Files on desktop don't use custom icon

[Eric Haberstroh]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new file in the folder "~/Desktop".
2. Right-click -> Properties -> change the icon to some other icon from /usr/share/icons/Yaru/48x48.
3. Close the "Properties" dialogue.

When viewing the Desktop folder in Nautilus directly, the icon is displayed correctly. However on the desktop itself, the file still uses the default icon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.36.1-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-21.25-generic 5.4.27
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu22
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Apr 7 19:33:47 2020
GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.nautilus.list-view' b'default-column-order' b"['name', 'size', 'type', 'owner', 'group', 'permissions', 'where', 'date_modified', 'date_modified_with_time', 'date_accessed', 'recency', 'starred', 'detailed_type']"
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-06 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Beta amd64 (20200402)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The desktop view is handled by gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons, reassigning

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

There is a similar report upstream on https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/ShellExtensions/desktop-icons/-/issues/92

[Linda (elindarie)]

When I upgraded from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04, this happened.

Before upgrading I had one file on the desktop with a custom icon. After upgrading, the custom icon was no longer showing, and it showed a general-looking text file icon. When I right-clicked and opened its "Properties", it showed the icon, and if I clicked on the icon, navigated to the icon file, and clicked "open", nothing changed.

I went to Dash -> Tweaks (gnome-tweaks) and toggled the Extensions -> Desktop Icons to on, and I rebooted.

The custom icon still does not show on the desktop. After the reboot, I again right-clicked on the file, went to "Properties", and reassociated the file with its custom icon. But still, it doesn't show the icon on the desktop. As the original poster of this bug mentioned, it's possible to get the icon to show in the file browser.

[Linda (elindarie)]

Sorry, to be more precise, "When I right-clicked and opened its "Properties", it showed the custom icon, and if I clicked on the custom icon, navigated to the custom icon file, and clicked "open", nothing changed.