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In Ubuntu 8.10, when creating a new launcher on the desktop, if you try
to select a custom icon and hit the browse button to search for an image
file, the file browser will not display any files for you even if some
exist.
After the launcher is created, you can change the icon and the file
browser works fine, so at least there is a work around.
Specific steps:
1) right click on desktop, choose "create launcher"
2) click icon button to open icon selection window
3) click "browse" button and go to a folder you know images exist (svg, png,
nothing will display for you to select)
4) Cancel out of the file browser, select an icon from the normal icon
selection list, and create the launcher.
5) Right click on the launcher and click "properties"
6) Click the icon button to select a different icon
7) Notice that it doesn't even bring up the icon selector, it just opens the
file browser straight away, and you can now see files to select for the icons.
So really, this bug is both about the inconsistency in what comes up
when you click the icon button, and the fact that you can't use a custom
icon until the launcher is already created.
I'm updated, so it shouldn't be fixed already in the released package
updates, but I have not tried any development packages or anything of
that nature.
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Incomplete
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file browser won't display files when selecting icon for new launcher
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314262
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