KDE uses generic "desktop" icon rather than GitHubDesktop icon
See original GitHub issueDescription
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
- Install GitHubDesktop via most recent
.deb
- Open launcher
- Find GitHubDesktop entry (generic “Desktop” icon displayed)
- Right click launcher > Edit Applications… > Development > GitHubDesktop
- Click icon to change > choose
desktop
icon that matches GitHubDesktop - Exit > Save
- Repeat steps 2-3
Expected Behavior
Find GitHubDesktop in launcher, see GitHubDesktop icon.
Actual Behavior
GitHubDesktop icon is generic “desktop” icon, can’t be changed via KDE Menu Editor.
Workaround
- Rename icons
desktop.png
togithub-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
- Right click launcher > Edit Applications… > Development > GitHubDesktop
- Click icon to change > choose
github-desktop
icon that matches GitHubDesktop - Exit > Save
Issue Analytics
- State:
- Created 5 years ago
- Reactions:6
- Comments:8 (3 by maintainers)
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I’m aiming to get #80 in for the 1.5.0 release, which renames the package from
desktop
togithub-desktop
, and will update these files to use a name:Thanks @shiftkey 🙂