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[Solved] Why doesn't the other directories have icons like Desktop? I'm using thunar.

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.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres ,

Sometimes, you can right click a folder and choose properties to select a different icon. It’s not universal across desktop environments but it’s pretty widespread.

Toralv OP ,
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Seems to not be an option in Thunar

sir_reginald ,
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I think this depends on your icon theme.

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

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

Toralv OP ,
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Just tested both Nemo and Caja. Problem still persists

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


<span style="color:#323232;">XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
</span>

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

Toralv OP ,
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I found a solution. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I’ve edited my post with the solution.

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