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Flatpak icons are not themed #496

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@VdotVoda

When using an icon theme that has icons defined for some flatpak icons, they appear fine in the panel, fine in the menu, and everywhere else.

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But, in the Software Manager, all flatpaks use their unthemed icons, no matter what.

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  1. fredcw commented on Feb 23, 2026

    @fredcw

    These are the official icons from the flatpak repo. They can't and probably shouldn't be themed. Not a bug IMO.

  2. VdotVoda commented on Feb 24, 2026

    @VdotVoda
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    People may want icons for all applications to be consistent with their icon themes, it may suck when all the applications are in a nice theme and then one shows up with an inconsistent icon sticking out like a sore thumb.

    If they shouldn't be themed, then the panel and menu shouldn't respect icon themes, thus making all icon themes inconsistent and broken.

    (Pictured: Libreoffice (Flatpak), Nemo, and Settings using their fallback icons in an icon theme that has no icons or inherited icon themes)
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  3. mtwebster commented on Nov 3, 2026

    @mtwebster
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