I have a launcher on my desktop and want to add another one manually with the same icon.
When I go to the preferences of the existing launcher and click the icon, it doesn't take me to the folder where the icon is stored but just to my home folder.
How can I find out where the used icon of the launcher is located in my system?
Most of the time, the icon will be chosen from your current icon theme, rather than being referred to as an absolute path.
Open Gedit
Drag the launcher into the Gedit window
Look for the Icon definition:
Icon=gnome-panel-launcher
You can then find the icon somewhere in /usr/share/icons, depending on your theme.
Here's a quick python script that finds the correct icon path for you:
import gtk
print "enter the icon name (case sensitive):"
icon_name = raw_input(">>> ")
icon_theme = gtk.icon_theme_get_default()
icon = icon_theme.lookup_icon(icon_name, 48, 0)
if icon:
print icon.get_filename()
else:
print "not found"
Save it somewhere and run python /path/to/script.py.
It'll look like this:
stefano@lenovo:~$ python test.py
enter the icon name (case sensitive):
>>> gtk-execute
/usr/share/icons/Humanity/actions/48/gtk-execute.svg
Alternatively, you can just rummage around in /usr/share/icons until you find the icon you're looking for.
Much easier: you can just copy and paste the launcher and change the name and command
Updated version of the script above:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import gi
gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0')
from gi.repository import Gtk
icon_name = input("Icon name (case sensitive): ")
icon_theme = Gtk.IconTheme.get_default()
icon = icon_theme.lookup_icon(icon_name, 48, 0)
if icon:
print(icon.get_filename())
else:
print("not found")
