Questions tagged [icons]

An icon is a small pictogram used in graphical user interfaces to supplement the presentation of textual information to the user.

Icons may represent a file, folder, application or device on a computer operating system. In modern usage today, the icon can represent anything that the users want it to: any macro command or process, mood-signaling, or any other indicator.

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How to create and use resources in .NET

How do I create a resource that I can reference and use in various parts of my program easily? My specific problem is that I have a NotifyIcon that I want to change the icon of depending on the state of the program. A common problem, but one I've…
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How to set app icon for Electron / Atom Shell App

How do you set the app icon for your Electron app? I am trying BrowserWindow({icon:'path/to/image.png'}); but it does not work. Do I need to pack the app to see the effect?
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How to add a spinner icon to button when it's in the Loading state?

Twitter Bootstrap's buttons have a nice Loading... state available. The thing is that it just shows a message like Loading... passed through the data-loading-text attribute like this:
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How to display count of notifications in app launcher icon

samsung galaxy note 2 android version 4.1.2 I know that this question was asked before and the reply was not possible How to display balloon counter over application launcher icon on android Nevertheless yesterday I updated the facebook app and…
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Import material design icons into an android project

Is there an easy way to import all the icons of the Material Design icons repository into an android project with out the hazard of doing it manually?
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How to make/get a multi size .ico file?

I simply want to have an .ico file that has multiple sizes of the icon image contained within it. I'd like it for use in a cross-platform desktop application (so that, e.g. on Windows, the 16x16 size is used for the app's top bar but a 32x32 size…
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What does the red exclamation point icon in Eclipse mean?

What does the red exclamation point icon in Eclipse mean? There are lots of different search results on the Internet about "red exclamation point icons" and "red exclamation mark decorators" and "red bang icons," no doubt because lots of plugins and…
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Actionbar notification count icon (badge) like Google has

Is there a android standard badge or method to show action bar notification icon with a count like on Google examples? If not, then what is the best way to make it? I'm new to android, please help.
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Is there an official or exhaustive list of all mat-icons in Angular?

I have started using from Angular Material, and I'm wondering if there is any official list of the names of all the included icons. A few months ago I found a page where a bunch of them were listed, but not all of them, and this site is…
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What size should apple-touch-icon.png be for iPad and iPhone?

Are Apple touch icons bigger than 60x60 supported, and if so, what dimensions should I use for the iPad and iPhone?
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How to manually create icns files using iconutil?

When I'm validating my app I get this error: the application bundle does not contain an icon in ICNS format, containing both a 512x512 and a 512x512@2x image. I use to make the icns icons with Img2icns app and until today it always worked…
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Setting Icon for wpf application (VS 08)

Before going much further i'll mention I have tried solutions in following: How do I set the icon for my application in visual studio 2008? Set application icon from resources in VS 05 I am trying to set an icon for my application. AFAIK, I need…
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How to change JFrame icon

I have a JFrame that displays a Java icon on the title bar (left corner). I want to change that icon to my custom icon. How should I do it?
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iOS app icon with transparent background showing black background on device

I have added an icon to my app. It has rounded edges and no background. The problem is that when I run an app on my device (iPhone 5) the icon has a black background behind the edges as if it wasn't transparent. Any solutions?
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How to have favicon / icon set when bookmarklet dragged to toolbar?

I've made myself a bookmarklet, and it functions just fine, but when added to a toolbar in Opera or Firefox, it just takes on the default bookmark icon for the browser (a globe and a star, respectively). My site has a favicon, and the window, tab…
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