[HowTo] Change the "Show Application" icon on Gnome

Greetings,

This guide will show you how to change the "Show Application" icon with your own custom one.

Before........................After...........................

Open the terminal and copy/paste:

mkdir -p ~/.themes/ChangeIcon/gnome-shell
touch ~/.themes/ChangeIcon/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css
nano ~/.themes/ChangeIcon/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css

Paste this into the terminal, but change the distination of the icons

.show-apps .show-apps-icon {
border: none;
background-image: url("file:///home/storm/Documents/RetroRed.svg");
background-size: contain;
color: transparent; }

.show-apps:hover .show-apps-icon, .show-apps:active .show-apps-icon, .show-apps:checked .show-apps-icon, .show-apps:focus .show-apps-icon {
color: transparent; 
background-image: url("file:///home/storm/Documents/RetroRed.svg");
background-size: contain; }

Save = ctrl+o
Exit = ctrl+x

Now you can go to Either Gnome Tweak App or Zorin Appearance and select ChangeIcon in Gnome Shell.

Enjoy!!!

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