Menus and Toolbars Preferences

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Chapter 8. Configuring Your GNOME Desktop

8.10. Menus & Toolbars Preferences

You can use the Menus & Toolbars preference tool to customize the appearance of menus, menubars, and toolbars for applications that are part of GNOME.

As you make changes to the settings, the preview display in the window updates. This allows you to see the changes if no application windows are currently open.

Show icons in menus

Select this option to display an icon beside items in application menus and the panel menu. Not all menu items have an icon.

Editable menu accelerators

Selecting this option allows you to define new keyboard shortcuts for menu items.

To change an application shortcut key, open the menu, and with the mouse pointer on the menu item you wish to change, press the new combination of keys. To remove a shortcut key, press Backspace or Delete.

	Warning:
When using this feature, you will not be warned if assigning a new shortcut key to a command also removes it from another command. There is no way to restore the original, default keyboard shortcut for a comamnd. This feature does not maintain shortcuts that are normally common to all applications, such as Ctrl+C for Copy. This may lead to inconsistencies in your GNOME applications.

Warning:

When using this feature, you will not be warned if assigning a new shortcut key to a command also removes it from another command.

There is no way to restore the original, default keyboard shortcut for a comamnd.

This feature does not maintain shortcuts that are normally common to all applications, such as Ctrl+C for Copy. This may lead to inconsistencies in your GNOME applications.

Detachable toolbars

Selecting this option allows you to move toolbars from application windows to any location on the screen. A handle is displayed on the left side of the toolbars in your applications. To move a toolbar, click-and-hold on the handle, then drag the toolbar to the new location.

Toolbar button labels

Choose one of the following options to specify what to display on the toolbars in your GNOME-compliant applications:

Text Below Icons: Select this option to display toolbars with text as well as an icon on each button.
Text Beside Icons: Select this option to display toolbars with an icon only on each button, and with text on the most important buttons.
Icons Only: Select this option to display toolbars with an icon only on each button.
Text Only: Select this option to display toolbars with text only on each button. (Next: Mouse Preferences)