panel can't browse to find new launcher icon

[mickeyf]

In Ubuntu 81.0. This may be related to, but I don't believe is identical to bug #314262. In any case here is additional information on the behavior.

Described here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6810502#post6810502

The final post copied from the above forum thread:

The problem seems to be in the file browser for the panel.

I have two application launchers. One, by default uses a pixmap (.png) icon. The other, by default, uses a .svg icon. When I attempt to replace the icon for either of them, the 'browse' button takes me directly to the folder for the default icon, either

/urs/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps (for the .svg), or

/urs/share/pixmaps (for the .png). Even if I place my new icons in those folders, they are not visible - only the original icons are.

If I use the browse button to navigate to any other folder, no icons are visible in that folder, even though they are visible when using the file manager.

However, if I directly edit the path in the edit box adjacent to the browse button, I can navigate to any folder and all the icons there are visible and available.

It appears that navigating via the browse button only shows a specific (originally installed) set of icons in specific locations, and doesn't let you 'browse' at all.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported, but feel free to report any other bugs you find.

[andreameroni (andreameroni)]

Hi, I think I have found a workaround. Please follow these steps:

1. Click the icon you want to change
2. the browse will pop up
3. move to the directory you stored the image (work even with jpg!) you like
4. in the location bar put '*' and press enter
5. a new browse window will appear but it will be empty (now the path is like /home/andrea/Documents/*)
6. Delete the '*' (/home/andrea/Documents/)
7. you will be able to see your images!

regards
andrea