Bug 458232 - Icon displayed as solid surface: 'Show most recent' entry in 'Recent' drop-down menu in 'Download New' window
Summary: Icon displayed as solid surface: 'Show most recent' entry in 'Recent' drop-d...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 451538
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.25.4
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2022-08-24 06:56 UTC by G_v_I
Modified: 2022-08-26 06:26 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Example using a not-yet-released version of the Nova7 icon theme (412.38 KB, image/png)
2022-08-24 06:56 UTC, G_v_I
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Description G_v_I 2022-08-24 06:56:58 UTC
Created attachment 151535 [details]
Example using a not-yet-released version of the Nova7 icon theme

SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Install a theme which uses a design with gradients and/or multiple colours for the icon change-date-symbolic. It does not matter whether the icons are saved as png (fixed) or svg (scalable).
2. Go to system settings > appearance
3. Open any of the subcategories which feature a download option (e.g. colours or icons)
4. Click the 'Get New...' button
5. Click the 'Recent' drop-down menu


OBSERVED RESULT
The icon for 'Show most recent first' will always display as a solid black surface with no gradients; irrespective of whether the icon file used is a png or svg vector image.

EXPECTED RESULT
The icon is displayed as intended by the artist.

Note: the reason why I am filing this as a bug is twofold:

- The same behaviour does not apply to the other icons in the same drop-down menu: these all display correctly;
- The same icon (change-date-symbolic) is used for the 'Recent' button itself, where it does display correctly.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: KDE Neon
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.97.0
Qt Version: 5.15.5

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I suspect this has not been noticed thus far since the Breeze 'change-date-symbolic' icon uses a solid black design without any gradients.

I also wonder what the guidelines for using 'symbolic' icons are. The only information I have been able to find on 'symbolic' icons was on this page for the Gnome, not KDE project: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/SymbolicIcons. The reasons for using 'symbolic' icons listed on that page do not appear to apply here. What is more, none of the other entries in this drop-down menu use 'symbolic' versions of regular icons.
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2022-08-25 13:20:55 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 451538 ***
Comment 2 G_v_I 2022-08-26 06:26:56 UTC
Thanks, Nate Graham! I wasn't able to find other instances of this bug myself.