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Introduction

 A menu entry icon is a G2 icon that appears next to the entry's label and denotes the entry's effect graphically. You can include an icon in any GMS menu entry.

This chapter shows you how to specify an icon for a menu entry, and customize its color and size.

In order to customize the color or scaling of a GMS icon, you must understand GMS icon configuration in general, as described in the section Configuring a GMS Icon.

To see online examples of the concepts covered in this chapter:

  1. Load the gmsdemo.kb from the kbs directory.

  2. Choose the demo called Displaying Icons.

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