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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No Icons or menubars visible in Ubuntu 13.10 [duplicate]
I'm unable to see any icons or menubars on my desktop. However, I am able to open up the file/folder explorer by inserting a USB, which opens up the explorer and let's me open applications and files
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missing icon on alt-tab list Ubuntu 14.04 [closed]
Anyone updated to 14.04 and found missing icon while change to another window using alt-tab shortcut? attached is mine, and any solution for this problem is highly appreciated.
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How to maintain an icon for a file, when I move that file from a device to another
I wonder if it is possible to maintain an icon associated with a file, when I copy that file from my HDD to an external device (e.g., USB, external HDD, etc.).
In particular, when I want to "rank" a ...
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icons are not displayed properly after removing gnome
I installed gnome on Xubuntu and after trying it for a few hours I tried to remove it from Xubuntu. After removing the gnome
sudo apt-get autoremove gnome*
some icons are not displayed. I can ...
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/usr/share/icons deleted [duplicate]
I have accidentally deleted all the files in my /usr/share/icons directory by using a wrong command. Do you know a solution to restore the files?
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How can I remove the Ubuntu One icon from my panel bar?
I am new to Ubuntu, and am using Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit. The Ubuntu One icon is between WiFi and keyboard icons.
Here is a screenshot.
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Cairo dock, white border lines on all icons
I have ubuntu 13.10 (I think, the latest one) and even though I love Unity I kind of did not like the left bar.
So I installed cairo dock which is great, BUT at random times the whole dock gets white ...
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Missing icons from System Settings in 12.04
Every time I go to System Settings it looks like this:
Most of the icons are missed and when I search them in Unity2D dashboard they appear but when I click they redirect me to the same page.
I ...
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Icons all messed up for Office Documents
I have installed MS Office on my Ubuntu box through PlayOnLinux and have got it very nicely integrated, except for one thing: my icons.
This all started after I tried to get MS' nice(r) icons into my ...
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Network icon suddenly disappeared from the notification area on Ubuntu 13.04
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 and there is problem with network icon. It suddenly hide from top-right corner of the screen and disconnect with wifi-internet . I also restart the network-manager service by ...
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Remove icon from the toolbar
Basic Specs - Ubuntu 13.10, Gnome 3 (session fallback), Ambiance theme, Faenza icons.
I tried to drag and drop Transmission icon to place it in the desktop and it appeared on the top toolbar instead ...
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I have an invisible icon in my launcher
I created a desktop shortcut using this command:
`gnome-desktop-item-edit –create-new ~/Desktop`
Then I thought it would be a great idea to see if I can drag the icon onto the launcher. I tried ...
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How to restore ambience icons?
I uninstalled Dropbox and in the process manually removed Ambiance and Radiance action bar Dropbox icons (I thought they were part of the Dropbox install but I guess not).
How can I restore these ...
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change folder icons in ubuntu-mono-dark theme
I'm running 13.10 with Unity, and I have a "problem":
I'm using Nemo, because I prefer it over Nautilus (for obvious reasons imo), and it works really great.
The drawback of Nemo is, that it is kind ...
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Add and remove launcher icons from command line
I am building an Ubuntu 12.10 VM using Vagrant and Chef, and I want to control which icons initially appear in the launcher.
Specifically I want to clear out all of the initial launcher icons, just ...
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Strange theme after downloading CairoDock
I downloaded CairoDock yesterday and since I rebooted my system it shows me this weird theme, with orange windows and little white borders around programs. Also my icons are messed up, the top right ...
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How Can I Create and Configure Icon Themes in Gnome?
I know the basics for designing icons but I have no idea how to configure and compile them into a file so that I can create a gnome icon theme out of them. Can anyone help? It would be much ...
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Dash shows a extra chrome icon related to Amazon
In Dash the Chrome icon shows up twice under applications, one that says "Google Chrome" and a non-functional one that reads Amazon.com:J....-Google chrome. I have tried purging the Chrome app yet the ...
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Zotero/LibreOffice icons in Xubuntu 13.10
I've seen various fixes and have tried several (all with varying degrees of success - explained below), and this is the sort of pertinacity thing which really annoys me: no icons in LibreOffice for ...
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How to change an application Icon
I would like to know if it's possible to change an application permission in order to change the icon. In this case, it's Steam, situated at /usr/share/applications. I don't know if I should change ...
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Volume adjuster and icon at the top of the screen is missing
Click here to see the picture.
As you can see there is no sound icon and I cant adjust the sound without going into the sound settings every time.
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Installing theme, Problems with icons ubuntu 12.10
I was installing Flattastic theme. Copied the unzip files to /usr/share/themes and selected theme using tweak tool. Ubuntu 12.10
Problem 1: No flattastic related icons are listed in icon-theme.
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My gear icon thing up in the top right corner has turned red.. why?
The gear icon on the top right has turned red. why?
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How to remove desktop icons from terminal?
How do I remove desktop icons from the terminal?
It may seem easier to do it with the mouse but it is not practical for my needs, so I'm looking for a way to do it via the terminal.
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How to enable notifications while changing brightness and/or volume?
I'm using Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 (Gnome Shell 3.8).
When I change the volume or brightness via hotkeys or my volume +/- buttons on my keyboard I do not get the notification in the middle of the screen.
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How can I show user name on gear icon in ubuntu 12.04?
I am using ubuntu 12.04 after once used 13.04 one. However, when I login to ubuntu 12.04 and see the gear icon at the right-top of the screen, there is no username on it. How can I fix/show it? Is ...
