
dropbox icon collection for humanity
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
As requested by users, created icon of dropbox for Humanity style theme.
Unfortunately it is not possible to change tray icons for linux dropbox client.
Took a deeper look in to the dropbox tray icon customization for linux. Turns out that for know it is not possible to simply replace .png with custom one, because tray icons are embedded somewhere in proprietary code files.
So much for not using open source, can't simply customize tray icon for your theme.
But I will try to contact dropbox team, maybe they will be kind enough to tell me how to customize tray icons.
Archive includes my two favorite sets of different size .png images (hicolor-01 and hicolor-02) and .svg source with some more variations of dropbox icon.
To install (only changes gnome menu icon, but not tray icon), extract archive and sudo copy contents of hicolor-01 or hicolor-02 folder to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/
Then do
$ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor
to update icon cache.
And finally logout & login.
Enjoy, hope you find it usefull :)
11 years ago
Initial play with dropbox icon design.
So far found out that at least for now, it is not possible to change dropbox tray icon for linux client.
11 years ago
Initial play with dropbox icon design.
So far found out that at least for now, it is not possible to change dropbox tray icon for linux client.
tylerisfat
10 years ago
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/dropbox-adds-indicator-applet.html
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maticmatija
11 years ago
https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/58/customize-linux-tray-icon#votebox:0
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rawfan
11 years ago
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domore
11 years ago
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maticmatija
11 years ago
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domore
11 years ago
Took a deeper look in to the dropbox tray icon customization for linux. Turns out that for know it is not possible to simply replace .png with custom one, because tray icons are embedded somewhere in proprietary code files.
So much for not using open source, can't simply customize tray icon for your theme.
But I will try to contact dropbox team, maybe they will be kind enough to tell me how to customize tray icons.
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rawfan
11 years ago
If I got some time tomorrow, I'll try to make a .deb.
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cddesjar
11 years ago
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rawfan
11 years ago
replace icons in source. block all dropbox servers in /etc/hosts. compile and install source. logout/login.
What I get is the regular icon and now I'm sure it HAS to be somewhere in the source because at no time the proprietary could was (or could be) loaded.
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stebalien
11 years ago
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rawfan
11 years ago
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rawfan
11 years ago
So the icons seem to be compiled into the source. So there's there's two ways to go about this. Replace the icons in the source or contact the devs and tell them to place the icons in the appropriate directories.
I can do the latter. But I heard that there's a new (seperate) place for tray icons now (since the latest Gnome release) and I have no idea where.
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maticmatija
11 years ago
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mio69
11 years ago
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domore
11 years ago
Thanks, for reporting it back!
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nicolaide
11 years ago
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domore
11 years ago
Do
$ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor
to update icon cache.
And finally restart or start dropbox.
Thanks for comment, I will update, the install info.
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