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<h1>Themed Icons<a class="headerlink" href="#themed-icons" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1>
<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span></code> API gives access to icons that are shipped with the icon
theme.</p>
<p>Icon themes are sets of icons that share a common look and feel; a theme is a
mapping between a name and an icon file and size.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>For more information on icon themes, you can read the freedesktop.org <a class="reference external" href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html">icon
theme specification</a></p>
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<section id="extending-the-icon-theme">
<h2>Extending the icon theme<a class="headerlink" href="#extending-the-icon-theme" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>Some times, applications need icons that are too domain-specific to be included
in a generic icon theme.</p>
<p>The standard practice for this is to extend the icon theme by installing the
icons in a directory structure that matches the hicolor icon theme. Typically,
the icons will be located in your applications datadir, e.g.
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/share/org.gnome.YourApp</span></code>.</p>
<p>For instance, you can install icons from your Meson build file:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Define PKG_DATADIR as a global symbol</span>
<span class="n">pkg_datadir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">get_option</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;prefix&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="n">get_option</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;datadir&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="n">meson</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">project_name</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">add_project_arguments</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;-DPKG_DATADIR=@0@&#39;</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">format</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">datadir</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="n">language</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="s1">&#39;c&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">action_icons_dir</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">pkg_datadir</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="s1">&#39;icons/hicolor/16x16/actions&#39;</span>
<span class="n">action_icons</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;action-name-1.png&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="s1">&#39;action-name-2.png&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">install_data</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">action_icons</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">install_dir</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">action_icons_dir</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>You will also need to tell <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span></code> to look in that directory:</p>
<div class="sphinx-tabs docutils container">
<div aria-label="Tabbed content" class="closeable" role="tablist"><button aria-controls="panel-0-Qw==" aria-selected="true" class="sphinx-tabs-tab code-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-Qw==" name="Qw==" role="tab" tabindex="0">C</button><button aria-controls="panel-0-UHl0aG9u" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab code-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-UHl0aG9u" name="UHl0aG9u" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Python</button><button aria-controls="panel-0-VmFsYQ==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab code-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-VmFsYQ==" name="VmFsYQ==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">Vala</button><button aria-controls="panel-0-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" aria-selected="false" class="sphinx-tabs-tab code-tab group-tab" id="tab-0-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" name="SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" role="tab" tabindex="-1">JavaScript</button></div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-Qw==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" id="panel-0-Qw==" name="Qw==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-c notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">GtkIconTheme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">*</span><span class="n">theme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">gtk_icon_theme_get_for_display</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">gdk_display_get_default</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">());</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="n">gtk_icon_theme_append_search_path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">theme</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">PKG_DATADIR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
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</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-UHl0aG9u" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-UHl0aG9u" name="UHl0aG9u" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">theme</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Gtk</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IconTheme</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_for_display</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Gdk</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Display</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_default</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">theme</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">append_search_path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">os</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">join</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PKG_DATADIR</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;icons&quot;</span><span class="p">))</span>
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</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-VmFsYQ==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-VmFsYQ==" name="VmFsYQ==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-vala notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">theme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Gtk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">IconTheme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">get_for_display</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Gdk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Display</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">get_default</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">());</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="n">theme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">append_search_path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">PKG_DATADIR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-0-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-0-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" name="SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-js notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">theme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">Gtk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">IconTheme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">get_for_display</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">Gdk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Display</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">get_default</span><span class="p">());</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nx">theme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">append_search_path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">PKG_DATADIR</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">+</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">&quot;/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></div>
<p>It is recommended to follow the principles of the <a class="reference external" href="https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-naming-spec-latest.html">icon naming specification</a>
even for these private icons.</p>
<p>This approach to icon theme extension has some advantages over others:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>the application-specific icons dont pollute the shared namespace for themed
icons, and other applications wont unintentionally pick up an icon that was
only meant for your application</p></li>
<li><p>since the icons are installed into a directory below hicolor, the theme can
override the icons to make your application fit in with the rest of the system</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="resources">
<h2>Resources<a class="headerlink" href="#resources" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>It is possible to include application-specific icons directly in the application
binary as resources, instead of installing them in the file system. By using
resources you reduce the performance penalty of seeking files on the file
system, and you improve the portability and reliability of your application. The
downsides are that changing icons requires rebuilding your application, and that
the size of the binary grows.</p>
<p>To use resources, place your icons in a directory structure that matches the
