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VulcanRidr
03-23-2009, 05:03 PM
Hi,

I know this is probably something simple, but I was wondering how to change the icons in the taskbar? Something similar to http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5014

I have searched the wiki, maemo.org, the package listings and here, and have not been able to find how to change them.

How do you change them?

Thanks,
--vr
pelago
03-24-2009, 09:14 AM
Those are 'themes' I believe, if that helps your searching.
VulcanRidr
03-24-2009, 11:41 AM
Those are 'themes' I believe, if that helps your searching.

None of the themes I have tried have changed the toolbar icons. I've tried all of the default ones, plus Titan and Nuveau Pearl...None of them ever changed the icons for battery, wireless etc...

I am currently running Plankton.

--vr
blowfish23
03-24-2009, 11:51 AM
All those screenshots are from os2007. That's why the taskbar looks so different. You can download something such as advanced backlight applet and go to control panel»panels to move the icons around.
Den in USA
03-24-2009, 12:01 PM
None of the themes I have tried have changed the toolbar icons. I've tried all of the default ones, plus Titan and Nuveau Pearl...None of them ever changed the icons for battery, wireless etc...

I am currently running Plankton.

--vr

Interesting! I appear to be having the same problem. I even rebooted after the change to a new theme.
jmjanzen
03-24-2009, 02:42 PM
None of those themes are supposed to change the toolbar icons. try LCARS (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23834&highlight=lcars+theme).

EDIT: oops. the link in that thread is bad. let me try to find one that works... ok. maybe the server with LCARS is just down temporarily. regardless, i can assure you that the built-in themes and titan and nuvo don't change the toolbar icons. just try a different theme and see what happens.
VulcanRidr
03-24-2009, 03:15 PM
All those screenshots are from os2007. That's why the taskbar looks so different. You can download something such as advanced backlight applet and go to control panel»panels to move the icons around.

Hmmm. Wonder why they would have gone from some fairly nice looking icons to the ones that ship with OS2008, which look very basic.

--vr
Nelson L. Squeeko
03-24-2009, 03:23 PM
The sidebar icons are themable, its just that the default themes don't change that. If you make your own theme with the theme maker you can change those icons. In my custom theme, I replaced the Web Globe with a Firefox icon, and changed the Applications button to a icon of a transmission gear.
http://www.internettablettalk.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_use_Theme_Maker
allnameswereout
03-24-2009, 03:55 PM
You can remove and add in 'Panels'. I know this is possible. For example, one could install MiniGPSD and then use the icon on the left tray instead of -for example- Contacts.
munky261
03-25-2009, 12:00 PM
what are you wanting the statusbar icons to look like, if you have ideas of what you want, i can probably make them and give you instructions on how to change them
VulcanRidr
03-25-2009, 12:55 PM
what are you wanting the statusbar icons to look like, if you have ideas of what you want, i can probably make them and give you instructions on how to change them

I was looking for something less...plain. Like the icons in the OS2007 screenshots I have seen. I was thinking about using some of the ones from kde4 or something.

--vr
munky261
03-25-2009, 01:27 PM
I gotcha...Ill see what I can do about making a set using the screenshots as a guide. Any special requests, just let me know.
ian_ryge
03-30-2009, 04:31 PM
None of those themes are supposed to change the toolbar icons. try LCARS (http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23834&highlight=lcars+theme).

EDIT: oops. the link in that thread is bad. let me try to find one that works... ok. maybe the server with LCARS is just down temporarily. regardless, i can assure you that the built-in themes and titan and nuvo don't change the toolbar icons. just try a different theme and see what happens.

Synthesize.us was down for a while the other day, but the themes are available from the maemo extras repository. Our themes (http://synthesize.us/Maemo_themes) (not just LCARS anymore) all change the statusbar and task navigator icons.
verumgero
03-30-2009, 09:50 PM
I was actually thinking about changing the icons as well. I can handle making my own icons if someone could give a quick how-to on changing them. I like the default themes for the most part and would just want to change the icon in there instead of changing the whole theme.


I guess I could always figure it out myself but then again that takes actual work.