Since Gnome 2.28 they decided that applications’ menus should be text only, without any icons. I actually like icons in Gnome and don’t think that they were abused in menus.
Luckily there is a way to revert to the old behaviour by setting a gconf key. Just run gconf-editor then find the key for /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons and flag it.
Alternatively just run this command:
conftool –set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons –type boolean true
I hope they change their mind on this. Maybe a bug in the gnome bugzilla or an idea in brainstorm should be opened about this.
PS: the only piece that still refuses to show icons is the indicator-applet on the right of the top panel. That’s too bad because the power off icon is kind of important. If you don’t like this too, complain here.
on November 1st, 2009 at 11:39 am
This is not nessecary, you can also change this behaviour through main menu -> System -> Options -> Themes -> tab Interface.
on November 28th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Or one can do it via System>Preferences>Appearance>Interface Tab.
Here check the show icons in menu.
on November 30th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Didn’t see that. You both are right.