SOLVED: Default Icon for Making A URL Shortcut on Desktop

Doppleganger · 2021-05-24 00:30:55

I'm new to Xfce, and still trying to figure my way around. I run Xfce4 on top of Arch, and every time I want to create a URL shortcut on the desktop, the icon will always, 100% of the time, default to the Location Icons/Folder icon. I then have to navigate to either All Applications, or Application Icons, then select the Firefox icon for the shortcut. This happens no matter if I create the shortcut manually via right-click, or if I drag the URL from the address bar of Firefox. Not the end of the world, but the extra steps required to get what I would consider a default URL shortcut icon are just a little annoying to me. There is already a www.<whatever> address location in the URL: text entry line in the Create Link dialog box, and my default system web application is set to Firefox, so it makes me wonder if I have missed a setting or something along the way?

Is there something I can do so that the default icon for a URL shortcut will be the Firefox icon, instead of a Folder icon?

TIA!

Last edited by Doppleganger (2021-05-24 04:36:03)

ToZ · 2021-05-24 02:48:28

It is hard-coded to use the "user-bookmarks" icon. If you want to change this you have two options:

Edit the source code and change "user-bookmarks" to "firefox"
Replace all instances of your icon theme's "user-bookmarks" icon with a comparable "firefox" icon.

Doppleganger · 2021-05-24 03:44:23

ToZ wrote:

It is hard-coded to use the "user-bookmarks" icon. If you want to change this you have two options:
Edit the source code and change "user-bookmarks" to "firefox"
Replace all instances of your icon theme's "user-bookmarks" icon with a comparable "firefox" icon.

Excellent, thank you! And of course, one final question.... where do I place the edited main.c file when it's ready? I've looked in /bin and /lib without finding a file that has this name.

Doppleganger · 2021-05-24 04:01:37

Nevermind, I get it now. I need to edit the main.c file after cloning the project, and then compile exo and install it. There is one thing I don't understand, however. At what point will I need to do this process again? I assume that sooner or later, something in the Xfce system will get updated, and I will once again have to clone the project, make the edit, compile the library, and re-install it.

What should I watch for as an indicator that I need to do that again? As always, thanks much for your help on this!!!

UPDATE: The edit of main.c went excellent, and after install, the default icon is now the firefox icon. I am VERY happy with this outcome, and I can't thank you enough for your help! I swear, everywhere I read on this forum, and you seem to have the answer to most all questions that arise. You are, indeed, a very knowledgeable person!! Have you ever considered becoming a Mod? :-)

Last edited by Doppleganger (2021-05-24 04:35:19)

ToZ · 2021-05-24 11:27:38

Short answer: you will need to rebuild from source every time your distro updates the exo package.

Longer, more sustainable answer: depending on your distro, you should look at using a built-in process to supersede the repository exo package (e.g. in Arch - the AUR, in debian-based distros - custom package builds, etc).

Doppleganger · 2021-05-24 15:27:56

I'll look into trying to find an Arch Linux 'built-in process'. Thanks again!

ToZ · 2021-05-24 15:37:06

For Archlinux, it would be AUR packages.

Doppleganger · 2021-05-24 17:13:01

ToZ wrote:

For Archlinux, it would be AUR packages.

At this point in my education, I believe the method above re: creating packages to be outside my wheelhouse.

My probable approach will most likely be to monitor my updates, and when I see one for exo, rather than doing the update thru pacman/yay/paru, I'll go the the github page, and do what I did last night. While it's not the most optimal approach, it's the one that I'm capable of doing now that I have done it once.

But when I have more time to learn, I will review that link you just provided, and see if it's something I care to dive into!

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SOLVED: Default Icon for Making A URL Shortcut on Desktop

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