[snap] icon missing against ~/Documents in file upload dialog for some themes

[Paul White]

I've recently noticed that when using Chromium to upload files to Google Drive (and other sites), I see that the file upload or ‘Open Files’ dialog doesn’t display an icon against ~/Documents in the folder and file list. An icon is displayed when using Firefox or Google Chrome.

I've noted this on Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu 20.04.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser 79.0.3945.79-0ubuntu1
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Date: Tue Jan 7 10:30:51 2020
DiskUsage:
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 tmpfs tmpfs 3.9G 70M 3.8G 2% /dev/shm
 /dev/sda2 ext4 73G 14G 56G 20% /home
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-17 (235 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190517)
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Snap.Changes: Error: command ['snap', 'changes', '--abs-time', 'chromium'] failed with exit code 1: error: no changes found
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SourcePackage: chromium-browser
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2019-11-08 (59 days ago)
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dmi.sys.vendor: Novatech

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

Thanks for the report Paul. Can you please share a screenshot? What icon theme are you using?

I tested in a clean 20.04 VM (regular Ubuntu with default GNOME desktop and Yaru theme), and there is an icon for ~/Documents in the file upload dialog.

[Paul White (paulw2u)]

Hi Olivier, screenshot attached using the Adwaita theme on Ubuntu 20.04.

However, I do see the icon for ~/Documents when using the Yaru theme.

For Kubuntu, which I don't have readily available the theme would be whatever the default is. For Xubuntu the theme is 'elementary Xfce darker' which I think is the default.

[Olivier Tilloy (osomon)]

I can confirm that with Adwaita there is no icon for ~/Documents. That's not in the left panel of the file open dialog as I initially thought, but in the files view on the right when browsing the user's home.