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Old 03-08-2024, 01:15 PM   #76
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Should anyone wish to change the control panel icons (Wifi, BT, Flight Mode etc) new icons for those can be placed in the same directory as the lock screen image e.g.
/mnt/ext1/system/resources/Line/

The names are:
Code:
"SH_POWEROFF"
	"icon":       "taskmgr_off",
	"icon_focus": "taskmgr_off_f"

"SH_SCREENSHOT"
	"icon":       "taskmgr_screenshot",
	"icon_focus": "taskmgr_screenshot_f"

"SH_LOCK"
	"icon":       "taskmgr_lock",
	"icon_focus": "taskmgr_lock_f"

"SH_AUTOROTATE"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_auto_rotate",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_auto_rotate_f"

"SH_FRONTLIGHT"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_frontlight",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_frontlight_f"

"SH_SEARCH"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_search",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_search_f"

"SH_SETTINGS"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_settings",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_settings_f",

"SH_SYNC"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_sync",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_sync_f"

"SH_FLIGHTMODE"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_flight_mode",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_flight_mode_f"

"SH_TASKMANAGER"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_taskmgr",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_taskmgr_f"

"SH_BLUETOOTH"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_bluetooth",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_bluetooth_f",

"SH_WIFI"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_wifi",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_wifi_f",

"SH_NIGHTMODE"
	"icon":	      "ctrl_panel_night_mode",
	"icon_focus": "ctrl_panel_night_mode_f"
This info is from:
/ebrmain/config/control_panel/shortcuts_db.json
It lists all the app pathnames as well, so very similar to view.json.

/mnt/system/config/control_panel/user_shortcuts.json
simply contains the list of the control panel apps currently active, e.g.
Code:
{"shortcuts":[{"id":"SH_WIFI"},{"id":"SH_BLUETOOTH"},{"id":"SH_FLIGHTMODE"},{"id":"SH_NIGHTMODE"},{"id":"SH_POWEROFF"}],"version":1}
The "id" all being the same as found in shortcuts_db.json.

If you add user apps to the control panel and then check user_shortcuts.json the apps are prefixed with UR_ rather than the system apps with SH_ (e.g. UR_koreader).

I've tried copying shortcuts_db.json across to the user area and adding an entry for koreader, but no luck.

I also edited /ebrmain/config/control_panel/shortcuts_db.json directly, adding the koreader info, but no luck with this either, still no change of icon.

For the moment you can only change the system control panel icons.

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Old 03-17-2024, 11:17 AM   #77
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Nice! Got a link for them? Or were they self-made?
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Nice! Got a link for them? Or were they self-made?
Yes, made in HOME

Icons downloaded from: : https://www.svgrepo.com/collection/web-design-11/
(open licensed)

Basically, just move the downloaded icons to folder (Pocketbook): \applications\koreader\resources\icons\mdlight and rename them according to the original name of the icon you want to replace. Certainly nothing complicated for you.

At the moment I need to choose the right (adequate) icons for the top menu.

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KOREADER ICON REMPLACEMMENT
(unofficial releases, custom versions)

V1.0

PREVIEW CLICK HERE :
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Etract to root folder of Pocketbook

Only the main icons were changed, the script was not interfered with.
Extract directly to the reader pocketbook, or the icons themselves from the mdlight address book.
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On the Era I discovered that any app icon can be changed in "/mnt/ext1/system/config/desktop/view.json". That includes built in applications. The replaced icons also work on the home page. To change the dictionary icon for example:


Code:
        "PB_Dictionary": {
			"icon": "[path to .bmp]",
			"focused_icon": "[path to .bmp]"

	}
The only bug is that these custom icons don't work in the home page's "Replace application" context menu. That's a minor issue though, since accessing the context menu to change home page applications is rarely done.
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On the Era I discovered that any app icon can be changed in "/mnt/ext1/system/config/desktop/view.json". That includes built in applications.
Indeed. This was discussed on page 3. There's forum user created icons on page 4 if you need them.
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Oh, I missed that.

I actually spent the evening replacing most of my Era Color's icons with color versions. After all why not use color if you've got it! They are as close to the original designs as I could make them, with a few improvements where I thought they could use more than a little color. My view.json is in the zip file as well.

Photos of the final product are attached. Screenshots render colors like they would appear on an LCD, not on color e-ink. Color adjustment can actually be a little tricky to get the intended effect on e-ink, so some of the bitmap colors are a bit strange viewed on a monitor.

The only issue with this on the Era Color is shown on the fourth image. I'm not sure why custom icons do not render on the home page's "Replace application" context menu. I've tried a bunch of encodings, quite a few image sizes, and even a few different programs to see if that would make a difference. Nothing worked. I'm starting to think it's an actual bug.
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I actually spent the evening replacing most of my Era Color's icons with color versions. After all why not use color if you've got it! They are as close to the original designs as I could make them, with a few improvements where I thought they could use more than a little color. My view.json is in the zip file as well..
That's great, thanks for sharing!
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Oh, I missed that.

I actually spent the evening replacing most of my Era Color's icons with color versions. After all why not use color if you've got it! They are as close to the original designs as I could make them, with a few improvements where I thought they could use more than a little color. My view.json is in the zip file as well.

Photos of the final product are attached. Screenshots render colors like they would appear on an LCD, not on color e-ink. Color adjustment can actually be a little tricky to get the intended effect on e-ink, so some of the bitmap colors are a bit strange viewed on a monitor.

The only issue with this on the Era Color is shown on the fourth image. I'm not sure why custom icons do not render on the home page's "Replace application" context menu. I've tried a bunch of encodings, quite a few image sizes, and even a few different programs to see if that would make a difference. Nothing worked. I'm starting to think it's an actual bug.

Amazing work! I have an issue though, I put these icons in the correct folder and put the view.json in the correct spot and while all the icons are in color, I can not place KOReader onto my home bar. It was on the home bar before I
added your view.json
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Amazing work! I have an issue though, I put these icons in the correct folder and put the view.json in the correct spot and while all the icons are in color, I can not place KOReader onto my home bar. It was on the home bar before I
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Never mind, two restarts fixed it.
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FYI... for the most recent firmwares you may need to edit the JSON (view.json) version to 6 with the line:
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 "version": "6",

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I own an Inkpad 3 Color and have installed the latest stable KOReader as well as the latest nightly build. For both of them I end up with two icons in section "User's". One is named "@._koreader" (clicking on it leads to the home screen of the reader) and the second one is named "@koreader", which opens the app.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of the unnecessary @._koreader icon?
Apologies for replying to an old message, but couldn't find a solution in this thread. I've been having this same issue, and seem to have solved it.

When I open up the applications folder inside the mounted volume of my PocketBook (Verse Pro) using VS Code, I can see (hidden) files in the files explorer sidebar.

These files are prefixed with "._" and seem to have been the cause for adding the "@._koreader" apps/icons to my "User's" section (see screenshot).

After deleting these files (._Jailbreak.app, ._koreader, ._koreader.app, etc) and rebooting, the unnecessary @._SomeApp icons are gone.

Not 100% why these hidden files are not visible in Finder though, even with hidden files visible in MacOS.

Since deleting these files, and changing a few app icons, I've noticed a few other instances of this happening, for me with ._view.json and view.json, as well as some icons.

Wonder if this is PocketBook's OS way of doing backups.

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