[SOLVED] Changing Show Desktop Icon

[very]

Having trouble figuring this one out. Most launcher buttons are customizable enough to change the icon, except the "Show Desktop" button. It seems to be different from the rest, and I would like to find a way to change it. I started by looking through all the images in /usr/share to find it, there are some that look similar but I couldn't find the one that matches it.

I've since started looking for the .deb package that contains the showdesktop widget but I ran into a wall there. Most of the solutions I've found online how to change the icon are hacks to bypass the widget all together, i want to actually dive down the rabbit hole and find out the real way to change it, even if it means recompiling a package to do it.

anyone have any advice on where to start looking? package name, or files to start looking at?

thx

[sdibaja]

do you get "help" or "about" when you right click on it?

[Schultz]

I'd like to change the Show Desktop icon also, but I have never found a way to do it (short of changing themes).

sdibaja wrote:
do you get "help" or "about" when you right click on it?

There is nothing in either "Help" or "About" concerning changing the Show Desktop icon.

[sdibaja]

hmmm.

how about create a custom launcher? you could use any image you want for the Icon.
do you know the command to minimize all windows?
On my keyboard Ctrl + Alt + D works for me to toggle but I believe the launcher needs the terminal command.

[trytip]

usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/32/desktop.svg
but that's just a link to
usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/32/user-desktop.svg

and you will need to do it in all the sizes up to at least 48

[very]

usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/32/desktop.svg
but that's just a link to
usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/32/user-desktop.svg

and you will need to do it in all the sizes up to at least 48

Yeah that is exactly what I was looking for. Started with (back up originals first) changing all 6 sizes only to realize that it was also changing the looks of the Desktop folder inside the caja file manager also. After a little bit of experimenting it looks like
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/16/user-desktop.svg and /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/24/user-desktop.svg are used in caja, and
/usr/share/icons/Mint-X/places/22/user-desktop.svg
is the icon for the taskbar.

Thanks a bunch, that really saved me a lot of time

[Schultz]

sdibaja wrote:
On my keyboard Ctrl + Alt + D works for me to toggle but I believe the launcher needs the terminal command.

And what is the terminal command?

[sdibaja]

sdibaja wrote:
On my keyboard Ctrl + Alt + D works for me to toggle but I believe the launcher needs the terminal command.

And what is the terminal command?

No idea. Not motivated enough to look for it.
I was just making a suggestion for a solution.

[mint4all]

sdibaja wrote:
On my keyboard Ctrl + Alt + D works for me to toggle but I believe the launcher needs the terminal command.

And what is the terminal command?

Greetings! Personally, i don't like to see a genuine topic marked as "solved" when in fact no solution was offered. So i did some digging.

The complete solution to your problem was discussed before @ http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tiphow ... -line.html ... Just to make sure, i checked my systems (all LM18.3-XFCE), found that the "xdotool" was already installed, created a new launcher button on my panel with the command "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" in the command entry field (without the quotes), chose an icon i liked, et viol'a: my very own "Show Desktop" button.

Since it works like a charm on xfce, it should behave just as nicely on Mate. I might even keep it in my panel since i prefer my own icon over xfce's stock icon

[sdibaja]

in terminal "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" behaves the same as the desktop icon... but then the OEM desktop icon no longer works

mate launcher with command "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" does nothing

PS: this is Debian Mate, not Mint Mate

[mint4all]

in terminal "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" behaves the same as the desktop icon... but then the OEM desktop icon no longer works

mate launcher with command "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" does nothing

PS: this is Debian Mate, not Mint Mate

Well, i can't quite help you with Debian's Mate-spin, only with Mint's. Just to be sure that my suggestion is working ok, i rebooted with Mint's LM18.3-Mate dvd (i had reused my LM18.3-Mate partition to install LM19-XFCE), installed the xdotool, created a new "custom launcher" button on Mate's panel, opened a few apps (LO, caja, terminal) and then tested the "xdotool key ctrl+alt+d" button. It worked fine by itself, and also when alternating with Mate's stock "show desktop" button.

The only explanation i can offer is that Deb's Mate-spin comes with different keyboard shortcuts, and that the usual "ctrl+alt+d" is not setup up as such (by Mate, that is). So you'll have to go digging, find your equivalent Mate-shortcut, then configure the xdotool-button accordingly.

[sdibaja]

Interesting.
I will try again with another "closer to OEM" Debian 9 Mate system and see. The other was Debian Mate proposed-updates Sid.
I will also check for xdotool first.
Debian and Mate vs filtered through Ubuntu then again through the Mint modifications ... Difference are expected.

[viniciuswv]

The xdotool worked like a charm for me! First I created a custom launcher with the terminal command 'xdotool key super+d' and worked in my Linux Mint LMDE 4! It minimizes all the windows. This custom launcher was added to the Main Menu, then I opened the Main Menu, and then I added the custom launcher to the panel.

Thank you for your help