Icon Sets

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The Default Icon Sets

By default, Trinity ships with one icon set (Crystal SVG) in tdebase, five more (iKons, KDE-Classic, Kids, KDE-Locolor, Slick Icons) in tdeartwork, and one (Monochrome) in tdeaccessibility. Here's a quick comparison chart (using the largest folder icon available as a visual sample):

Name Creator Largest Size Sample Notes
Crystal SVG Everaldo Coelho No max CrystalSVGFolderIcon128.png The KDE3 default icon set (and Trinity's as well, since we haven't replaced it). Infinitely resizable .svg icons.
iKons Kristof Borrey 64 x 64 IKonsFolderIcon64.png Most icons are only available at sizes up to 48 x 48.
KDE-Classic Torsten Rahn 64 x 64 KDEClassicFolderIcon64.png This was the default KDE3 icon set prior to the introduction of Crystal. Most icons are only available at sizes up to 48 x 48.
KDE-Locolor ??? 32 x 32 KDELocolorFolderIcon32.png Similar to KDE-Classic, but with fewer colours per icon.
Kids Everaldo Coelho 64 x 64 KidsFolderIcon64.png
Monochrome Danny Allen No max MonoFolderIcon128.png Black-and-white icon set for monochrome/low-colour displays. Infinitely resizable .svg icons.
Slick Icons ??? 64 x 64 SlickFolderIcon64.png

Using Non-Trinity Icons with Trinity

Go right ahead. Trinity should be able to use any icon theme suitable for X Windows desktop environments, including KDE4's Oxygen, the various custom icon themes created by Ubuntu, themes created for Gnome, etc. Icon sets for KDE will probably have the largest selection of icons for Trinity-specific applications like amaroK and Konqueror. If you don't like any of the sets your distribution makes available, the best place to look for additional ones is the KDELook.org Icon Sets section.

Once installed, additional icon themes should show up in the Control Center under Appearance and Themes > Icons.

If you want to pick and choose individual icons, they can be in .png or .svg format. Microsoft Windows .ico files won't work, but you can convert them to .png by using appropriate software.

If you want to create your own icons, you can use your preferred raster or vector editor. You could also have a look at the tdeiconedit application, found in the tdegraphics package.

OpenDesktop

A good source for icon themes is OpenDesktop and its child websites. You can even find icon themes adapted with Trinity in mind. For example, francescobat's extensive Trinity Desktop Collections.