Questions tagged [icons]
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How to create ico file with more than one image
I can use ImageMagick to convert png to ico but (I think, not sure) it will create one image per ico file for the size I specify.
convert favicon.png -resize 32 favicon.ico
An ico file can contain 2 or 3 images for 16x16 32x32 and 64x64 pixels.
Is…
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RHEL 7, GNOME shell - decrease desktop icon size
Question: I recently installed RHEL 7.2 and.. the icons on the desktop are HUGE. How can I decrease their size?
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How to set GTK icon theme in i3?
How to change icon theme in i3? If this matters, I'm working on Arch Linux. I googled, but I can only find info about GTK theme, not icons.
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Extract icons from Windows executable
Windows executable files (New or Portable executables) can contain icons. How can I extract them, either as ICO files or separate images?
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How to dump the icon of a running X program?
Is there a way to get the icon of a running X program? When you switch between windows, you could see the icon of it, e.g through xfwm4.
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How to launch shell script with double click in CentOS 7
I need to be able to execute an executable shell script (sh) with a double click. I set the executable flag on the permissions for the file, and yet when I double click on it, it opens in a text editor. I do not have any options in my UI under the…
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Is there a home directory location for overriding icons?
There are a few home directory locations that complement /usr locations. Files in these locations override their /usr counterparts. For example:
~/.local/bin complements /usr/bin
~/.local/share/applications complements /usr/share/applications
If I…
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Change icon for an application from the command line?
Is there a way to change the icon of an application's window from the command line?
For instance, I'd like to have separate icons for Firefox windows under different profiles (different processes), change the icon of the terminal if it runs tmux,…
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How can I change the battery icon in the systray?
I have installed Gnome and Awesome window manager. The window manager has a panel that displays systray icons according to the freedesktop.org System Tray Protocol Specification. I'd like to change the icon of the battery in the system tray.
I…
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Why do freedesktop .desktop files not allow relative paths?
The .desktop files have become the de-facto standard to easily access applications on Linux desktops, with executables not being easily startable from the GUI otherwise and many launchers not using the app icon but only the icon specified in the…
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How can I spy on X client messages?
In an evergoing battle against an ugly icon, I found that applications can communicate with the system tray by sending X client messages. Is there a utility for spying on these messages?
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How to change Firefox icon shown on panel and menus?
I installed Firefox on Linux Mint Debian Edition with the Cinnamon desktop.
This Firefox package doesn't use the regular Firefox icon, with the fox curled around the world ; it has what I call the "orange eyeball" icon.
Is there a way to have…
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Where are the icons in the ALT-TAB switcher loaded from? How can I edit them?
On my Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon system, ALT+TAB switcher, in the default settings (icon and thumbnail pop up in the switcher) shows a pixelated icon for one of my applications. I do not know where the icons are loaded from, and as a result I do not…
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How do I change the icon for an application on the KDE panel?
I use KDE 5 on Fedora 22.
I want to change the panel icon for an application I use (say, okular). I don't care about how the app icon appears elsewhere (e.g. in the menus) - whether that changes or not is fine. Now, I'm not root on this machine. How…
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How to give each Firefox profile its own application icon in Plasma
I'm running KDE on Arch Linux. I have the following two .desktop files.
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=First Profile
Exec=firefox --no-remote -P First %u
GenericName=Firefox First…
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