Re: Can't resolve custom icons in the panel

["Jasper St. Pierre" <jstpierre mecheye net>]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Tim Cuthbertson <tim gfxmonk net> wrote:
> I'm still trying to get custom icons to appear in my extension's panel
> indicator. I've done the following:
>
>  - added my icon to
> $XDG_DATA_DIRS/hicolor/48x48/actions/window-tile-horizontal.png
>  - created an StIcon, and added it to my indicator's panel actor
>
> If I use icon.set_name("go-down"), the down arrow appears in my
> indicator. So it seems I'm hooking up the icon / layout correctly.
> However, if I use icon.set_name("window-tile-horizontal"), no icon
> appears.
> I am sure that the icon is in the right place, as:
>
> $ notify-send --icon=window-tile-horizontal "test"
>
> works and correctly shows my custom icon with the notification. Is
> there some difference between how notify-send and StIcon resolve their
> icon images?

StIcon defaults to an icon type of SYMBOLIC, so you need to stick an
SVG in the correct place to have a proper symbolic icon, as
recommended.

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-- 
  Jasper