How can I Change Plugin Icons in Calibre?

jennie2486 · 07-16-2022, 08:10 PM

I just updated Calibre from 5.4 to 6.1 and all plugin icons have changed. I tried applying an icon theme the way I did before but changes only effect calibre icons, not plugins. Can anyone explain how I can change my plugin icons?

theducks · 07-16-2022, 08:25 PM

Plugin Icons are embedded into the plugin (zip) file.You will lose your mods every time that PI updates

thiago.eec · 07-17-2022, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by jennie2486

I just updated Calibre from 5.4 to 6.1 and all plugin icons have changed. I tried applying an icon theme the way I did before but changes only effect calibre icons, not plugins. Can anyone explain how I can change my plugin icons?

calibre 6 uses a new themeing scheme. Most plugins haven't update their code to support it.

In any case, you can go to the icon theme page (on mobileread.com) and download the icons file. Unpack it and get the folders with the same name as the needed plugins. Save those to your calibre config directory, (inside ../resources/images).

Remember that those icons will not change automatically if you choose another icon theme or change your system color (dark or light).

JimmXinu · 07-17-2022, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by thiago.eec

calibre 6 uses a new themeing scheme. Most plugins haven't update their code to support it.

I was unaware of that. Can you point me to info about how to use it in plugins?

thiago.eec · 07-17-2022, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JimmXinu

I was unaware of that. Can you point me to info about how to use it in plugins?

Hi, @JimmXinu

Kovid posted about it on the Plugin devs: Upcoming migration to Qt 6 thread.

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Released version 5.99.3 with support for icon themeing.

As of 5.99.3 the betas have support for proper icon themeing with support for using different icon themes for light and dark mode and calibre switches between them automatically. In order to use icons from themes that support your plugin you should pass the plugin name to the get_icons() function to load an icon. For example:

Code:

icon = get_icons('owp_sigil.png', 'Open With')

this will load the owp_sigil.png plugin from the users installed icon theme, if present, falling back to the image in the plugin zip file. Note that if you use kiwidude's code for loading icons, you will need to adjust it, as the way it loads themed icons will no longer work.

It's also on the Manual.

JimmXinu · 07-17-2022, 03:46 PM

Thanks, guess I forgot about that. I'll look into it for my plugins.

07-16-2022, 08:10 PM	#1
jennie2486 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2017 Device: Android Tablet	How can I Change Plugin Icons in Calibre? I just updated Calibre from 5.4 to 6.1 and all plugin icons have changed. I tried applying an icon theme the way I did before but changes only effect calibre icons, not plugins. Can anyone explain how I can change my plugin icons?

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