Linux Mint 19.1 (64-bit)
Cinnamon 4.0.9
I like different icons from different themes. I was wondering what the correct way to make my own theme (just for my own personal desktop) is?
I really like the Moka theme. However, there are some icons in this theme which I would like to change.
For example, I prefer the original Google Chrome icon. So what I did was to place the google-chrome.svg file into all of the following folders - /usr/share/icons/Moka/??x??/apps
This almost works....on my panel the Chrome icon is the one which I like. However, when I try to drag this icon, the original Moka Chrome icon appears.
Is there documentation somewhere on this?
Mike
How do I modify or create my own Icon Theme?
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mikeglaz
How do I modify or create my own Icon Theme?
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Jasonsw
Re: How do I modify or create my own Icon Theme?
Under themes you can download and change an icon pack. Or if you really have the time you can go through each icon and go to configure. Then it will let you choose from many options or you can browse and use your own image.
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smurphos
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Re: How do I modify or create my own Icon Theme?
The icon theme specification is probably the best you will get https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon- ... atest.html
For your issue it try deleting
/usr/share/icons/Moka/icon-theme.cache, and then logging out and back in to your machine.By the way I'd also recommend making a local copy of of any icon theme you are editing and performing your edits on the local copy, leaving the system copy intact - simply copy the whole folder
/usr/share/icons/Moka/ to ~/.icons. The local copy will have precedence over the system copy.For custom Nemo actions, useful scripts for the Cinnamon desktop, and Cinnamox themes visit my Github pages.
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mikeglaz
Re: How do I modify or create my own Icon Theme?
ok, so I chose to overwrite certain icons which I placed inside ~/.icons/Moka.
One application which I overrode the icon for is Okular. When I open up Okular, the icon displayed in the panel is the correct one. However, if I double-click on a pdf file, the old Okular icon (the one which comes with the Mint-Y theme) appears.
I noticed the Moka theme inherits from the Mint-Y theme. This is where the old Okular icon is. However, even when I comment out the line inside Moka's index.theme, the Mint-Y icon still appears when I open up Okular by clicking on a pdf file.
One application which I overrode the icon for is Okular. When I open up Okular, the icon displayed in the panel is the correct one. However, if I double-click on a pdf file, the old Okular icon (the one which comes with the Mint-Y theme) appears.
I noticed the Moka theme inherits from the Mint-Y theme. This is where the old Okular icon is. However, even when I comment out the line inside Moka's index.theme, the Mint-Y icon still appears when I open up Okular by clicking on a pdf file.