Firefox profiles with different icons in Ubuntu dock

Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), GNOME 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit).

I have a few Firefox profiles setup. When I run each profile, I would like it to be a separate icon on the dock. How do I make that happen? Right now what happens is that they are all grouped in the standard Firefox icon.

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

add a comment |

Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), GNOME 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit).

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

add a comment |

Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), GNOME 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit).

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), GNOME 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit).

firefox gnome-shell ubuntu-dock dock

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

edited Sep 30 '18 at 11:24

pomsky

32.7k11103135

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

asked Jan 29 '18 at 0:34

dln949

3911513

add a comment |

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

+100

Edit profile's .desktop file:

add --class SomeClass to the end of Exec key to change program's WM_CLASS value (see this article)

add new key StartupWMClass=SomeClass to the end of file (see this article and desktop entry specification)

The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

Example .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Firefox Test

Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png

StartupWMClass=FxTest

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

1

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

1

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

1

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

1

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

|
show 2 more comments

Copy the firefox icon file.

cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 

   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

[Desktop Entry]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox

Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png

...

[Desktop Action new-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window

...

[Desktop Action new-private-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

sudo apt install dconf-editor

dconf-editor

Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon

[ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

add a comment |

Your Answer

StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "89"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});

function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});

}
});

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1000818%2ffirefox-profiles-with-different-icons-in-ubuntu-dock%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

2 Answers
2

active

oldest

votes

+100

Edit profile's .desktop file:

add --class SomeClass to the end of Exec key to change program's WM_CLASS value (see this article)

add new key StartupWMClass=SomeClass to the end of file (see this article and desktop entry specification)

The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

Example .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Firefox Test

Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png

StartupWMClass=FxTest

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

1

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

1

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

1

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

1

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

|
show 2 more comments

+100

Edit profile's .desktop file:

add --class SomeClass to the end of Exec key to change program's WM_CLASS value (see this article)

add new key StartupWMClass=SomeClass to the end of file (see this article and desktop entry specification)

The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

Example .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Firefox Test

Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png

StartupWMClass=FxTest

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

1

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

1

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

1

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

1

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

|
show 2 more comments

+100

Edit profile's .desktop file:

add --class SomeClass to the end of Exec key to change program's WM_CLASS value (see this article)

add new key StartupWMClass=SomeClass to the end of file (see this article and desktop entry specification)

The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

Example .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Firefox Test

Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png

StartupWMClass=FxTest

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

Edit profile's .desktop file:

add --class SomeClass to the end of Exec key to change program's WM_CLASS value (see this article)

add new key StartupWMClass=SomeClass to the end of file (see this article and desktop entry specification)

The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

Example .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Firefox Test

Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest

Terminal=false

Type=Application

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png

StartupWMClass=FxTest

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

edited Jul 13 '18 at 21:25

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

answered Jul 12 '18 at 11:36

grisfer

1565

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

1

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

1

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

1

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

1

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

|
show 2 more comments

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

1

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

1

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

1

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

1

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

grisfer, this answer appears to work for the question I asked, so thank you. However..... While I do now have distinct icons on the dock, they are all the official Firefox icon, and not the icon I specified in the desktop file. (I realize that is not part of my original question.)

– dln949
Jul 13 '18 at 0:45

Did you add both changes (--class SomeClass and StartupWMClass=SomeClass)? If only the first, then the icons will be distinct, but with the standard image. Also, the string SomeClass must be the same in both changes. If the strings are different then icons will be with the standard image.

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 11:25

Unfortunately, I don't know. It works for me (I have a custom icon).

– grisfer
Jul 13 '18 at 21:16

This bug suggests that gnome is not honoring the --class option

– JellicleCat
Nov 30 '18 at 20:31

This works for me on KDE Plasma 5.

– MountainX
Dec 3 '18 at 3:41

|
show 2 more comments

Copy the firefox icon file.

cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 

   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

[Desktop Entry]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox

Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png

...

[Desktop Action new-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window

...

[Desktop Action new-private-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

sudo apt install dconf-editor

dconf-editor

Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon

[ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

add a comment |

Copy the firefox icon file.

cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 

   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

[Desktop Entry]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox

Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png

...

[Desktop Action new-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window

...

[Desktop Action new-private-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

sudo apt install dconf-editor

dconf-editor

Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon

[ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

add a comment |

Copy the firefox icon file.

cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 

   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

[Desktop Entry]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox

Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png

...

[Desktop Action new-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window

...

[Desktop Action new-private-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

sudo apt install dconf-editor

dconf-editor

Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon

[ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

Copy the firefox icon file.

cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop 

   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

[Desktop Entry]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox

Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png

...

[Desktop Action new-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window

...

[Desktop Action new-private-window]

...

Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

sudo apt install dconf-editor

dconf-editor

Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon

[ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

answered Feb 4 at 10:12

Craig Hicks

26719

add a comment |

draft saved

draft discarded

Thanks for contributing an answer to Ask Ubuntu!

Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!

But avoid …

Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.

Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.

To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.

draft saved

draft discarded

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Sign up or log in

StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});

Post as a guest

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

Name

Required, but never shown

This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here

1s9,c0av Uf,9P2Zg AVInWxBGPW,JXN QRnec p,Zd,MLA8uG79xQUjb980I

搜尋此網誌

Dtyjlui