xfce 10 and icons

[Tony McC]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:16:52 +0200
Thomas Zander <thomas.e.zander at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I noticed a minor regression during my (very) recent upgrade to xfce
> 10. Apparently, most xfce applications don't seem to use the Tango
> icons. For example, Thunar does not display the stock folder icon next
> to the directory names anymore, instead there is no icon.
> The xfce applications menu has no icons for e.g. "Logout", "Terminal",
> "System", "Office" and only shows a generic page-like icon with a red
> cross in the middle. However, applications that come with their own
> icons are displayed properly in the start menu, e.g. firefox, mplayer,
> gimp.
> 
> Does anybode else observe this and has discovered a reason for this
> behaviour?

Hi Thomas,

I saw this too.  I solved it by going to the XFCE4 menu and choosing
Settings|Appearance and on the Icons tab, change the selection to GNOME
and then back to Tango.  You should have your Tango icons back.

Tony