Running debian+swaywm and I’m trying to find a file manager that I like.

What I’ve have tested so far is using another icon theme.

Edit:

Following this thread fixed it for me. I didn’t notice any immediate change, but after reboot, the correct icons appeared. I think this mainly had do to with me not having the xdg-user-dirs-gtk package.

  • @sir_reginald
    25•1 year ago

    I think this depends on your icon theme.

    • PureTryOut
      10•1 year ago

      Not really. They are probably just missing the required entries in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. For example mine:

      XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"

      The file is made by the tool xdg-user-dirs-update in my case, normally ran by a desktop environment but obviously won’t be automatically ran in SwayWM.

      • @ToralvOP
        3•1 year ago

        Looks like I have all the required entries, mine looks mostly the same as yours.

      • @ToralvOP
        3•1 year ago

        I found a solution. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I’ve edited my post with the solution.

    • @ToralvOP
      3•1 year ago

      Well yes. I’ve tested several different icon themes, but they all have the same problem

      • @sir_reginald
        5•1 year ago

        have you tried other GTK file managers, like Nemo or Caja? Is the same issue present?

        • @ToralvOP
          2•1 year ago

          Just tested both Nemo and Caja. Problem still persists

  • @ShittyBeatlesFCPresEnglish
    5•1 year ago

    Sometimes, you can right click a folder and choose properties to select a different icon. It’s not universal across desktop environments but it’s pretty widespread.

    • @ToralvOP
      2•1 year ago

      Seems to not be an option in Thunar