The images that a desktop environment uses to identify files, folders, and applications. Icons are a core component of a GUI and are a fundamental part of navigating any computer today.
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Why do some icon themes have so many different sizes?
[12:24 PM] /usr/share/icons/hicolor $ ls
128x128 192x192 24x24 32x32 48x48 64x64 96x96 index.theme
16x16 22x22 256x256 36x36 512x512 72x72 icon-theme.cache scalable
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Peculiar icon specification in .desktop file
I have installed a Windows program (Evernote) on my Ubuntu 13.04 system using Wine. During installation a desktop shortcut was created containing (among others) this line:
Icon=63EC_Evernote.0
This ...
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Why do my Clementine Icons look like gnome default?
I am talking about the icons inside Clementine, not the indicator icons or unity launcher icons. I mean the ones almost on the bottom of the screen previous track, play, pause, next track.
After i ...
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I want desktop icons with text
I am running 12.04 and everything works really well. Except one thing: the icons on my desktop appear without text. They have correct icons, and when I click on an icon the correct file opens. I can ...
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no upper right icons with Ubuntu 12.10 and lightdm
I have a Ubuntu 12.10 server running in which I have installed lightdm. Now lightdm can boot and I can log in, but when I see the screen, I don't see ANY top right icon. So I cannot logout I cannot do ...
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How to refresh an icon that has been changed so the new one shows up?
I want to customize two icons in the top right indicator of the unity-panel, the one for everpad and the one for deluge.
I found this solution:
How do I merge two icon sets?
...and love it, it's ...
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Computer and home folder icon do not appear in cinnamon unless I boot into gnome classic first. (12.04 LTS)
New guy here :)
So, I have the respective checkboxes ticked for the home icon and the computer icon for them to supposedly appear in the desktop but no matter how many times I log in and out of ...
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White outline when selecting custom icon for folder on desktop?
I have selected a custom icon for a few folders on my desktop, and try as I may, I cannot get rid of the white outline around the said icons.
Is there a way to make the white outlines go away?
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how to get button icons on ubuntu 13.04?
I have enabled the check mark for buttons-have-icons and menus-have-icons in gconf-editor as in this post. These icons were visible in Ubuntu 12.04, but not in 13.04. What can I do to get back those? ...
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Icon themes not detected by KDE
I have been using KDE for a while. I installed a lot of themes on gnome but most of the themes don get detected here in kde ??? Why is that so ?? I like AwOken theme but it does not show up on KDE but ...
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Hide top bar icons on one montior only
I couldn't find a question like this, which might be because I don't have a clue how the top bar icons are named properly.
I am using 2 monitors and Ubuntu 12.04 with the standard interface (Unity ...
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Change color of Applet context menu font or background
As seen here http://i.imgur.com/9tySBEi.png, theres little contrast between the greys.
I'm using the FlatStudio theme with Faenza Dark icons. I'm assuming it's because the icons are for a dark theme, ...
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Why does space between apps and trash grown in Unity panel?
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 and love it, but I found a small thing that is kicking my OCD in the balls.
When I add a new icon to the "side panel" it appears with the other icons are on the ...
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How can I configure a launcher to show an application icon? [duplicate]
Some applications don't display icons when you create a launcher for them - you get the default Gnome launcher icon. How can I configure a custom launcher to show the icon? They are visible on the ...
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How do you customize Xubuntu 12.10?
I am sick of the normal, themes preinstalled with Wubi. I need some help.
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How do I get the unity “file” shortcut to go to existing windows instead of opening new ones
The unity "files" icon when initially clicked will open to the home folder, if you navigate to another mounted device and click the files icon it will open another window to the home folder instead of ...
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Can I use the indicator icons from Ubuntu Touch on the desktop version?
I am re-theming my Ubuntu 13.04 laptop to use an interface which looks more like that of Ubuntu Touch. One of the last things I need to complete the look are the indicator icons being used in Ubuntu ...
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Some icons from XFCE4 panel missing
I'm running Xubuntu 13.04 (xfce4-panel 4.10.0). The icons for Skype and Synapse are missing in the panel. Only a missing icon icon is shown.
The icons show correctly in the apps menu. I've tried ...
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How to make ubuntu black and white?
This might be a somewhat strange question.
I had an argument with a windows person and I told him that linux is so much more customization then he told me to prove it and I told him .....
Now I need ...
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Merge two different icons theme in Ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 and I installed 2 icon themes: Faenza-Radiance and Myelementary. I want to use Myelementary icon theme as main one and Faenza-Radiance icon theme on top system panel. How can I ...
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How to modify unity icons
So I want to change couple of software icons for example "rhythmbox" I would like to change it's icon
can any one tell me where this software icons are stored and is it even possible to modify them ...
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Icons for custom mime-type does not show up with Ubuntu-mono-dark theme
I manually installed LuxRender 1.2.1 under /usr/local/bin/ and it works fine and dandy. I then created 5 new mime-types for LuxRender *.lxs, *.lxo, *.lxm, *.lxv and *.flm file formats (scene, objects, ...
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I can't see my desktop icons in ubuntu 13.04
I just installed ubuntu 13.04 in my laptop Aspire-M3-5871TG and I can't see anything (neither icons, ...). Only is visible the desktop background but I can open and work with the terminal. Maybe the ...
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Set XFCE Running Task Icons
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 with XFCE (not Xubuntu) and I can't figure out how to set the icons that are used in the task bar / task switcher. In the application menu, GVim has an icon, but in my task ...
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I made a icon for burg in ubuntu 12.04 but icon not shown
I made a icon for burg in ubuntu 12.04 but icon not shown ??help
image format .png and i set to rgb with size 128x128 px in photoshop but it is'nt working in my burg,,can anyone tell me how to save ...
