Sidebar icons

femust

Hey,

I have a question, is there a simple way to do a kind of association between file format and icon symbol? So for example, if the ending is *.cpp then I see one icon, and if I see end *.pcd then i can see the other icon. How could I do this? Currently, I have for all files the same icons so I have this feeling that sometimes I need to "process" in order to click the right file ...

mrjj

Hi
Try to change the icon for that type in your OS.
For me it uses the icon assigned to the file types in the OS.
Both on Windows and linux.

femust

@mrjj do you know how i could do this in linux ubuntu?

JonB

@femust
You can Google around for, say, ubuntu file type icons.

If you are using the default GNOME dm, the File Explorer is named Nautilus. I came across various:
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2227690
https://askubuntu.com/questions/52138/how-do-i-change-the-icon-for-a-particular-file-type
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingMimeTypes

femust

ok thanks!

femust

@mrjj, unfortunately, it didn't work out since qt creator still takes default icons ...

mrjj

@femust
what platform ?
(and windows manager if linux)