Bug 500786

Summary: Custom application icons set through KMenuEdit are not respected by Kicker/Kickoff/etc.
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Prod_EGO <areyoufeelingitnowmrkrebs>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: minor CC: mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Plasma Drawer widget

Description Prod_EGO 2025-02-26 20:27:31 UTC
Created attachment 178913 [details]
Plasma Drawer widget

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install GIMP
2. Download this icon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xNmZg_hRgFLt2wx8Ot3CgfQXWC4aaFUR/view?usp=sharing
3. Set GIMP's icon to the custom one I made
4. Add GIMP to task manager
5. Add every official app drawer/launcher/menu
6. Observe custom icon working in task manager
7. Observe custom icon not working in app launchers

EXPECTED RESULT
Application launchers should obey custom icons set by user

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux: 6.13.4.arch1-1
Plasma: 6.3.1.1-1
Frameworks: 6.11.0
Qt Version: 5.15.16
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-02-27 00:29:26 UTC
Can confirm.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2025-02-27 13:39:06 UTC
I investigated this and found that it's an occurrence of Bug 493034.

As a workaround, if you change the  filename to "fimp.png", it will magically start working.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 493034 ***