Animated icons

jt1122 · 2022-11-05 09:35:02

Hi,

Is it possible to have animated icons on the desktop or in panels?.

Thanks

ToZ · 2022-11-05 11:06:50

What exactly do you mean by "animated icons"? Do you mean like an animated gif as an icon? Or image animations?

Gtk3 supports keyframe image animations. For example, assuming a deskbar tasklist (window buttons) with only icons showing, something like this:

.tasklist button image { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.4); }
/* tasklist grow animation */
@keyframes grow {
   0% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.4); } 
   10% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.43); } 
   20% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.46); }
   30% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.49); } 
   40% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.52); } 
   50% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.55); } 
   60% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.58); } 
   70% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.61); }
   80% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.64); } 
   90% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.67); } 
   100% { -gtk-icon-transform: scale(1.7); } 
}
.tasklist button:hover image { 
  animation-name: grow;
  animation-duration: 10s;
  animation-timing-function: step-end;
  animation-delay: .2s
}

Will generate this:

jt1122 · 2022-11-05 11:10:20

Thanks.

I'm referring to an icon with a repeatedly changing image, something like an animated GIF.

https://www.flaticon.com/animated-icons

Cheers

ToZ · 2022-11-05 20:50:19

I don't believe so. I don't think xfdesktop or xfce4-panel are coded to handle animated images. At this point your limited to CSS animations.

agashamu · 2022-11-05 22:21:15

How come animated cursors work?

jt1122 · 2022-11-06 09:03:52

ToZ wrote:

I don't believe so. I don't think xfdesktop or xfce4-panel are coded to handle animated images. At this point your limited to CSS animations.

Thanks.

I was going to ask the same question as agashamu - there are animated cursors so why not icons?.

Cheers

jt1122 · 2022-11-11 11:35:57

Bump.

ToZ · 2022-11-11 17:37:25

If I had to guess, Xfce implements the Xcursor protocol, which allows for animated cursors.

jt1122 · 2022-11-11 21:56:39

Thanks.

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