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How to change VirtualBox app icon?
Posted: 11. Jun 2008, 20:40
by IBBoard
Is it possible to change the VirtualBox application icon?
I know VB puts an icon in /usr/share/pixmaps, but replacing it doesn't affect anything (other than the menu item, if I hadn't made my own Tango-ised icon in my Tango theme). Is the icon embedded in the executable, meaning it can't be changed without recompiling?
On the plus side then if I can't replace the icon at least 1.6.2 got rid of the ugly icon introduced in 1.6.0.
Posted: 12. Jun 2008, 11:02
by frank
You have to recompile VirtualBox to change the icon.
Posted: 12. Jun 2008, 11:58
by IBBoard
Other apps in Linux seem to have a way of picking up the icon from a certain location (normally /usr/share/pixmaps, although Exaile picks it up from its own folder). Is there any chance of VirtualBox (at least the Linux version) being made to do the same thing? The Mozilla apps can manage it, and they're cross-platform.
Posted: 1. Jul 2008, 22:44
by frank
I don't think that we will change that. If you really want your own icon use the OSE version. The non-OSE version should have some kind or branding. Note that you even can change the VM boot logo.
Posted: 2. Jul 2008, 19:54
by IBBoard
I know it won't change the situation, but Firefox is a brand and yet it is still designed in such a way that you can replace the icon. I've re-branded it (without recompiling - just image replacement in a folder) with a Tango Project themed icon and it looks far better.
Just because you make the image changeable doesn't mean there won't be branding. If anything it would help, as people could make branded icons that a) fitted better with their desktop while remaining branded and b) looked a better size, rather than appearing to have been scaled badly and/or attempting to have too much detail on too small an image.