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thepurpleblob

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Thursday, July 24th 2003, 9:39am

Can I change Task List Icon

When I run non KDE applications the icon on the task list (in the Panel) is always a big X. Is there any way to customise this icon?

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Thursday, July 24th 2003, 10:19am

Check a .desktop file for a KDE application to see how it specifies the icon.

Then create/change the applications .desktop file the same way

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Thursday, July 24th 2003, 10:34am

No, that's not it...

The desktop icon is correct, but when the application is started, you get an X in the tasklist not the icon set on the desktop. I checked some of the KDE desktop files but they just have an Icon= line in them, the same as the one I set up.

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Check a .desktop file for a KDE application to see how it specifies the icon.

Then create/change the applications .desktop file the same way

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Thursday, July 24th 2003, 10:32pm

KDE looks for icons in the following directorys:

$KDEDIR/share/icons
$KDEDIRS/share/icons
$KDEHOME/share/icons
or if KDEHOME is not set
$HOME/.kde/share/icons

They "are categorized per theme, dimension and usage category"[1].

Just copy the icon to the right place, and it should have the same name like the app.

[1] http://www.kde.org/areas/sysadmin/fsh.php

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Friday, July 25th 2003, 8:50am

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No, that's not it...

The desktop icon is correct, but when the application is started, you get an X in the tasklist not the icon set on the desktop. I checked some of the KDE desktop files but they just have an Icon= line in them, the same as the one I set up.


Ok, if the .desktop file is correct, you are just missing the icon in the right size.
Perhaps its the 16x16 sized icon or the 22x22

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