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rootminusone8004

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image with option in dropdown menu in pcmanfm

I have installed openbox and pcmanfm in arch linux recently. I am using pcmanfm as my desktop manager as well. However, whenever I right click on any item, the list appears to be having only the names, not the associated icons.

How can I solve this problem?

seth

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Re: image with option in dropdown menu in pcmanfm

1. why is this a "problem"
2. please replace the oversized image w/ a link
3. this is most likely a style related setting - if you're using qt5ct or qt6ct run that, pay attention when it hurls a warning at you and if not, check the 4th tab (interface) - there's a setting whether to show icons in menus.
If you're not usint qt*ct you'll have to elaborate how you configure what UI style

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rootminusone8004

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Re: image with option in dropdown menu in pcmanfm

I am using qt5ct. Also I am not using pcmanfm-qt. Also "Menus have icons" is already checked.

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seth

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Re: image with option in dropdown menu in pcmanfm

I am not using pcmanfm-qt

For pcmanfm-qt only qt6ct would be relevant, for pcmanfm (which has not been udpated in a year…) neither are.

Is this limited to pcmanfm or do other gtk2 clients also not show menu icons?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GTK#GTK_2
Figure your relvant gtkrc (in doubt "strace gtk-demo 2>&1 | grep gtkrc") and toggle "gtk-menu-images = 1" there, https://ghostarchive.org/archive/p2BmM
(The default is actually true/1 but maybe your GTK UI style overrides that)

You might also use an "insufficient" icon theme (idr whether gtk2 supported svg icons)

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rootminusone8004

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Re: image with option in dropdown menu in pcmanfm

I finally solved the issue.
For pcmanfm, open lxappearance. Go to "Other" tab and check "Show images in menus".
Thanks a lot, sir.