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Questions tagged [icon-themes]

icon themes are sets of icons used to theme certain UI items.

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LibreOffice icons hard to see with dark themes

I've recently installed a dark theme for Ubuntu (16.04) and it's great but the only problem I have is that I can't see the icons in LibreOffice. I've tried the default icon themes in LibreOffice but they're all the same. This is what it looks like:
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How to : Change an icon in 16.04

Is it possible to replace a particular icon with one of our choice in 16.04 Ubuntu ? If yes, kindly share.
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Do snap app .desktop icons get added to the launcher?

When a .desktop file is used with a snap project in the setup/gui directory. Does this mean that when the resulting snap is installed, an icon for the application will be added to the launcher, provided, of course, that the .desktop file is…
Spencer Parkin
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How to fix vscode icon in numix icon circle theme?

Due to the generic code name, the Numix team have decide not to use the code.desktop icon provided by the VS Code package. So it's icon is configured as a common text editor by default. How to fix it?
gvsrepins
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Cannot select window color theme after upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04

After upgrading Ubuntu from version 18.04 LTS to 20.04 LTS some icons have not changed to the new version and window color themes are not selectable.
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What is the default icon set in Ubuntu 16.04?

I would like my Qt configuration to match the default Ubuntu 16.04 style. What is the default icon set from the below list of icon sets?
orschiro
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Ubuntu 15.04: Change KDE application's icons

is there a way to change the icon theme that is used by KDE applications like Krusader in Unity? KDE systemsettings don't work any more. Can't I just edit some file? Thanks
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Why are some icon-theme.cache files huge?

On my work computer I've noticed that some icon-theme.cache files are very large. For example: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache: 120MB /usr/share/icons/gnome/icon-theme.cache: 113MB /usr/share/icons/pacifica/icon-theme.cache:…
Томица Кораћ
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Change color of window buttons

Is it possible to change the window button color of the close, minimise and maximise buttons of the Ambience theme from orange to an user defined color? I tried to find anything relavant in the gtkrc, but failed.
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Title bar & Nautilus not theming in Unity in 16.04

Have seen numerous posts on this, but the only solution reported to work (adding a delay to the gnome settings daemon plugin) doesn't work. Ubuntu 16.04 in a VMWare Workstation 12 VM. Installed fresh copy of Ubuntu Copied custom theme into…
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Ubuntu 16.04 sometimes does not apply theme at startup

I have the arc theme installed and the numix circle icon pack. Sometimes, when I boot up the system, the desktop looks like this (note also how bad the text looks): However, if I do from the terminal sudo service lightdm restart, everything is…
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Vanilla Gnome adwaita theme still uses brown folders

I followed this answer to install the default gnome theme on my Ubuntu install. I have found though that adwaita-icon-theme-full still has the old brown adwaita icons. Is there any way I can get the new blue ones like below? I would prefer a way…
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How to change 20.04 default spinner

Please notice the spinner next to the text " Thunderbird Mail ". I replaced the spinner icon in usr > share > icons > Yaru scalable-max-32 > status and in scalable > status both icons have name process-working-symbolic Even after that, I get this…
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How can I change the system-devices panel icon (the gear icon) without changing the theme?

The icon I'm talking about is the one on the panel that looks like a gear. Its menu includes a power button, Shut down, Suspend, Logout and all that. It's the default icon and to be perfectly frank... I absolutely hate it, but I can't change it…
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Unity launcher and Steam icons

When I launch "The Binding of Isaac" with Steam, at first the icon is good. When the popup "Preparing to launch Isaac" is closed, a second icon appear Then when the game is launched, the first icon disappear, and I get only the "?" icon. How…
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