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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Toralv@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Running debian+swaywm and I'm trying to find a file manager that I like.

What I've have tested so far is using another icon theme.

Edit:

Following this thread fixed it for me. I didn't notice any immediate change, but after reboot, the correct icons appeared. I think this mainly had do to with me not having the xdg-user-dirs-gtk package.

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[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

I think this depends on your icon theme.

[-] PureTryOut@lemmy.kde.social 11 points 10 months ago

Not really. They are probably just missing the required entries in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. For example mine:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

The file is made by the tool xdg-user-dirs-update in my case, normally ran by a desktop environment but obviously won't be automatically ran in SwayWM.

[-] Toralv@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Looks like I have all the required entries, mine looks mostly the same as yours.

[-] Toralv@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I found a solution. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I've edited my post with the solution.

[-] Toralv@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well yes. I've tested several different icon themes, but they all have the same problem

[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

have you tried other GTK file managers, like Nemo or Caja? Is the same issue present?

[-] Toralv@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Just tested both Nemo and Caja. Problem still persists

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