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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Dual Libreoffice Writer Icons
There are two Libreoffice Writer icons in my system. Only one of them works to launch it. The other causes the mouse cursor to become a spinning wheel for ten seconds, before reverting to the normal ...
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How can I hide redundant icon on task bar?
I am using xpad with dash to panel, and xpad icon is redundant: there is a tray icon on the right and whenever a new note is open, it also appears on running apps.
I understand this is not a bug but ...
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Microsoft 365 app - double icon/installation (2023)
I installed the desktop web app of Microsoft 365 on Ubuntu 22.04
(I believe it's a brand new option)
Somehow i must have done that twice, as i can see the 365 icon twice in the 'show applications' ...
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App icon in dock is wrong
When I start some 3rd party apps from search bar they show on the dock but with a substitute icon image "ubuntu settings wheel". I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.10. They both have the ...
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How can I add social icons in LibreOffice document?
I need social icons eg a pin icon for location, a LinkedIn icon, and a phone icon. I know that I can add special characters by clicking on insert > special characters and then choosing symbols ...
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fix ubuntu 22.04 lts; dock icons doesn't refresh
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS in my surface laptop 3.I am having this problem where my dock icon doesn't refresh as I put the I put the gnome extension called dock to dash.I can fix this ...
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List all application names that are in "show applications" button and in "dash to dock" sidebar
Is there any possibility using command line/bash to list all the application names which are presented in show applications (through icons) button when it is clicked, and the applications presented in ...
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Dashboard icon classification lose efficacy after restart
I can drag the icon together to classify the same applications that effectivem, however once I cut off the power, everything got disarranged, and the classification folder disappeared. This ...
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Ubuntu 22.04, “battery plugged in” icon suddenly disappeared
Newbie here.
I’m running up to date Ubuntu 22.04 ext4 Gnome Wayland on a MSI Bravo 15 AMD Ryzen 7 4800H laptop. Earlier today the little “battery plugged in” icon suddenly disappeared from my little ...
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All square icon while uploading file in postman
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 23.04. facing an issue while uploading a file in postman, unable to see the proper icon.
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Restart and Shutdown Icon on Desktop or Favourites in Ubuntu 22.04
I would like to check if there is possibility to put Shutdown and Restart icons to Favourites and on Desktop in Ubuntu. When I search in available applications there are black icons Restart and ...
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Modifying the icon of a notification
I love my Newaita icons and am a bit unhappy that e.g. the Thunderbird logo is the conventional one in the notifications of new e-mails. Would there be a way to also change the icons in the ...
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Ubuntu boot error , dev/sda2 clean files blocks and ACPI Error
I installed Ubuntu 22.4 on an HP laptop. When I turn on my laptop it first displays an error message, /dev/sda2 clean files blocks and ACPI Error. Then a few second later Ubuntu icon is displayed, ...
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There is a rec box with an X on some icons on my desktop. It happened after I ran a command, had to restart the computer
what I see
desktop icons
So just now my system started not displaying some of the icons, and instead a red box with an x. I ran a command that I think i shouldn't have, was trying to fix an ...
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App icons are not shown in top bar after upgrade Ubuntu to 22.04
There are several apps such as slack, safeeyes, skype and etc. that when running in background, you can see the icon on the top bar. But after updatig my Ubuntu from 20.04 to 22.04 it is not shown any ...
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Is there a way to configure my dock so that it stores multiple rows of icons (instead of placing them all side by side)?
In Windows 10, my taskbar is only one row high but stores three different rows of pinned icons. I can access different rows by using a set of arrow keys at the right of the taskbar. Conveniently, I ...
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Adding an enviromental variable in .desktop icon fails the desktop icon
I am editing the .desktop file for microsoft edge, originally the icon file works:
Comment[zh_CN]=访问互联网
Comment[zh_HK]=連線到網際網路
Comment[zh_TW]=連線到網際網路
Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable %U
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Cannot re-order launch bar icons after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04
I've just upgraded to 22.04 jammy jellyfish, and I find that my favourites in my launch bar are reordered. Before, I cloud long-click on an icon and drag it to a new location in the launch bar, but ...
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How create shortcut icons with different Ubuntu terminal settings? (Win10 WSL Rel 22.04)
I want two different Ubuntu terminal setups (background color/fonts) for different uses. I managed to do this on an older Win10 machine with v20.04 - it has two desktop icons with different terminal ...
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Hard drive icon disappears when mounted on Ubuntu 22.04
I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 on a new SSD in a desktop PC. Due to being an older PC, I had to install 18.04 first then upgrade from there. I have then added 4 internal hard drives. All ...
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Increase the size of the icons in ubuntu desktop
I got my Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS desktop icons are in normal size,
Now, It is very small, I dont know how it changes its icon size
The Icons in the left panel are very small,
But, as you can see, in the ...
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Adding Icons to desktop easily?
I am brand new to Linux and just installed Ubuntu. I was wondering if there was an easier way to add icons to the desktop. Right now I have to scour the applications folders for the app, then copy and ...
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Opening apps installed in WSL Ubuntu 22.04 in Windows 11 [closed]
I just finished installing Ubuntu 22.04 in Windows 11 via Microsoft store. Once I click to open Ubuntu after install it opens in cmd, now I've installed other applications through cmd like VirtualBox.
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Installed Wine Applications Missing Icons
I'm not a newbie to Ubuntu or to WINE and have been using both for years, always on Ubuntu Studio, but on a fresh Kubuntu 22.10 installation on an old laptop, then an installation of WINE, the ...
