It was pointed out to me that my icons are not consistent after I made a screenshot showing off my desktop. I prefer to use the Ubuntu-Mono-Dark icons included with Ubuntu-Mate, if you look at the attached screenshot I seem to be using the light icons of some other theme when the battery icon is displayed. How can I fix this and how can I report this so it can be fixed for future releases?
Also is there any way to hide icons you don't want to see at all? For instance, I still want to get notifications but I do not want to have that icon in the system tray constantly displaying. I am able to silence the messages but not to hide the icon.
The guide deals with how to make your own menu items and icons, how to get more desktop icons in Mate-Tweak, etc. Those are not my issues. My issues have to do with system panel icons in the system tray having non-compliant icons and an icon that cannot be removed (hidden) from the system tray.
Since you are the second person to mention Ayatana to me (had mentioned the messaging icon to a friend earlier) I will point out that on my system at least those items appear to be greyed out.
I am completely unable to manipulate the controls or even see what they are in those sections. I am not sure if this is because they are not yet active or if it is something wrong with my system. I have been operating under the assumption that they are not yet ready as this is an interim release. If this is a bug and those sections should be available to me, please let me know!
you have chosen ubuntu-mono icon themes designed more than a decade ago for vanilla Ubuntu, not Ubuntu MATE. They have some UMATE-specific icons missing. There are Ambiant-MATE and Radiant-MATE icon themes based on ubuntu-mono and providing all necessary icons for better desktop experience in UMATE.
you have chosen ubuntu-mono icon themes designed more than a decade ago for vanilla Ubuntu, not Ubuntu MATE. They have some UMATE-specific icons missing.
That's a fair argument.
I was under the impression that the ubuntu-mono icon themes were still being maintained, so this would be a bug. I hadn't realized that they were being depreciated. That's too bad. They were my go-to because I still like the theme.
The ubuntu-mono icons home still has the big home icon on the home folder. Later themes make that smaller and smaller. Up until recently ubuntu-mono icons were the only ones that still worked for me in across the board, supporting all the system icons. It's a shame they're being phased out and I'll have to start trying to find an alternative that works with everything else.
If I'd known they were being discontinued I'd have spoken up and asked for a stay in the execution. Wish I'd seen it when it was happening.
I'm not saying that these two things are definitely related but if there is inconsistency in the look and feel of the system I feel we should strive to eliminate it as best we can ahead of the 22.04 LTS release. That's why I'm being so nitpicky. It's a papercut. It's small but it can leave a larger impact when it's smoothed out and fixed.
I use the extra panel battery as I like to keep an eye on the percentage or time left before recharge. It seldom loads when booting or rebooting, if I log out and then back in it then usually loads but not always. Then if I add another when I log out an in there will be two or three batteries. It has to be a bug in Mate across Debian/Ubuntu as has been the same on Parrot, Sparky, Debian, Mint, and Ubuntu Mate installations I have used. It was not always that way, it used to be stable but became unstable on a release a couple years back, but I agree, it gets very annoying.
Also not entirely related, but I noticed earlier today that when using the ubuntu-mono icon theme the Time and Date Manager icon is missing in the control panel.
