Installing Generic Desktop with icewm, how do I change the toolbar so I can quickly launch programs?

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#1

I tried copying the example from /etc/icewm/toolbar to /home/USER/.icewm and no luck on reboot or restarting icewm.

So far I just added one entry as a test but nothing shows up:

This is an example for IceWM’s toolbar definition file.

Place your variants in @CFGDIR@ or in $HOME/.icewm

since modifications to this file will be discarded when you

(re)install icewm.

prog “Firefox” ~/Icons/firefoxnew.png firefox

what am i doing wrong?

#2

It should be there but without the icon probably.
icewm look for the icons in /usr/share/pixmap.
Not sure if it can lookup to your costumed icon.

Edit:
I added thunar and used my customed icon folder and works.

#3

maybe something like this.

prog “Firefox” /home/Icons/firefoxnew.png firefox
#4

I’m doing prog “Firefox” /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox.png firefox
and i’m not even seeing a place holder for the app. I’m using the zpaker theme.

All i see is icon for the main menu, “show desktop” icon, “windows list menu” and 1,2,3,4 for the desktop. If this toolbar is loaded i can easily do main menu>>logout>>restart icewm and it should show the toolbar?

#5

It works here on 24X24 same directory as yours.
You have to logout then login.
Just wondering why you need the firefox, isn’t it, it is already
pre-installed as "Web browser in the toolbar only it is using a different icon.

#6 
prog “Firefox” /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/firefox.png firefox

works for my Leap 15.3 without problem. IceWM restart is sufficient, no need for logout . Infadel2 overloaded theme.

#7

Can you try to run firefox from terminal ?
Can you try to add another application into toolbar ?

#8

Reinstalled OpenSUSE 15.3 and I copied the toolbar file from /etc/icewm to /home/usr/.icewm using leafpad and added my firefox line and now it works. I must of messed up the first install or file handling because i was using Libreoffice to do the edits and I think i edited the file in /etc/icewm. Not sure if it mattered but now it works. Thanks for your help everyone. If I have anymore issues with this I will post again.