Bug 256356

Summary:	kmenuedit does not refresh icon when the file is modified and reloaded
Product:	[Applications] kmenuedit	Reporter:	Yves Berviller <yves.berviller>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck
Priority:	NOR
Version:	0.7
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Mandriva RPMs
OS:	Linux
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Description Yves Berviller 2010-11-08 12:05:56 UTC

Version:           0.7
OS:                Linux

kmenuedit does not refresh the icon associated with a new element of the menu when the file is modified outside and reloaded. I also tried to associate another icon file and then associate again the initial icon file, but the content was not updated. The only way to reflect the change was to rename the file and reload it.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Make a new menu element and associate it with a png file for the icon located in the home directory.
Leave the kmenuedit subwindow opened.
Modify the png file with a graphic editor (tgif for changing the color of the icon in my case).
Click on the kmenuedit subwindow icon to reload again the modified file.

Actual Results:  
The modifications made in the png file are not reflected (ie the icon's color is not changed)

Expected Results:  
The modifications made in the png file should have been reflected

OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.31.13-desktop-1mnb
Compiler: gcc

Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2010-11-08 14:55:30 UTC

We would have to monitor all icon files for changes to keep the icon caches up-to-date.

Simple workaround: Delete the icon caches, so you force the icons to be reloaded.

See also bug 251288 which I kept open because it only mentioned KDE startup.