) / “empty-box” On/Off artwork.