Increase icon menu size?

[JoeHill]

Niki Kovacs wrote: 

> I'm an Austrian sysadmin living in Montpezat (South France), and a Linux 
> user since 2001. I'm currently putting together a "stealth" production 
> desktop for use in town halls and public libraries, based on Slackware 
> Linux and XFCE. Right now I'm doing the fine-tuning, sanding down the 
> odd edges.
> 
> One thing that worries me is the default size of the menu icons. Many of 
> my users are older people, especially in the public libraries, and I'd 
> like to get the menu display bigger. I somehow sense it can be done: I 
> took a peek at the Dreamlinux site, an XFCE-based distro, and their menu 
> looks like I'd want it: a bit like the GNOME menu. Take a look here:
> 
> http://www.dreamlinux.com.br (can't seem to link it directly, since they 
> have some fancy script stuff on their page. Take a look at 
> 'Screenshots', and display a screenshot containing a menu).
> 
> I've been looking around for a configuration option for that, but I 
> can't seem to find it.
> 
> Any suggestions?

In your ~/.gtkrc-2.0;

gtk-icon-sizes = "gtk-menu=x,y"

This will affect all icons everywhere, in all GTK application menus.

> Cheers from the sunny South of France,

Cheers from the sunny south of Canada...not quite the same, I'm sure ;)

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