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Desktop icon does not appear in LXQt
I am using Lubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with LXQt 0.17.1 and am trying to launch the intel vtune-gui (standalone version installed from here and environment variables set from instructions here) via a desktop ...
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How to change kolourpaint icon theme in Xubuntu
Following the instructions in Kolourpaint missing all icons on Ubuntu 20.10 after upgrading to Xubuntu 22.04.1 I do now have icons in kolourpaint, but they are the Breeze theme which I actively ...
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How to change spacing between icons in GNOME taskbar?
I'd like to change the spacing between the icons on the GNOME taskbar.
I don't want to change the size of the icons. I only want to change the spacing.
I have tried both GNOME Tweaks and dconf editor ...
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Icons disappear after making customizations
I've been using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and customized it with Colloid Nord theme, mcos Icons and dash to dock.
Now I'm having a problem which cannot be solved by just updating and upgrading.
Suddenly, the ...
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All icons disappear after wake-up
Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS on ThinkPad X270.
After putting the machine to sleep mode, when the laptop is woken up, all icons in the menu sidebar and in the Show Applications panel disappear. The only thing ...
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Kubuntu - Issue opening applications that are a shortcut
After a fresh install of kubuntu 20.04, then after update and a reboot, I have a issue that when you click on any icon that was 'add to panel as a widget' it will fail. I get a quick tab in the panel ...
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Open application after tray icon click or double-click instead of menu
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I have telegram icon after installing it with sudo apt install telegram-desktop. Telegram version 3.6.1. OS - Ubuntu 22.04. And instead of default applications dash panel I'm using dash-to-...
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How can I get an icon image to appear in my desktop shortcut?
How do I get an image to appear in an Ubuntu desktop shortcut?
I am trying to get an icon to appear in my desktop shortcut. I am using Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS. This is what my desktop file looks like:
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.desktop file cannot be marked as trusted in Ubuntu 22.04
I migrated from my old Ubuntu 20.04 computer to my new Ubuntu 22.04 computer. Once the Ubuntu was installed on my new computer I did the migration over my router using these commands on the new ...
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Vanilla Gnome adwaita theme still uses brown folders
I followed this answer to install the default gnome theme on my Ubuntu install.
I have found though that adwaita-icon-theme-full still has the old brown adwaita icons.
Is there any way I can get the ...
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How to make ubuntu show image previews for image icons
I updated my Ubuntu Mate 20.04 to 22.04, and my settings, themes and general appearances all changed. My pictures, formerly would show the image as a preview. now its some icon which makes things ...
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OpenFOAM 10 cannot be found in the launcher in Ubuntu？
I installed OpenFOAM 10, and the terminal also displayed the installation. Why is there no OpenFOAM icon in the drive?
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Where to store user-specific (not system-wide or theme-specific) custom icons?
Based on information from similar questions, I saved my custom icons in ~/.local/share/icons, and my .desktop entry was able to find them without providing any path.
However, when I updated my rsync ...
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Can't launch apps from sidebar icons or right click menu after upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
I upgraded my ubuntu install to 22.04.1 LTS a while ago. I think my upgrade was somewhat botched and I've noticed a few issues.
Mainly, there are problems with launching apps through the Desktop GUI. ...
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Gnome tweak icon change doesn't take on dock or desktop
Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo laptop running Tweaks 3.34 with Gnome shell 3.36.9 and GTK 3.24.20. I selected Humanity icons with High Contrast applications theme. The Humanity icons appear in Nautilus but ...
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Dock trash icon not following Gnome Theme
The trash icon in my dock is not following the gnome theme I have selected. The icon in the dock is different from the one in my dock. I am using the Dash to Dock extension, but I have Use built-in ...
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Xubuntu is not showing the application icon at top left corner
Installed Xubuntu 22.04 in my laptop which is xfce desktop environment.
I noticed that the application icon on top left corner of each window is not showing.
Though as per the screenshots from xfce ...
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Corrupted icons after making an update with UBUNTU version 22.10 and GNOME version 43.1
some icons are showing me a weird corrupted icon
corrupted red icon
I see some solutions for this issue that state that we need to reinstall the GNOME extension of the desktop icon so I tried these ...
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Change location of the Dash icon to the top of the panel
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
Wondering if there is a way to change the location of the Dash icon AKA ...
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Website thumbnail/image/icons not loading properly
On youtube, the video thumbnails are greyed but the hover previews works. I can click to play a video but the thumbnails would also be grey. On Reddit, the icons appear as square boxes with ...
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Pixelated borders around icons on dock/panel
Currently using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Sometimes icons will have a pixelated border around them when selected which is a minor issue but still slightly annoying.
Examples:
Sometimes they look normal again ...
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Application theme and icon theme not working in applications
Applications are not following application theme and icons are also all messed up. Screenshot of applications
The shell theme is working fine and the fonts are fine too. I ran the following code ...
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Wayland/Ubuntu 22.04 mouse cursor icon not responding on some apps
I am on ubuntu 22.04 with "Mesa Intel® Graphics (ADL GT2)" graphics.
Clicking and everything else works, only cursor icon is not appropriate for its position on screen.
Some apps show proper ...
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What does a blue Wavelan plugin icon mean?
The Wavelan icon on my panel is sometimes blue and sometimes white. I am just curious as to what the two colors mean, or if there are other colors that ever show up.
I am running 64-bit Xubuntu 22.04....
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Custom GTK theme + "symbolic" icons in gnome shell?
How to get the symbolic icon mechanism activated together with a custom GTK theme?
Custom GTK theme
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 and made a custom variation of the built-in GTK 'HighContrast' theme for a ...
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Missing menu bar and other symbols (22
Menu bar date and time connection symbol etc Missing
