Fix the Simplescreenrecorder system tray icon status in Fedora 32
Test Environment
Fedora 32 installed
Simplescreenrecorder is a package provided by RPM Fusion repository. This package is used basically for screen recordings.
In this article we will be fixing the simplescreenrecorder system tray icon status to reflect the correct action that is being done by the recorder (ie. idle, recording, paused). This fix we are applying on the Fedora 32 workstation wherein this status is showing the default icon image. If you are interested in watching the video. Here is the youtube video on the same.
Official Website – https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/
For Fedora 32 the latest package that is availble as per the repository is as given below.
URL – http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/32/x86_64/s/
Package – simplescreenrecorder-0.4.2-3.fc32.x86_64.rpm
Currently i have the above package installed on my Fedora 32 system.
| Installed simplescreenrecorder package |
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[admin@fed32 yum.repos.d]$ rpm -qa | grep simplescreenrecorder simplescreenrecorder-0.4.2-3.fc32.x86_64 |
The issue with the currently installed package is whenever i am trying to record or pause a video it is not able to show the correct status icons in system tray for each operation as shown in the screenshot below.
SimpleScreenRecorder comes with a default set of icons to show the correct status of the Recorder in the System tray at the bottom right corner.
Lets dig into the simplescreenrecorder rpm package to know where those icons are available on the filesystem after we install the simplescreenrecorder package.
As you could see from the below output there are .png files available for each status of recorder (ie. error, idle, paused, recording and default icon). These 5 icon status images are available in various pixel sizes in separate folder (ie. 16×16, 22×22, 24×24 etc)
| Available default icons from simplescreenrecorder rpm package |
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[root@fed32 ~]# rpm -ql simplescreenrecorder | grep icons ... /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder-error.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder-idle.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder-paused.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder-recording.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/simplescreenrecorder-error.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/simplescreenrecorder-idle.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/simplescreenrecorder-paused.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/simplescreenrecorder-recording.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/192x192/apps/simplescreenrecorder.png ... |
By default any application that is launched if its system tray is enabled it will try to use the icon images from a particular folder based on the destop theme that is currently enabled on your system. On my system i am using the ‘Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua’ desktop theme.
You can check the Desktop theme that is being used on your system by launching the Themes application and under Desktop section.
Once you have identified the theme you need to identify from where the theme icons are getting loaded. By default on fedora these are available in /usr/share/icons folder as shown below.
| Fedora 32 theme specific icon location |
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[root@fed32 icons]# ls -ld /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y* drwxr-xr-x. 10 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Aqua drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Blue drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Brown drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Blue drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Brown drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Grey drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Orange drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Pink drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Purple drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Red drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Sand drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Teal drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Dark-Yellow drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Grey drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Orange drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Pink drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Purple drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Red drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Sand drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Teal drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Oct 3 13:57 /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y-Yellow |
Lets try to check if any simplescreenrecorder icon images available in the Mint-Y which is the parent theme for all the other Mint-Y themes
| Check if any default simplescreenrecorder icon image available in the theme |
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[root@fed32 apps]# pwd /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps [root@fed32 apps]# find . -name simplescreenrecorder* ./22@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./256/simplescreenrecorder.png ./64@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./96@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./16@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./24@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./96/simplescreenrecorder.png ./48@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./32@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./256@2x/simplescreenrecorder.png ./64/simplescreenrecorder.png ./22/simplescreenrecorder.png ./32/simplescreenrecorder.png ./24/simplescreenrecorder.png ./16/simplescreenrecorder.png ./48/simplescreenrecorder.png |
As you could see there is a default simplescreenrecorder.png file that is getting loaded in each different icon size folder. Due to this we are able to see only the default icon of the simplescreenrecorder even if we are carrying out any operation with the recorder.
Lets try to copy the simplescreenrecorder icon images from the ‘/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16×16/apps/’ into the Mint-Y theme ‘/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/’ to make the icon images from simplescreenrecorder as the default for each operation that is carried out.
| Copy simplescreenrecorder default icon images to theme icons folder to override the default |
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[root@fed32 apps]# cp -pr /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/simplescreenrecorder* /usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/ cp: overwrite '/usr/share/icons/Mint-Y/apps/16/simplescreenrecorder.png'? y |
Now you can close your simplescreenrecorder if its open already and try to relaunch it and you should be able to see the icons specific to the state or operation of the application.
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