Xfce application menu plugin icon size

I'm trying to figure out how to make the application menu icon size larger than the window button icon sizes with the Greybird theme, just like it is for Greybird Classic in the picture.
I have tried the "panel-applications-menu" string in both my .gtkrc-2.0 file and in xsettings but it is either not being respected or I'm not using it correctly. What specifically controls the icon size for the applications menu icon size?
Last edited by Klexur (2013-03-06 03:55:30)

See if this helps.
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=5726
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … ce-893597/
Last edited by testdude281 (2012-06-15 19:23:02)

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