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[Solved] Why doesn't the other directories have icons like Desktop? I'm using thunar. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Running debian+swaywm and I'm trying to find a file manager that I like.

What I've have tested so far is using another icon theme.

Edit:

Following this thread fixed it for me. I didn't notice any immediate change, but after reboot, the correct icons appeared. I think this mainly had do to with me not having the xdg-user-dirs-gtk package.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think this depends on your icon theme.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not really. They are probably just missing the required entries in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. For example mine:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

The file is made by the tool xdg-user-dirs-update in my case, normally ran by a desktop environment but obviously won't be automatically ran in SwayWM.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I found a solution. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've edited my post with the solution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like I have all the required entries, mine looks mostly the same as yours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yes. I've tested several different icon themes, but they all have the same problem

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

have you tried other GTK file managers, like Nemo or Caja? Is the same issue present?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Just tested both Nemo and Caja. Problem still persists