Coding desktop shortcut for KMV virt-manager guest os Z16

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@337harvey

Right click it, choose properties then click on the left image and browse to the .png file. Click ok

Okay, so maybe it isn't totally working. I can't get it to work on the actual desktop as a shortcut. But it working on the dock... I can't access the properties by left click when it's on the dock. So it's basically an invisible space holder right now, lol.

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@337harvey

Which script did you use for anyone else looking for the solution?

Agreed. I'll post what I put together for the full script + shortcut code as soon as I have it fully functioning.

[337harvey]

You can adjust the icon on the desktop then add it to the dock, (drag and drop)?

[337harvey]

Is the dock a snap or flatpak?

[Aravisian]

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Icon='/home/username/Pictures/kub.png'

For the icon, try just

Icon=kub.png

Place the icon in /usr/share/pixmaps (you can try without moving it first if you want...)

Test if that works.

[337harvey]

Not icons folder?

[Aravisian]

/pixmaps is better as in /icons, there's generally a theme.index, whereas /pixmaps is General Resource.

EDIT: Re-reading this, I see I generally generalized this too much.

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@337harvey

You can adjust the icon on the desktop then add it to the dock, (drag and drop)?

Well, technically... if I could get it to work on the desktop, but it doesn't. It only works when I hit the super key, type the shortcut name and left click to add to the dock. (there are no properties options there).

On the dock, it is invisible. It's like a space holder but when I click it, the vm guest opens perfectly.

[337harvey]

Did you chmod +x vm.sh while in the desktop in terminal?

Forgive me, in the scripts folder where this script resides, did you chmod it?

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@337harvey

Did you chmod +x vm.sh while in the desktop in terminal?

Forgive me, in the scripts folder where this script resides, did you chmod it?

I had, yes. But did it again for good measure.

I also finally got it on the desktop! Woohoo. But going into properties and changing the icon there didn't work. For good measure, I also tried an icon I'd used on a different app previously... also didn't show.

How bizarre... I just can't figure out what to do. Gah!

[337harvey]

Tried aravisian's idea? You can sudo copy the icon to pixmap if it doesn't exist.

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@Aravisian

/pixmaps is better as in /icons, there's generally a theme.index, whereas /pixmaps is General Resource.

EDIT: Re-reading this, I see I generally generalized this too much.

That, generally, is generally okay.

So I gave it a go... no success. But I think something weird is going on with it. I may need to reboot my computer.

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Thanks so much @337harvey and @Aravisian for the coding help to get this to work!! /pixmaps/ was the key for the icon, btw. Just needed to reboot to see the changes.