Ubuntu – Add icons in unity quicklist

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Is it possible to achieve something like this? Small icons in front of quicklist items. Would make life easier.

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Best Answer

To the original version of the question (although it also applies to the edited one)

You can use textual icons from the font Ubuntu:

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How to set up

  1. Open Special Characters, choose the font Ubuntu* and make a choice of appropriate icons.

  2. Copy the global rhythmbox.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications:

    cp /usr/share/applications/rhythmbox.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

  3. Open the local copy with (e.g.) gedit:

    gedit ~/.local/share/applications

    Now scroll to the shortcut sections, looking like:

    [Desktop Action PlayPause]
Name=Play/Pause
Exec=rhythmbox-client --play-pause

    Now copy the corresponding character from Sepecial Characters and edit the line Name=Play/Pause into: Name=⇫ Play/Pause. Don't change the other lines..

Edit the other shortcut sections similarly. Now log out and back in, and you're done.

Other xamples from Ubuntu textual icons

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