

- #Libreoffice icon how to#
- #Libreoffice icon install#
- #Libreoffice icon zip file#
- #Libreoffice icon full#
- #Libreoffice icon windows#
Desktop files, KWin lets programs choose their own icons for their windows in the Task Switcher, and a lot of programs make really bad choices or provide terrible, low-res icons.Įither way, this isn't Breeze's fault. This issue is triggered by KWin's icon handling behavior, as explained in īasically, rather than displaying the icons specified in their.

usr/share/icons/breeze/apps/48/libreoffice-writer.svg Irrespective of what icon theme is chosen internally, LibreOffice should populate NET_WM_ICON with an icon chosen by the system theme, e.g. It's particularly bad for the Breeze theme icon they provide, but it's not particularly good for any of the others either. This icon looks *awful* in the Large Icons task switcher. usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/images_breeze.zip/res/odt_48_8.png
#Libreoffice icon zip file#
In /vcl/unx/generic/window/salframe.cxx, Libreoffice is setting NET_WM_ICON (which KWin consumes) to point to a low-res bitmap icon inside a theme zip file provided by the libreoffice-style- packages e.g. Investigating deeper, this isn't an issue with Breeze. One of these should be shown instead-probably the first. usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/libreoffice-*.png usr/share/icons/breeze/apps/48/libreoffice-*.svg usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/images_breeze.zip/res/*128.png

There are already many perfectly nice large icons available on the system, including one within the Breeze theme icon set itself: It shows that a small icon is used for the large icon sizes. I've attached the output of `xprop` on an affected LibreOffice window. If you change the theme to Oxygen (LibreOffice > Tools > Options > LibreOffice/View > Icon Style > Oxygen a correct large icon is shown in the Task Switcher. Only happens when using the Breeze icon theme in LibreOffice. usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/images_breeze.zip/res/odg_16_8.png All programs except for LibreOffice programs have nice icons LibreOffice programs have ugly pixellated small icons that come from e.g. The Task Switcher viewer shows nice pretty large icons for all programs Hit alt-tab to bring up the Task Switcher Tell LibreOffice to use the Breeze icon theme (LibreOffice > Tools > Options > LibreOffice/View > Icon Style > Breeze)Ħ.
#Libreoffice icon install#
Install the breeze icon theme ('libreoffice-icon-theme-breeze' package in openSUSE)Ĥ. Use the Large Icons Task Switcher style (System Settings > Window Management > Task Switcher > Visualization > Large Iconsģ. When you double click the icon on the desktop, you’ll see the same warning dialog as earlier. Right-click on the desktop and select “Paste” from the context menu. desktop file onto the desktop, right-click it and select “Copy” from the context menu.
#Libreoffice icon how to#
RELATED: How to Edit Text Files Graphically on Linux With gedit Copying the. Save the file into the application directory, making sure it has a “.desktop” file extension. desktop file entries and their values can be found in the.
#Libreoffice icon full#
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