Bug 382762 - FEATURE REQUEST: Add ability to change icon, similar to Kickoff's settings
Summary: FEATURE REQUEST: Add ability to change icon, similar to Kickoff's settings
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: Window List widget (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.10.4
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2017-07-26 18:43 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2017-08-03 08:48 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Example of the button (or something similar) from Kickoff settings that would be nice in Window List settings (637.31 KB, image/png)
2017-07-26 18:43 UTC, Unknown
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Description Unknown 2017-07-26 18:43:20 UTC
Created attachment 106875 [details]
Example of the button (or something similar) from Kickoff settings that would be nice in Window List settings

BEHAVIOR
Currently, when placing the Windows List widget on the desktop or in a panel, you can't change the icon.

DESIRED BEHAVIOR
It would be nice if the settings had a button similar to Kickoff's settings (see attached screenshot) where the user could easily choose the icon for the Window List Widget in the panel.

FEATURE REQUESTED WHILE USING
KDE Neon 5.10
KDE Plasma 5.10.4
KDE Frameworks 5.36.0
Linux kernel 4.10.0-27-generic
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2017-08-02 20:39:36 UTC
I doubt it hard-codes the icon. There probably is some desktop or metadata file where you can change it. Offering a UI is overkill for this. We did it for Kickoff because people want to add or revert OS/distribution branding.
Comment 2 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-08-03 08:48:25 UTC
Agreed. We would rather need a generic solution (like the keyboard shortcut setting) that works for all applets, not saying that we should. For application launchers it's indeed intended for branding purposes.

If you really want to change the icon, you can do the following:
1.) Copy the /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.windowlist folder to ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids
2.) Change the icon in ~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.windowlist/contents/ui/main.qml