Why one Thunar folder doesn't show icons as in the other one?
I've been trying to solve Docky not showing Xfce and Thunar icons, and did with the help of this thread.
However in the process of it I started wondering, why these two folders (/usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/) are showing file icons differently?
I've not found any setting in Thunar options regarding this.
xubuntu icons .desktop thunar-custom-actions
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I've been trying to solve Docky not showing Xfce and Thunar icons, and did with the help of this thread.
However in the process of it I started wondering, why these two folders (/usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/) are showing file icons differently?
I've not found any setting in Thunar options regarding this.
xubuntu icons .desktop thunar-custom-actions
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
add a comment |
I've been trying to solve Docky not showing Xfce and Thunar icons, and did with the help of this thread.
However in the process of it I started wondering, why these two folders (/usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/) are showing file icons differently?
I've not found any setting in Thunar options regarding this.
xubuntu icons .desktop thunar-custom-actions
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
I've been trying to solve Docky not showing Xfce and Thunar icons, and did with the help of this thread.
However in the process of it I started wondering, why these two folders (/usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/) are showing file icons differently?
I've not found any setting in Thunar options regarding this.
xubuntu icons .desktop thunar-custom-actions
xubuntu icons .desktop thunar-custom-actions
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
edited Dec 4 '18 at 20:59
pomsky
28.8k1188115
28.8k1188115
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
132
asked Dec 4 '18 at 8:05
Ne Nenne
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The folder /usr/share/applications is handled in a special way and the icons displayed for a .desktop-file are defined in the .desktop-file itself. If you take a deeper look you will see that Thunar also does not display the real file names in /usr/share/applications but an alias which is also defined in the .desktop-file.
For the folder ~/local/share/applications all this is not the case, Thunar displays the real file names and the default icons for the different file types.
The question Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name? is heavily related, at least regarding the displayed file names.
Trick with soft-link:
If you want to display the files in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as files are displayed in /usr/share/applications, you could do it with a soft-link placed in /usr/share which points to ~/.local/share/applications:
sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/applications /usr/share/applicationsinhome
Now you can browse in Thunar to /usr/share/applicationsinhome. This will display the files located in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as the files in /usr/share/applications and you would still be able to delete, create or edit files without root-privileges.
Please take a look at my answer in the linked question too, there I explained how to do it the other way around.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
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I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...
– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
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The folder /usr/share/applications is handled in a special way and the icons displayed for a .desktop-file are defined in the .desktop-file itself. If you take a deeper look you will see that Thunar also does not display the real file names in /usr/share/applications but an alias which is also defined in the .desktop-file.
For the folder ~/local/share/applications all this is not the case, Thunar displays the real file names and the default icons for the different file types.
The question Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name? is heavily related, at least regarding the displayed file names.
Trick with soft-link:
If you want to display the files in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as files are displayed in /usr/share/applications, you could do it with a soft-link placed in /usr/share which points to ~/.local/share/applications:
sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/applications /usr/share/applicationsinhome
Now you can browse in Thunar to /usr/share/applicationsinhome. This will display the files located in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as the files in /usr/share/applications and you would still be able to delete, create or edit files without root-privileges.
Please take a look at my answer in the linked question too, there I explained how to do it the other way around.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...
– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
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The folder /usr/share/applications is handled in a special way and the icons displayed for a .desktop-file are defined in the .desktop-file itself. If you take a deeper look you will see that Thunar also does not display the real file names in /usr/share/applications but an alias which is also defined in the .desktop-file.
For the folder ~/local/share/applications all this is not the case, Thunar displays the real file names and the default icons for the different file types.
The question Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name? is heavily related, at least regarding the displayed file names.
Trick with soft-link:
If you want to display the files in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as files are displayed in /usr/share/applications, you could do it with a soft-link placed in /usr/share which points to ~/.local/share/applications:
sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/applications /usr/share/applicationsinhome
Now you can browse in Thunar to /usr/share/applicationsinhome. This will display the files located in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as the files in /usr/share/applications and you would still be able to delete, create or edit files without root-privileges.
Please take a look at my answer in the linked question too, there I explained how to do it the other way around.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...
– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
add a comment |
The folder /usr/share/applications is handled in a special way and the icons displayed for a .desktop-file are defined in the .desktop-file itself. If you take a deeper look you will see that Thunar also does not display the real file names in /usr/share/applications but an alias which is also defined in the .desktop-file.
For the folder ~/local/share/applications all this is not the case, Thunar displays the real file names and the default icons for the different file types.
The question Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name? is heavily related, at least regarding the displayed file names.
Trick with soft-link:
If you want to display the files in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as files are displayed in /usr/share/applications, you could do it with a soft-link placed in /usr/share which points to ~/.local/share/applications:
sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/applications /usr/share/applicationsinhome
Now you can browse in Thunar to /usr/share/applicationsinhome. This will display the files located in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as the files in /usr/share/applications and you would still be able to delete, create or edit files without root-privileges.
Please take a look at my answer in the linked question too, there I explained how to do it the other way around.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
The folder /usr/share/applications is handled in a special way and the icons displayed for a .desktop-file are defined in the .desktop-file itself. If you take a deeper look you will see that Thunar also does not display the real file names in /usr/share/applications but an alias which is also defined in the .desktop-file.
For the folder ~/local/share/applications all this is not the case, Thunar displays the real file names and the default icons for the different file types.
The question Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name? is heavily related, at least regarding the displayed file names.
Trick with soft-link:
If you want to display the files in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as files are displayed in /usr/share/applications, you could do it with a soft-link placed in /usr/share which points to ~/.local/share/applications:
sudo ln -s ~/.local/share/applications /usr/share/applicationsinhome
Now you can browse in Thunar to /usr/share/applicationsinhome. This will display the files located in ~/.local/share/applications in the same way as the files in /usr/share/applications and you would still be able to delete, create or edit files without root-privileges.
Please take a look at my answer in the linked question too, there I explained how to do it the other way around.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
edited Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
answered Dec 4 '18 at 10:15
mook765
3,82921330
3,82921330
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...
– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
add a comment |
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...
– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
I see. Your answer explains how to make it show real names. Is there a way to make ~/.local/share/applications show stuff in the same way as /usr/share/applications?
– Ne Nenne
Dec 6 '18 at 7:31
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in
/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
The answers in the linked questions explain how to show real file names in
/usr/share applications. My answer just explains that the mentioned folders are handled differently by Thunar, it's also the case in Nautilus. For me it doesn't matter, as long as I know what's going on I don't care about how things are going to be displayed. But take a look at my edit please...– mook765
Dec 6 '18 at 11:48
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