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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Icon theme doesn't affect some Qt-applications
I changed the icon theme in Ubuntu 12.04, but it doesn't affect Qt-applications. They have the default theme.
For KDE applications the icon theme can be changed with the systemsettings package. This, ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 Boots to purple screen
I know this question has been tackled in a couple different threads but I've tried what I could from those and have not resolved the issue. I have just a basic understanding of this system so feel ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Creating Unity appindicator icons
I want to create attention appindicator icon for my application. They are usually blue color, but I need exact color code in order to make it integrate in unity well. I found nothing on ...
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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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3answers
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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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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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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 can I convert a coloured icon to a monochrome one?
I recently compiled goldendict from source. To my dismay I discovered that there were no monochrome appindicator icons included. At the moment I am stuck with this:
I tried converting the icons to ...
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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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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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0answers
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Changing the default folder icon
I am trying to change the default folder icon, so I've googled a little and found out that I can do it ub
/use/share/icons/my_theme/places
Problem is that under 'Places' the are numerous ...
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No Banshee notification area icon in Gnome 3 classic session
After installing Ubuntu 12.04, I have a problem with Banshee: it doesn't have a tray icon. I know about the tray-icon-plugin, but it's not working:
I'm using Gnome 3 in classic mode. In gnome-shell ...
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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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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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How can I remove the gray boxes around custom folder icons? [closed]
When I set custom folder icons in Ubuntu 13.04, gray boxes appear around them:
How can I make the icons just look normal?
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The eclipse application icon is huge in Unity's dash
I have a problem with the manual installation of Eclipse Juno.
After unpacking the tarball to /opt, adding a symlink from /usr/local/bin and adding the following to a new file ...
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Why does the unity top panel not show the Chrome icon?
It does on gnome shell and cinnamon (linux mint).
Why not in unity?
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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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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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'Appearance' icon not showing in 'System Settings'
I am facing a very peculiar problem, the 'Appearance' icon in 'System settings' has disappeared and now I cannot change the background or control the unity. Any ideas how to get it back?
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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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Show desktop icon in lancher in unity 2D
I would like to have a "Show desktop" icon in my launcher. I've seen that there are already some threads about this issue but none of them solve the problem for Unity 2D (which I'm forced to use), ...
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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?
