| Summary: | [non-KDE] no icons unless a theme is explicitly configured | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | REPORTED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | kfm-devel |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | 22.04.3 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Arch Linux | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Attachments: | Screenshot of what dolphin looks like out-of-the-box | ||
Oh, QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME is unset. Installing the "breeze" icon theme works (e.g.: it gets used automatically). It seems that dolphin tries to use Breeze by default, even if it's not installed. I think the issue here is that dolphin tries to use breeze even if it's not installed, rather than falling back to any of the installed icon themes. |
Created attachment 151160 [details] Screenshot of what dolphin looks like out-of-the-box SUMMARY When running dolphin on a non-KDE setup (in my case, swaywm), dolphin will render no icons by default. This is kind of a "known issue", and Arch's wiki describes a workaround: installing qt5ct, picking an icon theme and then setting an environment variable whenever running Dolphin. While the workaround works, it provides a very poor out-of-the-box experience. If a user has not explicitly chosen an icon theme, using _any_ icon theme would be better than none. The initial impression is otherwise very poor, and even using the wrong icons would give a better impression (those not using KDE shouldn't be surprised by a theme mismatch anyway). OBSERVED RESULT All icons are blank. See screenshot. EXPECTED RESULT Render using any icon theme.. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: Linux 5.19.0-rc7-asahi-2-1-ARCH aarch64 GNU/Linux KDE Plasma Version: this issue is specific to non-KDE setups Qt Version: qt5-base is 5.15.5+kde+r174-1, though this is not a new issue at all ADDITIONAL INFORMATION It's possible the issue at hand is not Dolphin-specific an actually in some dependency/framework that's in use here. If so, please let me know which component that is and I can report to the correct place.