Questions tagged [icons]
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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Missing desktop app icon
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04, and have a custom desktop file for ST:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=st
GenericName=Terminal
Comment=standard terminal emulator for the X window system
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How to get a "new email" counter/badge to the Evolution app icon on Ubuntu Dock?
Is there a way to add a "new email" counter/badge to the Evolution app icon on Ubuntu Dock? The Thunderbird icon shows a badge/counter/indicator with the new resp. unread messages.
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How can I create custom folder icons in 18.04?
With Unity, I was easily able to replace generic folder icons with custom graphics and pictures (especially on my desktop), but the second I upgraded to GNOME-based 17.10 (and now, 18.04), all of my ...
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How can I adjust and fix the size of the icons on the Ubuntu 18.04's desktop?
How can I adjust and fix the size of the icons on the Ubuntu 18.04's desktop?
https://youtu.be/Zqgdb9WBotU
I want the size of the icons on the 18.04's desktop not changed when changing the size of ...
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Indicator icons not working/missing in Unity (18.04)
I remember this being an issue back in 17.10 but I can't seem to find the answer that worked that time.
Basically the indicator that showed the amount of messages on top of the dock icons in Unity is ...
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missing VLC icon in Ubuntu 18.04 tray
I recently moved to Ubuntu 18.04 from 14.04, I have a problem with VLC since I installed it, and have tried solutions from the net but didn't work out.
My problem is when I open the VC, its icon ...
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How to scale desktop icons in 18.04 [duplicate]
How can I scale my desktop icons in Ubuntu 18.04? With Ubuntu 16.04 I could scale my icons under the screen size tab in Settings. With Ubuntu 18.04 I cannot do that.
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Shotcut does not show in App Grid
I have Shotcut video editor installed from the snap, all was well until I noticed a day or so ago that it no longer shows up in the app grid of my Gnome desktop (17.10). Nor does it show up if I ...
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mv command problem
I try to use the mv command, but it throws an error like this:
adi@LMToshi2 ~ $ mv ~/compass-icon-theme /usr/share/icons
mv: cannot move '/home/adi/compass-icon-theme' to '/usr/share/icons/compass-...
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Independent window and icon for a custom chromium-URL .dekstop
Is it possible to set the open app indicator on the custom .desktop and not on the programme that opens such file?
For example: I created a .desktop file for WhatsApp Web as follows:
[Desktop Entry]
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Firefox nightly Icon missing
The icon of Firefox nightly is missing in the launcher (I have an empty space instead) since month. I did the update of Ubuntu 17.10 to 18.04, but it did not solve anything, the icon is still missing. ...
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My right click options in ubuntu different after xkill?
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04LTS. I have used the xkill and deleted the trash icon.
After that when I clicked the right mouse button options seems to be reduced.
Actually, I'm new to Ubuntu. So please ...
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How to change icon of an webapp created with Chrome
I've added Vysor app to my dock, I would like to change the icon.
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How do I get icons for Thunar in 18.04?
After upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 (keeping my home folder) Thunar looks like this in an i3 session:
Apparently some icons are missing, but what do I have to install?
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How can I add my python plugin's symbolic icons to the hicolor dir and use them?
I am developing my Budgie applet based on this budgie python example.
I would like to use symbolic icons for the applet, but how do I apply them?
I tried saving and using my icons to /usr/share/...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - Launching Chrome shows under the VSCode icon instead
Whenever I click the Chrome icon, Ubuntu 18.04 adds the VSCode icon to the dock or adds another dot to the VSCode icon instead of the Chrome icon. The Chrome icon doesn't display any dots, it only ...
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How do I scale the enormously sized desktop icons on Ubuntu 18.04?
I just upgraded to 18.04 (with GNOME 3.28) from 16.04. I am using gnome-shell, gnome-ubuntu-desktop. After upgrading the icon size on desktop are very large.
I am unable to find my option to decrease ...
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icons missing 18.04 Flashback [closed]
I just installed 18.04 as a new install on a new disk, keeping my old home directory on a separate physical disk. Logging on in Flashback I'm having trouble with icons not showing--most of the stock ...
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Question mark icon instead of wifi icon
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 right now and after connecting to the internet instead of a network icon there is a question mark. There is no network issues, but that question mark is annoying.
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Is there a way to set icons on the dock bar just like Unity?
I'm trying to make my Gnome desktop look like my old Unity desktop as much as possible, and I have noticed that I can't put some icons on the dock bar.
I've done some research and found some code ...
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mate-power-manager not showing battery tray icon after ubuntu 18.04 upgrade
After upgrading to 18.04, the battery tray icon from mate-power-manager simply disappeared
As everyone can imagine, a tray icon showing the battery load level is extremely important on laptops
How ...
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Desktop file is not getting associated with application
I created a .desktop file for my Qt application, but it still doesn't becomes available in Dash, and default icon is getting displayed when I'm running it manually:
[Desktop Entry]
Categories=Network;...
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How can I change app icons all at once? [duplicate]
Is it possible to change many icons at the same time? I'm using Ubuntu 17.10
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Libre Office Display more visible icons on dark-breeze Kde theme
On Kubuntu 16.04 I use the dark-breeze theme, but that results into having non-visible icons on libreoffice as the image shows bellow:
I like dark-breeze desktop theme but I do not like that I am ...
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Icons too big after update Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 [duplicate]
I applied some pending updates this morning, and after restarting all the icons (desktop and file explorer) were huge:
I tried changing the zoom settings in the file explorer to small, but that only ...