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Change icon for .bin file [duplicate]
I have downloaded SQLite Studio .bin file. After I made it executable and start it, icon is pretty disappointing. Because of that, I got another .png icon from the web. Changing icon in properties of ....
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Adding Icon-Counter to GNOME Desktop for Ubuntu 12.10
I am looking at displaying a counter or display a variable number as a desktop icon for GNOME in Ubuntu 12.10. I have a computer program that is running through a bunch of files and will likely take ...
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Execute sh script from *.desktop file?
What I want to do at all, is that:
Create script that has icon on it. So I know only one way - file.desktop file with icon. Settings icon on it was successful, but I have no luck setting EXEC value :/
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How to keep icon in unity launcher and remove from desktop?
A number of applications (e.g. Crashplan) install a desktop icon. This can be moved to also appear in the Unity launcher bar, so now there are two icons. If I delete the desktop one the unity bar one ...
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Why are my desktop icons really small and without text?
I just installed a fresh Ubuntu 13.10 and observed the following behavior: My desktop icons are all very tiny and the corresponding file names are not displayed. The following example shows my desktop ...
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How to add a mimetype icon in the home directory?
About the mimetype
I have created a mimetype and I want to add an icon for it. The mimetype is for To-do lists, it matches the TODO pattern and is of type text/todo.
I can confirm that upon ...
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Icon size to provide for unity .desktop, and the syntax to reference it
What size icon should I provide (and reference) in a .desktop file for an application?
I'm using Sublime Text 2, which provides .PNGs up to 256 pixels square, but by default references 48x48 in it's ....
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Network Icon Mistaken
After some diagonic processure, I've found that my wireless network has not yet resolved but my wired connection has mistaken the wrong icon.
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 20:6a:8a:3f:70:90
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Add a persistent progress bar to launcher icon
I'm trying to write a script (python) to add a progress bar to an launcher icon. When I execute my script the icon changes, then my script exits and it changes right back. How do I change the icon in ...
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A shortcut that assigns an icon to a running program window in KDE environment
Some programs have no icon and KDE assigns its default icon to them when they are running. Is there a way to create a shortcut to that program, so that the shortcut both runs the program and assigns ...
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No automatic thumbnail generation
I recently decided to do a fresh install of 13.10 and ran into a quite peculiar problem. It seems that thumbnails are not generated automatically, when I open a folder in nautilus I can only see a ...
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How do i put a shortcut icon in the launcher and delete it from the desktop?
With play on Linux shortcuts are added to the desktop. I would like to keep it as clean as possible, so instead I'd prefer it to be on the launcher.
And in general when I drag and drop something onto ...
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How can I set up PyCharm to launch from the Launcher?
I have installed PyCharm on my brand new Ubuntu 13.10 laptop.
To launch PyCharm, I find I must navigate to the directory that pycharm lives in, and execute it from there as such:
cd home/matt/...
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How to fix Minecraft showing as a grey question mark on the Launcher?
When I play Minecraft, the icon in the Unity Launcher for it is always a grey question mark. This has persisted from Minecraft 1.6.2 to 1.7.4.
See this screenshot:
How can this be fixed?
I have ...
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How to make Unity icons enlarge on mouse over as with Cairo Dock?
I have the Cairo dock installed and I love it. When I mouseover the icons, they enlarge, gain focus, etc. Is there a way to make the icons on the Unity sidebar behave in that same manner? I have ...
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Installing KFaenza Icons on Kubuntu
I am unable to install the KFaenza Icon set. Steps tried:
In the Application Appearance section of the KDE System Settings, I clicked on the “download new designs” button. A dialogue pops up which ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 icons look weird, please help
This is my Ubuntu's icons on Ambiance theme.
Most system icons are gone, the folder icon look like unknown file type icon.
But when I tried to switch to Radiance theme, icons look ok.
These are ...
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Increase icon/font size in Ubuntu 13.10 on some specific locations
I've just installed Ubuntu 13.10.
I could increase the font size in most places using the tweak tool, however I'm not able to increase it in some specific places (e.g., tab names in chrome, text in ...
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Strange icon for Skype in system tray
When I start Skype the following icon appears in the system tray . Skype works fine and also if I click on the icon in the system tray, it is expanded to the full menu as usual. At some random time ...
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Is that possible to add icons to the login screen top-panel?
Is that possible to add icons(other than defaults) to the login screen top-panel?
If yes then which applications icons will be added to the login screen top panel other than the defaults(onboard,...
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How to change the app icons of Linux Mint to defaults? [closed]
The icons of Firefox, GIMP, Inkscape etc. are different. How to get back the original icons? Can it be done together (for all apps)?
Linux Mint icon:
Original icon:
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How do I show missing icons in the system tray?
I have two programs; Retroshare and cameramonitor (which are both great programs) that will not show in the system tray. It's frustrating.
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Moka icon theme doesn't apply correctly Ubuntu 13.10 64bit
I am a fan of Moka icon theme http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/moka
Recently I had to reinstall Ubuntu, and what was a surprise for me when I found out that my favourite theme doesn't work anymore. ...
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Set Window Icon to Gtk Stock Icon in PyGtk
I am trying to add a Gtk stock icon to my window. Here is the code:
#! /usr/bin/python
from gi.repository import Gtk
class MyWindow(Gtk.Window):
def __init__(self):
Gtk.Window.__init__(...