Openbox and icons

**whatthefunk** · August 8th, 2011

I've been trying to change some of the icons in my system. I first tried the GUI. This changed the icon in the start menu, on the panel, and on the desktop, but it doesnt change the icon in the left-hand corner of open windows or in the task bar in the panel. I then went in and did it manually by editing the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. Same thing...the icons in Openbox windows are the old ones. My guess is that Openbox is looking elsewhere for icons, but I dont really know. Does anybody have an idea?

**kerry_s** · August 8th, 2011

see pic, is that the 1 ?

i don't use them myself, i just remove the "N".

**whatthefunk** · August 8th, 2011

Originally Posted by kerry_s

see pic, is that the 1 ?

i don't use them myself, i just remove the "N".

Thats the one. Where do you remove the N from?

**kerry_s** · August 8th, 2011

Preferences-> customize look & feel
Or
Preferences-> openbox configuration manager

Look under the window setting.

here's a late pic, i was in the bathroom when i responded.

**whatthefunk** · August 8th, 2011

Thats one option. I would really like to know where Openbox is reading its data about the applications that it launches. Not only are the icons different, but Ive noticed that some menu items have different names in the menu and in the window suggesting that the menu and Openbox are reading different files. I cant seem to find an answer anywhere though...

**kerry_s** · August 8th, 2011

I think it uses mime files + the theme icons.
I have no idea how it works though.

**whatthefunk** · August 8th, 2011

I think it does this for system icons, but I cant find anything in my gtk files mentioning applications like firefox. This is driving me nuts...

**kerry_s** · August 8th, 2011

It would be deeper than gtk, it would be in code itself.

**whatthefunk** · August 8th, 2011

Got a work around. Most programs store icon files in /usr/share/pixmaps. To change the icon in the window bar, all you have to do is copy your new icon to this folder and rename it to whatever the old icon was called. So if you wanted to change the firefox icon permanently to be a picture of your dog or something, you copy that picture into pixmaps and call it "firefox." Messy, but it works. Good bye ugly icons!