[BUG] In window mode, some apps don't have an icon

[Luzzifus]

[BUG] In window mode, some apps don't have an icon

[DaveDavenport]

There is no relation between "run" and "window" in source of icon.

Therefor if the application does not set an icon on its windows, and the class name does not resolve to an icon, rofi has nothing to display .

I am also confused, "gnome-multi-writer" has no icon under "run" only under "drun" on pop! os 22.04..

[Luzzifus]

I am also confused, "gnome-multi-writer" has no icon under "run" only under "drun" on pop! os 22.04..

Yes, I meant drun, sorry.

[Luzzifus]

Therefor if the application does not set an icon on its windows, and the class name does not resolve to an icon, rofi has nothing to display.

So is there a way I can "help" rofi resolve the icons? E.g. by manually placing them in the right spot with a resolvable name?

[DaveDavenport]

This:
cp "/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/org.gnome.MultiWriter.png" ~/.local/share/icons/gnome-multi-writer.png

should do it.

[Luzzifus]

Thanks, that worked. I was able to fix the other apps that way too.

[Luzzifus]

I think the frequency of this issue occurring could be reduced by searching for the executable name in .desktop files. In all of my cases the executable name is either the filename of the respective .desktop file itself (case insensitive comparison) or is part of its command field. Then the icon could be resolved from the desktop file itself.

[DaveDavenport]

That won't work in rofi's design, there is no link between desktop file and window, or "executable" and window.

I prefer it if applications just properly set an icon on their window.

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