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What is the purpose of /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/mimetypes/?
Adding an Icon section in AddingMimeTypes has this:
Now we need to associate an icon with the MIME type. Get an SVG icon
and name it "text/extension .svg", or whatever your modified MIME type
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Is there any way to do not combine icons on taskbar in Uniti?
I would like to make this windows to display with two icons without merging it. I was searching for compiz settings and google and nothing was found.
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Context menu icons in some Qt apps missing
The context (right click) menu icons are missing in some Qt apps like Virtualbox or Skype.
Using:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true
fixes this problem for KDE apps ...
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Missing icons from tray
After rebooting system, I don't have icons in top right corner. All icons disappear. I read others solutions to similar problems, and nothing help.
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Desktop icons disappear when using wallpaper plugin
When I enable wallpaper compiz plugin all icons disappear from desktop. How can I fix that?
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How can I assign custom icons to folders persistently?
Windows Explorer doesn't stand a chance vs Nautilus for so many obvious reasons.
But there is a thing I don't understand. How did windows manage to write the icon on a folder so that the icon ...
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What are the design guidelines for appindicator icons?
I am creating a Unity AppIndicator using Python + PyGObject, but I wish for it's icon to be in standard Ubuntu style. Where can I find appropriate guidelines for using colours (or is it just ...
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Computer Desktop icon for 13.04
I know that ubuntu 13.04 doesn't have a "Computer" icon for Desktop anymore,isn't there a way to make a shortcut for it tough? Googled a few days back and I know I saw a tutorial somewhere but I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not showing desktop icons [closed]
I replaced Ubuntu with Windows 7, but after the installation, there were no desktop icons on the home page! Just empty pictures. So I tried creating a new folder, but nothing happened.
Can someone ...
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Dash icons didn't change when upgrading to 13.04
I've recently updated from 12.10 to 13.04, and everything is working fine but the icons at the bottom of the dash didn't change. Instead of the new ones shown in this link, I'm still getting the ones ...
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Why do my Gnome Shell icons on the bar replicate and how can I stop it?
Why do my Gnome Shell icons on the right hand side of the top bar replicate themselves and what can I do to stop it?
On first start up there is the normal single set of icons but after hibernating ...
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Why did I get two Ubuntu One cloud icons in the tray after the 13.04 upgrade?
I upgraded to 13.04, but now I have two Ubuntu One cloud icons in my tray. Can someone explain why and help me remove one of them?
See what I mean?
EDIT: The difference isn't so clear as "general ...
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bluetooth icon & setting are disappeard
bluetooth icon & setting are disappeard
info:
ASUS-K53Sv
bluetooth enable
blueman installed
kubuntu13.4 -kernel3.8
rfkill -> no bluetooth device blocked
hcitool dev -> hci0 ...
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QQ - small, unidentifiable icons on desktop
Running QQ with Nautilus. Display is 1280 x 1024 - ViewSonic, recognized by QQ.
When I put a file or folder on the desktop, the icon is incredibly SMALL nearly INVISIBLE. Have to go into the change ...
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Mac Icons on Ubuntu 13.04! [duplicate]
I have already asked question like that. It was marked for duplicate. I want to not I AM NOT ASKING FOR 12.10 or 12.04!! I am asking for 13.04! I use Gnome Cupertino theme etc. but not everywhere ...
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Weird issue with bootstrap icons on html pages
Ok, I'm on top of Ubuntu 13.04, and when firefox (and/or chrome) renders a bootstrap icon, the result is the one I show on the screenshot.
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/7854/workspace1006.png
I ...
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Icons from Mac on Ubuntu 13.04
As I stated in title, I tried to remake my Ubuntu look like Mac. Sadly enough, that Unity bar at top does not want to behave. I'm not sure if I've done everything correctly. If someone would be so ...
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How to see the indicators only for apps in current workspace?
This worked fine in 11.10, but today I upgraded to 12.10 and I can't remember what I had to do to get this to work correctly. What I want is:
When in a workspace, the only icons in the taskbar should ...
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Non-vector icons in Nautilus
I'm happy Acer AOD257 (2GB, Atom) netbook owner with Ubuntu 12.10.
I once saw that all Nautilus/Unity/Ubuntu icons are in raster and vector formats. BUT! I see vector only.
My netbook is weak, does ...
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gnome-panel icons spacing
I'm using Gnome Classic with no effects because Compiz is slow on my notebook. Everything is fine except panel icons - they are too wide. They look OK with Compiz. How can I make them look the same in ...
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Display application icon in the title bar
In Unity's default configuration the title bar looks like this:
I'd like to achieve this:
Is it possible to show the icon of the application in the title bar?
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How to make the Plasma default icon, dynamic?
Unlike unity Plasma Desktop does not show the natural icon of some applications and just shows this icon:
Is there any way to assign a specific icon for an application?
Is there any way to change ...
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How Do I Change Icons in the Dock “Plank”?
I'm wondering how I change icons for specifically the dock "Plank". I've only managed to find a way to change theme, but not icons for the actual applications in the dock.
Is it possible? If so, how ...
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Refresh desktop icons
I have used mount --bind to mirror my Windows desktop folder to Ubuntu. I have set it up to mount on boot but the desktop does not refresh the icons so I have to logout and log back in to make the ...
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What is icon-theme.cache?
When I run the following command on my Lubuntu 12.10
[11:09 PM] ~ $ find /usr/share/icons/ -iname icon-theme.cache -type f
I get the following (after adding the last modified date and size):
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