How can I change the application icon shown by alt-tab in ubuntu 11.04?

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I'm using ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), and I'd like to change the application icon that's shown by alt-tab. Since both Chromium browser and Eclipse use a blue ball for their icon it's really easy to select the wrong one when alt-tabbing (they both also display a screenshot of the window - but this is often white with some code displayed in both applications).

Is there a common location for the icons displayed by alt-tab, and can I get in and change one of them? If not, does anyone know where Eclipse or Chromium keep their icons that they give to the OS?

I tried changing the icon in the launcher, but it didn't change the icon used by alt-tab.

Timothy Jones

Posted 2011-08-09T07:34:48.587

Reputation: 269

Answers

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You should just edit the application icon from Preferences.

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Nurlan

Posted 2011-08-09T07:34:48.587

Reputation: 156

That's the change I meant when I changed the icon in the launcher - but sadly it doesn't change the icon when alt-tabbing, only in the launch menu. – Timothy Jones – 2011-08-09T12:33:30.797

However, this works in 11.10, so I'll mark it accepted :) – Timothy Jones – 2011-11-15T05:41:43.227