Icon theme doesn't apply fully

seeking_the_truth · May 10, 2025, 5:13am

Hi there,

I’m trying to install an icon theme(tried many) on my debian 12 xfce template, but each time it seems like some apps(brave, librewolf and others) don’t respect the icon theme and use their own icons instead, while other apps(xfce4-terminal, firefox) use new icons of the selected icon theme.

Any ideas of how to fix this?

adalar · May 10, 2025, 4:38pm

Hi,
have you also tried to manually apply the theme to the AppVM ?

seeking_the_truth · May 10, 2025, 5:04pm

I tried many things.
What do you mean exactly?

adalar · May 10, 2025, 5:13pm

In exemple by changing the theme with gsettings command or by running the gui setting of xfce xfce4-appearance-setttings. Are you shure this themes include this icons ?

seeking_the_truth · May 10, 2025, 5:38pm

I am sure.
The themes are in the right place - /usr/share/icons/
Also, the effect is in place, hence other icons(thunar, xfce4-terminal etc) are changed.
I also use full icon themes such as papirus, so all the icons I mentioned should take effect too, but they are not.

adalar · May 10, 2025, 7:55pm

I don’t know if its related but you can try gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/*YourThemeName*. Try to install it on $HOME/.icons/ and rerun the update cache command.

seeking_the_truth · May 11, 2025, 4:46am

I tired that many times, sadly with no results.

So full icon packs like papirus works for you even with brave/librewolf with no issues?