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he15en6erg

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Registered: 2018-08-28

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[SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

When I launch dolphin from the terminal; it seems to open up perfectly (with icons). But when I launch it via dmenu (or bind shortcut key to launch dolphin) the icons won't show up. Also I've to bind the shortcut to it in i3 config file. What would you suggest ?

Last edited by he15en6erg (2019-01-22 16:31:10)

Makersmarx

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Registered: 2018-04-17

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

Please post your i3 config or a link to it so we can see your keybinds for dolphin, or post what you have tried that doesn't work

he15en6erg

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

Please post your i3 config or a link to it so we can see your keybinds for dolphin, or post what you have tried that doesn't work

In i3 config file I've added this for executing dolphin :

bindsym $mod+shift+z exec dolphin

Also in the past (on some forum I'm not able to locate now) I tried some command that set some variable concerning desktop session to KDE; which allowed me to execute dolphin from terminal successfully (with icons). But it did not affect the behavior in launching dolphin directly. And tried adding this in ~/.bashrc

XDG_DESKTOP_SESSION=KDE;

but this doesn't help. Even

bindsym $mod+shift+z exec konsole -e dolphin

doesn't work.

Last edited by he15en6erg (2019-01-22 16:02:33)

Makersmarx

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

Your keybind looks correct, but I am thinking its an issue with Qt5. I did a quick search and its worth looking into.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Qt … KDE_Plasma | See Section Qt5 Outside KDE

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=227695 | same issue

he15en6erg

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Registered: 2018-08-28

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

Your keybind looks correct, but I am thinking its an issue with Qt5. I did a quick search and its worth looking into.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Qt … KDE_Plasma | See Section Qt5 Outside KDE

This helped. Thanks.

stepka

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Registered: 2023-01-22

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

For me, installing breeze-icons helped.

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED]dolphin icons won't show up in i3

Closing this old solved thread.