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sudorat87

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Registered: 2025-07-28

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Possible way to add custom color to these panel icons?

Looking for a way to change the color of these icons on the panel if possible. Status Tray Plugin, Screenshot & Action Buttons. Maybe an entry can be made to a gtk.css file?

Thank you

ToZ

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Re: Possible way to add custom color to these panel icons?

Hello and welcome.

Which icon theme are you using?
Also, what version of Xfce?

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sudorat87

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Registered: 2025-07-28

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Re: Possible way to add custom color to these panel icons?

Hello and welcome.

Which icon theme are you using?
Also, what version of Xfce?

Hi

I'm using Colloid icon theme for light themes, xfce version is 4.20.

ToZ

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Re: Possible way to add custom color to these panel icons?

Hmm. It doesn't look like CSS recoloring works on these icons. You could manually change the "fill" or "color" colors in the svg files located at:

• status/22/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/16/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/24/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/22/xfsm-lock.svg

• status/16/xfsm-lock.svg

• status/24/xfsm-lock.svg

Run "sudo gtk-update-icon-cache in the root folder of that icon theme and the change the icon theme away and back.

Note: I'm not sure what that third icon is for or where it is located.

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sudorat87

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Registered: 2025-07-28

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Re: Possible way to add custom color to these panel icons?

Hmm. It doesn't look like CSS recoloring works on these icons. You could manually change the "fill" or "color" colors in the svg files located at:

• status/22/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/16/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/24/org.xfce.screenshooter.svg

• status/22/xfsm-lock.svg

• status/16/xfsm-lock.svg

• status/24/xfsm-lock.svg

Run "sudo gtk-update-icon-cache in the root folder of that icon theme and the change the icon theme away and back.

Note: I'm not sure what that third icon is for or where it is located.

I might give that a try, the first icon from the left is the wired ethernet icon under the status tray plugin, it is also located where the others are as you pointed out.

Thanks for the help