[gtk/matthiasc/for-master] Mention icon theme in the migration guide
- From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
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- Subject: [gtk/matthiasc/for-master] Mention icon theme in the migration guide
- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:50:10 +0000 (UTC)
commit 7de4392b3ae5821ec10752229536f499cefa9470
Author: Matthias Clasen <mclasen redhat com>
Date: Wed Sep 30 08:49:42 2020 -0400
Mention icon theme in the migration guide
This was requested in #3216.
docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md b/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md
index bae17df96f..429e7c7421 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md
+++ b/docs/reference/gtk/migrating-3to4.md
@@ -220,6 +220,18 @@ replace many uses of gtk_container_add() with equivalent container-specific
APIs such as gtk_box_pack_start() or gtk_grid_attach(), and thereby reduce
the amount of work you have to do at the time of the switch.
+### Review your use of icon resources
+
+When using icons as resources, the behavior of GTK 4 is different in one
+respect: Icons that are directly in $APP_ID/icons/ are treated as unthemed
+icons, which also means that symbolic icons are not recolored. If you want
+your icon resources to have icon theme semantics, they need to be placed
+into theme subdirectories such as $APP_ID/icons/16x16/actions or
+$APP_ID/icons/scalable/status.
+
+This location works fine in GTK 3 too, so you can prepare for this change
+before switching to GTK 4.
+
## Changes that need to be done at the time of the switch
This section outlines porting tasks that you need to tackle when
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