19
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Dropbox icon missing in Loki
The correct instructions to run are :
env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE='' dropbox start
it worked for me !
The -i option is only necessary the first time to install the daemon, but ...
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11
votes
Dropbox icon missing in Loki
Dropbox does not recognize Elementary's desktop interface. Therefore, it does not know which icon set to use.
This script has been designed for Elementary OS and I really can recommend it: https://...
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10
votes
Accepted
How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?
How to find out which application indicator is broken
You can end the process of each application you are used to see wing-panel step by step and see when the broken indicator hides.
In my case it ...
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8
votes
Dropbox icon missing in Loki
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
then replace the exec line to
Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE='' dropbox start
dropbox stop
dropbox start -i
6
votes
Accepted
How can I change the icon of an application in the elementary OS
GUI method to change icon of an application:(Using nautilus and Main menu)
Method 1 : Using alacarte
Install Main menu (AKA alacarte)
sudo apt-get install alacarte
Open Main menu
Click on a ...
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5
votes
Accepted
Is there any way to lock the dock?
Yes, this is possible. You can open the dock's preferences by right-clicking on a free space of the dock. Probably you will need several tries not to open context menu from an icon - but believe me, ...
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5
votes
How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?
Also, you can know which applications are using indicators (other than the elementaryOS defaults) executing on terminal:
dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.canonical.indicator....
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4
votes
Accepted
How can I change the icon for a specific file type?
Create a New Mimetype
We have to teach the system about GuitarPro as something called a "mimetype". To do that, we need to create a mimetype package file that contains info about how to identify ...
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4
votes
How to solve broken Google Chrome icon?
Just do sudo apt -f install after this. dpkg -i or dpkg --install doesn't install dependencies automatically.
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3
votes
How to change Desktop icon font color?
If you enabled the desktop icons by Nautilus (How to enable desktop icons and right click in Elementary OS Freya?), you can do the following:
cd ~/.config/gtk-3.0
nano gtk.css
add the css: .nautilus-...
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3
votes
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After update, calculator program is now called unnamed
Run the following command to open the calculator entry in Scratch
sudo -i scratch-text-editor /usr/share/applications/pantheon-calculator.desktop
Change the text after line that starts with Name= (...
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3
votes
How do I remove the WIndows overview mode icons?
It's not possible unless you branch the source code and program in those changes.
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votes
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3
votes
One of my apps has a second, fuzzy icon in Plank. How can I workaround this?
After upgrading to version 46.0.2490.71 and above you may experience this problem again. This problem occurs because WM_CLASS has been changed on google-chrome.
Based on waldyrious's answer, fix it ...
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3
votes
Certain application icons does not show up in dock when opened
Same issue. Currently I go to dock preference (ctrl + Right Click), comportment, and I disable/enable Show unpinned.
But it's not a solution of course.
It's boring but it's work (or Alt+Tab)
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3
votes
How to solve broken Google Chrome icon?
In the terminal navigate to /usr/share/applications
sudo scratch-text-editor google-chrome.desktop
scroll about halfway down to just above the [Desktop Action NewWindow] section
look for the Icon ...
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3
votes
Display Desktop Icons
Have you tried this tip? Keep in mind that desktop folders is not a deal in the elementary. This can be harsh, I know.
3
votes
Display Desktop Icons
There's an app called Desktop Folder that's available in the AppCenter. It adds desktop folders, among other things.
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2
votes
Add icon to show desktop
Plank(Dock) has a hidden settings window for developers/OEMs.
Hold Control and right click anywhere on the dock
Select "Preferences"
Select "Docklets" tab from the Dialog box that appeared
Drag "...
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2
votes
Add icon to show desktop
The first step, install wmctrl package:
sudo apt-get install wmctrl
Description from the wmctrl homepage:
The wmctrl program is a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact with
an EWMH/NetWM ...
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2
votes
Change specified app's icon
You can change the icon of dota 2 going to
~/.local/share/applications
and opening
Dota 2.desktop
with a text editor like gedit or scratch, change this line
Icon=steam
to this
Icon=...
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2
votes
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How to combine the icons of different icon sets into a new one?
You can make a copy of the original icon set you want to edit to a working folder in your /home folder, then edit the name of the folder so you know it's your own custom setup.
Within this folder is ...
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votes
How to combine the icons of different icon sets into a new one?
The files of the icon themes you have installed and all that come by default are saved under /usr/share/icons. From there you can copy the ones you like and combine them into a new one.
There is a ...
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2
votes
Accepted
Copying status panel icon for diodon
I don't know why it didn't work, but I'd suggest you try elementary+.
elementary+ is a community maintained addition to elementary OS's
default icon theme. It contains icons for several third ...
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2
votes
How can I change the icon of an application in the elementary OS
To Change specific App icon:
I suppose, the icon which you want to place is ~/Downloads/[image.png]
Open terminal and run the commands:
nano /usr/share/applications/[appname].desktop
Note : If you ...
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How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?
since the link in accepted answer is already invalid, I'd like to give another link. The link below contains custom install script for DropBox.
https://github.com/zant95/elementary-dropbox
This ...
2
votes
Viber icon broken?
Create a script to run viber:
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/viber-start
put into it:
#!/bin/bash
VIBER_USE_LIBAPPINDICATOR=1 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity /opt/viber/Viber
Make it executable
chmod +x /...
2
votes
Accepted
How can I get menus with icons in Loki?
Full explanation here.
What concern us: setting this via org.gnome.desktop.interface does not work because menus-have-icons (and buttons-have-icons) is deprecated, but it's still possible to set this ...
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