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How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - Backslay - 10-11-2024
Hey, I just had to reinstall Windows and when I installed gimp, something weird started happening.
The icon was flag gray instead of brown-ish and detailed. I managed to somehow use this detailed toolbar icon with flat colored tool icons (pencil, selection, etc), because that's how it was before the reinstall. I simply dragged the dog icon files from Color to Symbolic, thus making everything flat gray but the toolbar icon.
One thing I can't figure out, is how to stop the toolbar icon from changing whenever I open a file. It adds like a minature canvas to the icon, and I'd like it to stay as just the dog, because that's how it acted before the reinstall.
Was I simply using a different version? Or do I need to do something specific for the toolbar icon to not change at all?
The version I'm using right now is 2.10.38 if I'm not mistaken.
Thanks in advance!
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - sallyanne - 10-12-2024
sounds like you were just using a different version and theme. Remember you can change the icon themes.
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - PixLab - 10-12-2024
Everything is in Edit ➤ Preferences
The "dog" (it's not a specific animal, though)
[attachment=12439]
The icons color/B&W, whatnot and size
[attachment=12440]
The Theme (just click on the theme, wait few second to see it on GIMP, no drag and drop needed)
[attachment=12441]
Save all by clicking OK
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - rich2005 - 10-12-2024
(10-11-2024, 09:33 PM)Backslay Wrote: One thing I can't figure out, is how to stop the toolbar icon from changing whenever I open a file. It adds like a minature canvas to the icon, and I'd like it to stay as just the dog, because that's how it acted before the reinstall.
Was I simply using a different version? Or do I need to do something specific for the toolbar icon to not change at all?
EDIT#2 Had to fire up a Win10 VM but I think it is this: The difference between Gimp single window mode, icon of active image and Gimp multiwindow mode, Wilbur icon.
[attachment=12443]
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Like this, but shows bottom of the screen along with other open applications
[attachment=12442]
As far as I know, locking the icon to the default Wilbur is not possible (but I could be wrong) It was the same in Gimp 2.8 (I just checked) It might be a Windows OS theme / windows decoration thing but doubt it.
EDIT: This issue has a bit of history see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707932
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - Backslay - 10-12-2024
(10-12-2024, 08:08 AM)rich2005 Wrote:(10-11-2024, 09:33 PM)Backslay Wrote: One thing I can't figure out, is how to stop the toolbar icon from changing whenever I open a file. It adds like a minature canvas to the icon, and I'd like it to stay as just the dog, because that's how it acted before the reinstall.
Was I simply using a different version? Or do I need to do something specific for the toolbar icon to not change at all?
EDIT#2 Had to fire up a Win10 VM but I think it is this: The difference between Gimp single window mode, icon of active image and Gimp multiwindow mode, Wilbur icon.
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Like this, but shows bottom of the screen along with other open applications
As far as I know, locking the icon to the default Wilbur is not possible (but I could be wrong) It was the same in Gimp 2.8 (I just checked) It might be a Windows OS theme / windows decoration thing but doubt it.
EDIT: This issue has a bit of history see: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=707932
The thing is, it was like this before... Before I reinstalled W10, gimp was locked on the default dog icon, it didn't do the "image thumbnail" thing.
Also, I just tried multiwindowed mode and it also does that, so that won't be my solution
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - rich2005 - 10-12-2024
(10-12-2024, 10:26 AM)Backslay Wrote: The thing is, it was like this before... Before I reinstalled W10, gimp was locked on the default dog icon, it didn't do the "image thumbnail" thing.
Also, I just tried multiwindowed mode and it also does that, so that won't be my solution
Well that was the best I could come up with: In multi-window mode, the Windows taskbar takes the first image, open more images, close the first and the icon defaults to Wilbur.
example: Win10 (VM) / Gimp 2.10.38
https://i.imgur.com/hG7gHsi.mp4
RE: How to stop toolbar icon from changing? - Backslay - 10-12-2024
(10-12-2024, 10:44 AM)rich2005 Wrote:(10-12-2024, 10:26 AM)Backslay Wrote: The thing is, it was like this before... Before I reinstalled W10, gimp was locked on the default dog icon, it didn't do the "image thumbnail" thing.
Also, I just tried multiwindowed mode and it also does that, so that won't be my solution
Well that was the best I could come up with: In multi-window mode, the Windows taskbar takes the first image, open more images, close the first and the icon defaults to Wilbur.
example: Win10 (VM) / Gimp 2.10.38
https://i.imgur.com/hG7gHsi.mp4
I have no idea how, but after restarting my pc, it simply started acting normal again. as you can see, the icon stays the same even when editing an image, look:
[attachment=12445]
I guess the problem has solved itself