Firefox v59 has a ridiculously-large static desktop icon?

Yeah, got no idea on this one. Two “icon themes” appear to retain the correct scalable icon size: high-contrast and moka. The new desktop icon appears to be the problematic one.

Reboot, remove and re-add the shortcut from the menu, trying to “resize” the icon produces no change in the size.

Maybe a .svg issue that may have been included in all the reziable icon folders in /usr/share/app-install/icons…I otherwise have no idea.

Yeah, happening here as well now. Surely gives it an advantage over Chrome :slight_smile:

Ubuntu Mate 17.10, Redmond theme.

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More users apparently affected on vanilla Ubuntu: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1446262

HI all,

a fix for you:

Right click the desktop icon > Properties > Click the Mozilla icon:

then follow the path in the pic below and select the firefox.png icon. :smiley: : (Other Locations > File system (Computer) > usr > share > icons > hicolor > 128x128 > apps).

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Thank you wolfman :wink:
It works.

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It works for me too @radax05, I have marked it as solved as the OP (@daniel66666) just needs to follow my tip!. :smiley:

Hi everyone,

… not sure your fix is permanent. What does happen when you try to create a new launcher for Firefox ?

Here an other one is still big :wink: the « workaround » only applies to the actual icon on desktop.

Hi @Coeur-Noir,

it isn’t a permanent solution but it is a fix, there is obviously something wrong with the FF icon but please don’t ask me what!. :smiley:

It is not a fix since it is not long-term reliable.

I did some test from a liveUSB : https://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=21895919#p21895919 and upgrading FF may delete some useful folder regarding icons.

So here is a launchpad bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1760144 please mark yourself as affected :wink:

Confirmed here (18.04b1 patched up to tonight). This has unfortunate knock-on effects:

With the Papirus icons, there is no issue:

I think it is down to the themes but it doesn’t affect my desktop with Pocillo icons, I am sure that it will get sorted but my fix worked although not permanent!. :smiley:

@wolfman
thank you, danke, gracias,спасибо,xвала,谢谢
I hope that on the next computer I will not have to learn how to adjust the CPU routine just to function properly

BUT THIS WORKS JUST FOR SINGLE ICON? :frowning:

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Hi @Vladimir75,

it should be fixed anyway now?. Mine is still working fine with the full release of 18.04 :thumbsup: .

Are you referring to a general fix in the distribution or a workaround?
With the default theme I still have the issue on multiple installations of 18.04 .

I did a full install on 2 laptops recently and both are fine so I can only assume it has been fixed?. :smiley:

I just tried it with a fresh profile on 18.04 in VirtualBox, fully updated.
Log in, drag the Firefox icon from the Brisk menu onto the desktop => huge icon.
I then tried every single theme that is installed by default, and only “High Contrast Inverse”, which uses a completely different FF icon gives you the proper size.