Kumander Linux

I changed the theme icons, but these icons on the navigation bar haven’t updated. Where are these system default icons stored? I want to replace them.

Hello Shen and welcome to the forum.

Those toolbar icons are loaded from the current icon theme according to the Freedesktop Icon Theme Specification.

If your new icon theme doesn't include these icons, GTK will fall back to the inherited theme (usually Adwaita or hicolor), which is why they don't change.

The icons you need are typically named:

• go-previous.svg
• go-next.svg
• go-up.svg
• go-home.svg
• view-refresh.svg
• edit-find.svg

They are usually located under directories such as:

• /usr/share/icons/<ThemeName>/16x16/actions/
• /usr/share/icons/<ThemeName>/24x24/actions/
• /usr/share/icons/<ThemeName>/48x48/actions/
• /usr/share/icons/<ThemeName>/scalable/actions/

If your icon pack doesn't include these icons, you'll need to create them or copy them from another icon theme.

Once you've done that, either run:

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/<ThemeName>

or simply reboot.

Thanks for your reply.

I’ve downloaded both XP‑style and Windows 7‑style icon sets.

After applying the theme icons, the XP‑style icons display correctly.

However, some icons from the Windows 7‑style set fail to show up, as seen in the screenshot.

I have checked the Windows 7‑style icon directory and confirmed that the matching required icons are present. Why is this happening?

Hmmm, hard to tell. Can you zip the theme and upload it here? Then I can test it on my computer.

The file is quite large. I downloaded it from here.

Search for WINDOWS 7

gnome-look.org

https://www.gnome-look.org/p/2094078

I downloaded the Windows 7 theme and tested it.

It looks like Thunar is forcing symbolic (monochrome black) icons, even if you only have colorful SVG icons in that theme.

The interesting thing is that Thunar doesn't do that with your Windows XP theme. I suspect that is because the icons there are PNG. They are treated differently.

Either way, this is something that we will change in Thunar. Normal, colorful icons should always be preferred over symbolic ones.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.