hicolor icon theme:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">gresources</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">gresource</span> <span class="n">prefix</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;/my/resources/icons/16x16/actions&quot;</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="n">icon1</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">png</span><span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">&gt;</span><span class="n">icon2</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">png</span><span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="n">file</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="o">...</span>
<span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="n">gresource</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
<span class="o">&lt;/</span><span class="n">gresources</span><span class="o">&gt;</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>When using resources, we dont include hicolor in the path.</p>
</div>
<p>Then, tell <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span></code> about the resource path where your icons are located:</p>
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<span class="n">gtk_icon_theme_add_resource_path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">theme</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">&quot;/my/resources/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
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</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-UHl0aG9u" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-UHl0aG9u" name="UHl0aG9u" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-python notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">theme</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">Gtk</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">IconTheme</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_for_display</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Gdk</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Display</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_default</span><span class="p">())</span>
<span class="n">theme</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add_resource_path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/my/resources/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-VmFsYQ==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-VmFsYQ==" name="VmFsYQ==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-vala notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">var</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">theme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Gtk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">IconTheme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">get_for_display</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Gdk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">Display</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">get_default</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">());</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="n">theme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">add_resource_path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">&quot;/my/resources/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div><div aria-labelledby="tab-1-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" class="sphinx-tabs-panel code-tab group-tab" hidden="true" id="panel-1-SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" name="SmF2YVNjcmlwdA==" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0"><div class="highlight-js notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kd">const</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">theme</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nx">Gtk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">IconTheme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">get_for_display</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">Gdk</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Display</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">get_default</span><span class="p">());</span><span class="w"></span>
<span class="nx">theme</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">add_resource_path</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;/my/resources/icons&quot;</span><span class="p">);</span><span class="w"></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div></div>
</section>
<section id="automatic-resources">
<h2>Automatic resources<a class="headerlink" href="#automatic-resources" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkApplication</span></code> automatically sets up a resource path based on the
application id of your application. If your applications id is org.my.App,
then icons will be looked for under “/org/my/App/icons”.</p>
</section>
<section id="flipped-icons">
<h2>Flipped icons<a class="headerlink" href="#flipped-icons" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>Some icons benefit from being flipped in right-to-left (RTL) locales. GTK does
this automatically, by passing a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_DIR_RTL</span></code> or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GTK_ICON_LOOKUP_DIR_LTR</span></code> flag to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span></code> when loading icons.</p>
<p>If you are loading icons manually using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span> <span class="pre">API</span></code>, you may want to do
the same for icons where flipping is relevant.</p>
<p>Of course, RTL variants must be present in the icon theme for this to make any
difference. If you have an icon with an RTL variant, you should append the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-rtl</span></code> suffix to the icons file base name.</p>
</section>
<section id="symbolic-icons">
<h2>Symbolic icons<a class="headerlink" href="#symbolic-icons" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>Symbolic icons have a simple form, and can be used much like text. They will be
recolored according to the context in which they are used. By convention,
symbolic icons are named with a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-symbolic</span></code> suffix.</p>
<p>Passing an icon name like “pan-start-symbolic” to GTK functions like
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gtk_image_set_from_icon_name()</span></code> will automatically do the right thing. When
you are manually loading a symbolic icon using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">GtkIconTheme</span></code> APIs, make sure
to use the symbolic variants, such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gtk_icon_info_load_symbolic()</span></code> to ensure
that the icon is properly colored.</p>
<p>When installing your own symbolic icons, you can either install an svg (the
traditional form in which symbolic icons are created) or use the
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">gtk-encode-symbolic-svg</span></code> utility to convert the icon into specially crafted
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.symbolic.png</span></code> files, which can be installed into the fixed-size subdirectories
of the icon theme:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">gtk</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">encode</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">symbolic</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">svg</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">o</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">usr</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">share</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">icons</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">hicolor</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="mi">48</span><span class="n">x48</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">apps</span> <span class="n">my</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">app</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">symbolic</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">svg</span> <span class="mi">48</span><span class="n">x48</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</section>
<section id="application-icons">
<h2>Application icons<a class="headerlink" href="#application-icons" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<p>The icon theme specification defines a universal fallback theme, called hicolor,
in which applications can install icons that need to be known by the rest of the
system.</p>
<p>The main example for this is the application icon that is used in the
applications desktop file. This icon should be named to match the application
name, and be installed in <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/</span></code>. Other sizes are
optional, but a 256×256 icon is the default size used by GNOME in its
application grid, so youre strongly encouraged to provide one.</p>
<p>Applications are also encouraged to install a symbolic version of the
application icon into the hicolor theme, with the same name and a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">-symbolic</span></code>
suffix. The symbolic icon will be used in the HighContrast theme. Symbolic icons
can be installed as SVG, in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps</span></code> directory
(which was added to hicolor in 0.15), or as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">.symbolic.png</span></code> files in
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/</span></code>. Other sizes are optional.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Unlike other icons, application icons cannot be added to a GResource, as they
are referenced by the desktop file and loaded by the desktop.</p>
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