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KDE uses generic "desktop" icon rather than GitHubDesktop icon

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Description

Admittedly, this is a very minor issue, and I’d like to say thanks for your work on this!

KDE uses a generic “Desktop” icon in the launcher rather than the GitHubDesktop icon. This is some combination of #22 and KDE confusing the two icons. I was not able to change it via the Edit Applications... menu until I renamed the icons github-desktop.png (see below for more detail). The correct icon is used elsewhere, so this is not a duplicate of #16

Version

  • GitHub Desktop: 1.1.1 Linux RC
  • Operating system: Kubuntu 17.10
  • KDE Plasma 5.10.5

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Install GitHubDesktop via most recent .deb
  2. Open launcher
  3. Find GitHubDesktop entry (generic “Desktop” icon displayed)
  4. Right click launcher > Edit Applications… > Development > GitHubDesktop
  5. Click icon to change > choose desktop icon that matches GitHubDesktop
  6. Exit > Save
  7. Repeat steps 2-3

Expected Behavior

Find GitHubDesktop in launcher, see GitHubDesktop icon.

correct_icon

Actual Behavior

GitHubDesktop icon is generic “desktop” icon, can’t be changed via KDE Menu Editor.

generic_icon

Workaround

  1. Rename icons desktop.png to github-desktop.png
sudo mv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/desktop.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/github-desktop.png
sudo mv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/desktop.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/github-desktop.png
sudo mv /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/desktop.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/github-desktop.png
  1. Right click launcher > Edit Applications… > Development > GitHubDesktop
  2. Click icon to change > choose github-desktop icon that matches GitHubDesktop
  3. Exit > Save

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Reactions:6
  • Comments:8 (3 by maintainers)

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shiftkeycommented, Nov 2, 2018

Rename icons desktop.png to github-desktop.png

I’m aiming to get #80 in for the 1.5.0 release, which renames the package from desktop to github-desktop, and will update these files to use a name:

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Raymo111commented, Sep 7, 2021

Thanks @shiftkey 🙂

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