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dewillepl

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Registered: 2016-02-12

Posts: 13

XFCE - Application icon in window

Hi,

This is my first post here and want to say Hello to everybody !! I have some Linux system experience as since '90 i am using it for server services purposes. For desktops i have been using Mac OSX for many many years but not long ago i had to switch from Mac to PC and of course first thing i did was remove Windows and install Linux. I decided for Debian ('cause it is main distro i am working with on servers)  with Gnome, then changed to Xubuntu. But when i set up first Arch installation on VM i just fall in love !! This is best distribution  (in all aspects) i ever worked with !! But you all know that well :-)

Like i mentioned i had some servers experience less with Desktops so i may have some questions (but i can use google )

For some apps i am changing default icon for customs. I am editing application.desktop files and point location of icon file

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Application
Comment=
GenericName=
Exec=/usr/bin/application
Icon=/usr/share/applications/images/custom_icon.png

For Cairo-Dock can also change that in launcher options.
Icons changed well except a small app icon in XFCE panel application window. Like below and Musique app

http://i.imgur.com/shuxjAe.png

Any advice ??

Thanks

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astiak

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From: London, UK

Registered: 2010-12-14

Posts: 16

Re: XFCE - Application icon in window

Hi, welcome to Arch.

This can be achieved with a custom icon theme, but only if that custom icon theme has your icon of choice for the app of your choice.

You can also replace the existing icon files for your particular app.

You can make use of the "mlocate" package to find these icon files and replace them. Usually they are .png and .svg files.

i.e. in your case:

sudo updatedb
locate --regex "musique.*\.(svg|png)$"

You can then replace these files with your chosen icon files. It should do the trick.

Good luck.