Support for custom icon location

[realgrm]

Hi, thanks for the extension.

I'm trying to set a custom symbolic icon for my set of commands.
I use Bluefin, wich is a custom image of Fedora Silverblue, a immutable distro.

In Fedora Silverblue, the /usr is read-only, while /etc and /var are writable , so I can't easily put custom icons in /usr/share/icons in a persistent way.

If there was a way to choose my icon from a custom path or configure a custom Local Icons would be great.

Idea: In Toggle Button > Appearance > Icon: if the string starts with / is a path, if not, tries to find in Icon List or Local Icons.
Or if you want to support local variables, such as $HOME, maybe checking if the first character is a letter
Or even use a button to open a dialog to the user choose the icon

If it's too complicated, I think a custom 'Local Icons' would be sufficient to me.

[StorageB]

Hi, glad you found the extension useful!

By default, GNOME will recognize icons stored in the local icon directory as system icons:

~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/

1. Copy icon to local icon directory
2. Reboot computer
3. You should now be able to enter the icon name (without the .svg extension) like any other system icon

Idea: In Toggle Button > Appearance > Icon: if the string starts with / is a path, if not, tries to find in Icon List or Local Icons.
Or if you want to support local variables, such as $HOME, maybe checking if the first character is a letter

I think these are good ideas, and I've considered something similar in the past, but there's issues with icon size and scaling that I thought would cause issues for people so I've left it out for now. Maybe something to add in the future.

Or even use a button to open a dialog to the user choose the icon

I do like this idea. I think it may be difficult as the icons depends on the theme, and on some distros i think icons may be saved in a different location, but I would have to do some more research on this.

I think the local icon directory should work for what you need, but let me know.

Thanks for the ideas!