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Lubuntu: How to change panel applet icon?
So I'm kinda new to Linux, just installed Lubuntu and love it.
I have this "minimize all windows" button in my panel (next to bluetooth, battery, wi-fi etc...) but it's kinda ugly and I'd like to ...
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Two icons are present in Ubuntu 17.10. How can I remove one of them?
I found multiple icons of same software in my installed softwares list. I want to remove one of the icons. How can I remove one icon or merge two icons into one icon?
Output of ls /usr/share/...
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Notepadqq icons&font changed after update Ubuntu
After the latest update from Ubuntu's Software update for Notepadqq on Ubuntu 16.04, the application's icons and font (not editor's font) had changed. Why and how I'm going back? I'll attach a ...
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Can I make website links in the desktop look like the favicons?
I've just installed Ubuntu 16.04 and created all the links to websites that had been in my Windows 10 Desktop. I opened Firefox, surfed to each site and dragged and dropped the (i) in the address bar ...
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Can you view a gif icon as an still thumbnail image? [duplicate]
I have a few GIF images, but they are just a grey icon that says GIF. Can't tell them apart otherwise aside from the name.
In other words: my picture folder has images, you know which one you are ...
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How to get battery icon to match percentage?
I have added the "show battery percentage" feature within the gnome tweak tool menu, but my battery icon does not mirror this and my OCD is getting the best of me.
Is there a way to change the ...
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Icons in desktop appearance!
I need a little help on desktop icons which drives me really mad.
First of all, i should say i'm very very happy with ubuntu (i'm new on Linux) except this problem.
To be more specific, i have 2 ...
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How to execute an sh file from a short cut in the desktop to run an app
I see so many answers but nothing like I'm looking for. I have this sh file that is to run an app (TunerStudio.sh) that I can run in terminal mode ( ./TunerStudio.sh) with out any problem, but I like ...
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How to change Unity3d icon?
I have Ubuntu 16.04 and Unity 3d installed (2018.1.0b13). I wanted to upgrade to this version because of the new features, but I'm experiencing an issue.I have installed Numix package, but Unity3d's ...
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Lubuntu 17.10 multiple network icons
I'm running Lubuntu 17.10.
Every time I login, there are two network manager icons, the location of the second varies. No GUI preferences solve it.
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gnome icons messed up on top bar - show white blocks
I am recently re-installed Ubutnu and followed the exact same steps of the previous install. After a successful install, I installed ubuntu-gnome-desktop. It was all fine till I noticed some icons ...
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Tor starts as Firefox
the machine is running ubuntu 16.04. Firefox is the standart browser (59.0).
Tor (english, 64 bit) has been installed today from https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en using this as ...
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Folder icon is not shown up
Folders are shown in text icon instead of it's original icon image.How to resolve this?
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mismatch between installed versions of pycharm in launcher
My problem is as follows:
I had pycharm 2016 installed and its icon appeared in the launcher. When I wanted to update to 2017, I downloaded the file from their website and installed it, thinking ...
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How can i remove an active icon from the launcher?
I have both Chrome and Firefox running (Chrome for work and Firefox for music). How can I remove the Firefox icon from the launcher as I keep clicking on it accidentally.
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minimize, maximize, close; wifi, sound etc. title bars size increasing
guys I am pretty new to ubuntu, just installed 17.10 version, been playing around for a while and I was wondering is there any chance I could increase at least MIN, MAXI and CLOSE button size, its way ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS crashes when I click on the launcher icon for a window that is already open [closed]
When I click the launcher icon of a window that is already selected (usually by accident) the screen will freeze for 5-20 seconds and then usually a popup will appear saying that a system error was ...
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Set up FontAwesome icon in bash promt
I did everything from this tutorial Trendy Bash shell prompt with fontawesome and PS1, Even set in Terminal > Profile Preferences > Custom font > FontAwesome and nothing, not one icon shows to me, ...
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Some icons on desktop are not visible on ubuntu 14.04
I use Lenovo G50-45 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I usually use it with second display. It happens that most of desktop icons are not visible. I have many icons (say 20) and I can see only 'Trash' one pdf ...
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New folders on desktop not appearing where expected
I keep running into an irksome problem with the Ubuntu Mate desktop. (I am currently using 17.10.) The problem is that whenever I create a folder on the desktop (right click->create folder) the ...
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How do I expand the apps on the launcher, like in windows? [duplicate]
Designer/Artist here using Ubuntu for some neural network projects. I am pretty new to Ubuntu/Linux and I don't quite know how to get things looking the way I want.
The main thing annoying me is how ...
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Icons in Unity launcher look black
A few days ago I turn on my computer and when Linux started, the icons on the desktop look black, I tried reinstalling the desktop, the gnome-shell, updating but nothing happens. I attached a picture ...
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How to resize Firefox icon on desktop?
Firefox 59.0.1 (64-bit) Firefox icon on desktop changes to abnormal size 128px, whereas it was 48px. This changes seems happen after one of countless Firefox updates. When right click on icon, there ...
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SVG files show as black matted outlines
I've tried everything but I still can't get these SVG files to show up as anything but the all-black matted version of themselves. Transparency AROUND the image is fine, internally, just black. ...
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Title bars and menus have become too small, but everything else too big
I just restarted my computer (I installed Git LFS, if that's related at all) and now my title bars, menus, desktop icons, etc. are too small and the contents of most of my windows are too large.
I've ...
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