Selection does not fit small icons in Unity Dash

[José Lou Chang]

There is a game called "gbrainy" which is installed by default in Ubuntu.
If you try to select it in Application [unity] Dash, the white squares that surrounds the icon to represent selection does not fit to the icon.

The gbrainy's icon is too small and the dash "selection" seems to be placed a little high.

This happens not only with gbrainy, but with any application that does not have a icon with size 48x48px.

I will upload a screenshot.

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I am running Ubuntu Natty 64-bit with all the current updates (March 15)
My video card is Intel.

Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800 (16:10)

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

The issue is the icon /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/gbrainy.png is actually a 32x32 icon.

The bug appears to be in data/Makefile.am as it installs data/app-graphics/gbrainy.png into the 48x48 dir. Guessing you need to make gbrainy32.png and gbrainy48.png.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

(Note this could be considered a bug in Unity - it appears to be no checking if the icon is actually the correct size, and scaling/offsetting it if it is incorrect).

[José Lou Chang (obake)]

I have replaced 48x48 with 32x32 version of the gbrainy icon in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
However, upon logging out and loggin back in, the icon still displays the 32x32 version.

I checked the /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/ just in case to see if it has been reverted, but it shows that the 64x64 file is present.

How do we tell Dash to update its icons?

[José Lou Chang (obake)]

Here I am uploading a 48x48 png file for gbrainy.

[Robert Ancell (robert-ancell)]

Hmm, I get the same problem with the icon not being updated.

To update, I reinstalled another GTK app, e.g.:
$ sudo apt-get install --reinstall gcalctool
And that rebuilt the bamf and GTK icon caches. But it doesn't seemed to have worked.

[Jordi Mas (jmas-softcatala)]

Hello,

On top of the Unity bug, gbrainy was copying in the 48x48 directory the 32x32 version of the icon. I have fixed this:

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gbrainy/commit/?h=stable&id=f1c9e97389fa7d0606364755069a948a30f72fbe

And this should be part of gbrainy 1.63 to be release by the end of tomorrow.

Thanks,

Jordi,

Note: There is already a 48x48 gbrainy icon at http://git.gnome.org/browse/gbrainy/tree/data/app-graphics

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

Besides the problem with gbrainy's icon size, it's also a Unity bug (since it does not work with any icon smaller than 48x48). I've noticed the same problem with Virtualbox 4.0 icon.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package gbrainy - 1.63-0ubuntu1

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gbrainy (1.63-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (Fixes LP: #735746)
 -- Robert Ancell <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:52:26 +1100

[José Lou Chang (obake)]

Thank you Jordi Mas. gbrainy's icon now shows up with the correct px.

On another related news:
I have encountered another application with the same problem that gbrainy was experiencing. A game called "Teeworlds"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.8.2-0ubuntu1

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unity (3.8.2-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in std::_List_node_base::_M_hook()
      (LP: #711916)
    - New window tracking system breaks in the case where windows try to
      restack relative to destroyed windows that were never mapped
      (LP: #723014)
    - does not display icons until hovered (LP: #726033)
    - Unity Launcher has black spaces where icons should be (LP: #729353)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in sigc::internal::signal_emit0<void,
      sigc::nil>::emit() (LP: #729715)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in SimpleLauncherIcon::OnIconThemeChanged()
      (LP: #741652)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in free() (LP: #738864)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in g_closure_invoke() (LP: #741674)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in free() (LP: #742300)
    - Unity can't get touch the touch initialization signals from GEIS
      (LP: #742555)
    - Windows that reparent away from the root before they are mapped can
      cause other windows to become invisible (and compiz to crash)
      (LP: #743011)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf()
      (LP: #744231)
    - [dash] Keyboard navigation not implemented as specified (LP: #608132)
    - xterms broken in unity (LP: #692463)
    - Unity opens application menu on Alt+F10 shortcut (LP: #722674)
    - First four items in Dash begin "Find" "Find" "Find" "Find" (LP: #729002)
    - Increase the size of the top left Launcher reveal area from 1px to a
      slightly larger triangle that comes out of the top left corner
      (LP: #736034)
    - Add a test case for invisible windows regressions (LP: #736876)
    - Re-sync with xquerytree to avoid stacking order issues (LP: #740465)
    - Keyboard navigation: quicklist not opening for Trash launcher item
      (LP: #741793)
    - Wrong window moves (LP: #741656)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in
      SimpleLauncherIcon::ActivateLauncherIcon() (LP: #742110)
    - Combo in the search bar did not disappear after the places was closed
      (LP: #742712)
    - Expo doesn't quit reliably when using keynav or shortcut (LP: #744196)
    - Make the BFB icon turn blue when an application goes urgent
      (LP: #744973)
    - Launcher - increase "launcher reveal %" for 'Fade and slide' launcher
      reveal transition to 65% (LP: #745602)
    - Arrows do not fade out with rest of launcher durring DND (LP: #746811)
    - Don't create windows over the launcher (LP: #688816)
    - Launcher - Indicate which application is currently focused with a
      glowing Launcher icon (LP: #676604)
    - Unity Grid is broken for multi-monitor setups (LP: #709221)
    - dynamic quicklists are not working (LP: #729074)
    - When windows open for the first time they should not hide the launcher
      (LP: #723878)
    - it is still possible to quit unity from the panel (LP: #733725)
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    - Unmounting media gives no error when failed (LP: #737633)
    - ATI/fglrx workaround patch (LP: #740298)
    - "Files & Folders" tooltip say...

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

The unity's problem still happening with unity 3.8.2-0ubuntu1. See screenshot.

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

I can't change the bug state to "In progress", but I'm working on it.

[Marco Biscaro (marcobiscaro2112)]

The problem is not solved. Since I can't change the bug status and a new one was reported (bug #761465), the progress can be checked there.