Thunar icons in Xfce

Viper_Scull · 2011-03-12 14:07:27

Hi. I've changed the icon theme of my arch installation running Xfce 4.8
PcmanFM changed the icons.
Thunar stuck to GNOME icons.

So i tried setting

gtk-icon-theme-name in .gtkrc-2.0 as the name of my icon theme in .icons,

but that dint work either. Actually i'm not sure if that even works anymore.

How can i make thunar use those icons?

Last edited by Viper_Scull (2011-03-12 14:07:38)

nTia89 · 2011-03-12 14:40:28

try with application

lxappearance

to switch gtk options

Viper_Scull · 2011-03-12 14:50:52

nTia89 wrote:

try with application
lxappearance
to switch gtk options

lxappearance recognizes the icon theme i'm using, as xfce4-appearance-setting does. The system is actually using this theme. It's only thunar which keeps using GNOME icons.

Last edited by Viper_Scull (2011-03-12 14:51:07)

Viper_Scull · 2011-03-12 16:08:08

It looks like the only icons it does not take are the folder icons. It seems to be taking the rest.

nTia89 · 2011-03-12 17:47:15

are you sure that new icons cover all system icons ?

Viper_Scull · 2011-03-12 18:45:18

nTia89 wrote:

are you sure that new icons cover all system icons ?

i dont now if all of them, but folder icons sure. pcmanfm show the new ones. If i change back to gnome icons, pcmanfm shows the same icons that thunar is showing no matter what theme is used.

davirrirri · 2011-09-16 04:07:48

I have exactly the same problem. I have tried different theme icons but with the same result. ¿What solution have you found?

XFCE 4.8

the sad clown · 2011-09-16 04:35:31

It might be a problem with the icon theme. From the Thunar wiki:
http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentat … nd_folders

If Thunar displays the fallback icon for all files and folders, as shown in the screenshot below, it is usually caused by one of the following problems...the selected icon theme does not follow the GNOME naming scheme for MIME icons or it does not contain any MIME icons at all.
The [problem] can be fixed by selecting another icon theme, which contains MIME icons (for example the Rodent icon theme, or the GNOME icon theme). In Xfce, you can do this by opening the User Interface preferences from the Settings Manager, and choosing a different theme in the Icon Theme page.
Thunar will be updated to comply with the Icon Naming Specification once the spec enters an usable state and the majority of icon themes follows the spec.
Depending on your system you might need to install the default GNOME icon theme in addition to your preferred icon theme (the Debian/Ubuntu package name is gnome-icon-theme). In either case the hicolor-icon-theme must be installed.

Last edited by the sad clown (2011-09-16 04:38:22)

davirrirri · 2011-09-16 20:17:56

the sad clown wrote:

It might be a problem with the icon theme. From the Thunar wiki:
http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentat … nd_folders
If Thunar displays the fallback icon for all files and folders, as shown in the screenshot below, it is usually caused by one of the following problems...the selected icon theme does not follow the GNOME naming scheme for MIME icons or it does not contain any MIME icons at all.
The [problem] can be fixed by selecting another icon theme, which contains MIME icons (for example the Rodent icon theme, or the GNOME icon theme). In Xfce, you can do this by opening the User Interface preferences from the Settings Manager, and choosing a different theme in the Icon Theme page.
Thunar will be updated to comply with the Icon Naming Specification once the spec enters an usable state and the majority of icon themes follows the spec.
Depending on your system you might need to install the default GNOME icon theme in addition to your preferred icon theme (the Debian/Ubuntu package name is gnome-icon-theme). In either case the hicolor-icon-theme must be installed.

Thanks, sad clown. But If I want use a popular theme icon but if not use the scheme for MIME icons, then, ¿can't I use it?. ¿The only fix is change to another icons theme with this scheme for MIME icons?.
If I understand right, then, ¿XFCE should do a list with the icons theme that works for 4.8?.

the sad clown · 2011-09-16 20:29:45

davirrirri wrote:

Thanks, sad clown. But If I want use a popular theme icon but if not use the scheme for MIME icons, then, ¿can't I use it?. ¿The only fix is change to another icons theme with this scheme for MIME icons?.
If I understand right, then, ¿XFCE should do a list with the icons theme that works for 4.8?.

As far as I can tell from their wiki, no, if it doesn't follow MIME, it will either not work at all, or only partially work while filling in any gaps with the default icon theme (which in your case is the gnome theme). To be honest, there might be a work around, but I'm not familiar enough with Xfce to help you with it.

Larsson · 2011-09-16 20:32:23

edit: I answered the wrong question, had a similar thread open at the same time, sorry about that.
edit2: Some correction

When lxappearance creates the gtk3 folder and the settings.ini file, it contains lots of rows that aren't recogniced. Try moving the folder as mentioned earlier in this thread to ~/.config and then you need to erase all include rows and remove "" around the theme names in the settings.ini file.

An example:

cat .config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-theme-name=drakfire dream
gtk-icon-theme-name=Faenza-Cupertino

Last edited by Larsson (2011-09-17 11:51:26)

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#1 2011-03-12 14:07:27

Thunar icons in Xfce

#2 2011-03-12 14:40:28

Re: Thunar icons in Xfce

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