I use SpiderOak for backups.
I'm currently the latest beta of 17.10 with the Cupertino Layout and Compiz. The SpiderOak Icon is huge and doesn't fit in the panel. I've attached a screenshot of the panel below. The SpiderOak icon is the stuff between the telegram icon (blue circular icon) and the AutoKey-GTK icon (the icon that looks like an "A").
Any ideas how I can fix this?
This is due to the icon set. SpiderOak is not in the default icon pack and the one they provide must not resize well. You can try another icon set.
I assume this is the default icon theme (Ambiant-MATE / Ubuntu-Mono) so it might be difficult to find a different theme that 1) has icons for SpiderOak and 2) has support for the various MATE tools that use specific icons. Besides, @the_end might want to keep the MATE theme.
The best way to fix the issue would be to create icons with the correct sizes (panel icons are usually in 16, 22 and 24 sizes). If needed, I can do it but Iād need the original one.
EDIT: is it SpiderOakOne that youāre using? Iāve downloaded it to check the files but the only icons I find are in pixmaps and donāt match the one on your screenshot.
BTW, you have another icon (with a āAā that seems oversized too). Not sure what software itās from.
I have your icons for spider oakā¦ you need to put them in /usr/share/icons/(what ever icon theme your using) and put them in the apps folder for their corresponding sizesā¦ I have steam and Pragha in there also, they are apps I needed proper Icons for. You can get them hereā¦
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0z5b0dksk1dafa8/AABhEJR600CPkmtEfP0Okwada?dl=0
@terzag Yep, its definitely SpiderOak. I tried looking for the icons in the SpiderOak deb but I couldnāt find them. I think the icons are bundled in the binary itself.
The large āAā is āAutoKey-Gtkā, itās oversized too but usable. The telegram icon is just a little oversized too.
@TimApple Thanks for the icons! Do you have the animated versions by any chance? The default SpiderOak icon has a nice orange animation everytime it uploads something. I tried looking for them in the SpiderOak deb file but I couldnāt find them.
Iām wondering if this is an issue with the panel itself instead of the icons. The icons display correctly in KDE panel, Ubuntu (Unity) and Elementary (Wing Panel).
This is what the animated versions look like
I got that image from a GitHub issue for the Budgie Panel which also had the issue of large icons:
According to a poster there, "....SpiderOak icons are compiled into the binary, then on run stored in a temporary directory."
The icons are 128x128 and aren't resized correctly.
Itās likely that some panels just resize whatever they find while others are more strict and look for specific sizes and donāt resize them.
Another way to change the icon for specific app is to edit the desktop file of the application . Copy the desktop file from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications/ then edit it with your favorite text editor .
If exist replace icon=[image path] with icon=[your prefered image path]
if not just add the line icon=[here you write image path]
for more info see Arch Wiki or freedesktop.org specifications
Sorry, I do not. I actually got the ones I gave you from the papirus icon theme. They are the only ones they have.
This will only change the icon in the Applications menu. On the panel (especially with indicators), the icons are different.
I have reported this to SpiderOak on 14/10/2016, support request No. 638824 - here is the reply:
Hello Robert,
This is Doug from SpiderOak support.
Whoa! Thatās a big icon.
Iām sorry that the icon is not scaling correctly. Iāll report this to our developers and let you know when they look into it.
Thank you for reporting this.
Sincerely,
Doug Greer
SpiderOak Customer Support
Iām still waiting for the replyā¦
Hey,
Also Steam Icon does that to me. Its super huge on on top bar.
Just in case, I posted icons for Steam in another thread (Normal size icon for Steam). Not sure if @Wimpy is interested in adding them to the Ubuntu MATE icon theme (but as I said in the thread, they should rather be added upstream, in the Ubuntu-Mono theme if itās not discontinued).
These three dots at the left of the applet tell me itās the notification area, not the indicator appletā¦
Hi monsta,
Iām running 17.10 and I somehow broke my notification area. I saved my panel layout, rebooted, and when the panel came back up it was missing the notification applet. When I add it back to the panel, all I get are the three dots. Usually there is at a minimum volume control, network, pidgin. Iāve tried reinstalling every package with āpanelā and āappletā to no avail. Iām stuck with just the three dots! Any suggestions?
@monsta It is the indicator. The panel layouts in Ubuntu MATE have the notification area directly to the left of the indicator applet.
But on the screenshot in the first post the indicator icons are to the far right.
Ok, I downloaded SpiderOak to test it and reproduced the problem in the indicator applet in 17.10ā¦ weird. 
I also tested it with tray area. The icon is normal size, but Iām confused by the fact that SpiderOak doesnāt seem to make use of SNI when that feature is enabled. Doesnāt matter if I enable or disable SNI support, SpiderOak icon always reacts to left click (it closes the app). Normally, when SNI support is enabled, tray icons that make use of it donāt do anything on left click.
Same issue with Clementine. It looks like the indicators area is buggy and doesnāt scale icons, only loads them straight from whatās available.
Is there a bug report opened about this?
It is not the indicator. Furthermore, some applications have no themed status icons, have them in a wrong place, have the icons hard-coded, or simply generate them at run-time.
SpiderOakās case is the worst, for the icons are dumped into /tmp with new random filenames every time the application starts.
Fix for Clementine here:
