Icon Image Size : Anyone Know The Correct Size Of the Icon ?

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  durga ch

  will this link be of any use?
  #-Link-Snipped-#
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  Abhishek Rawal

  #-Link-Snipped-# Thanks for stopping by & trying to help. But that doesn't solves my query.
  I have different problem.
  
  Let me explain.
  When I use source code for any application, there is no short-cut available to open the application.
  Everytime i have to execute shell script from terminal which is painful.
  
  So, I simply create a file , application-name.desktop
  with the format of :
  

  [Desktop Entry]
  Type=Application
  Name=[Name of the app]
  Exec=[Path & name of  executable file where executable file is located]
  Icon=[Path from where you wanna fetch the icon for app]
  Terminal=False
  StartupNotify=True
  

  And push it in /usr/share/applications & it will be shown in Dash under application.
  
  Now, in code you see the Icon line, it uses to fetch the icon for the application otherwise no icon will be shown in Dash.
  
  I want to know the universal size of the icon used in Dash, so that I can resize the image & then create .desktop file, so my custom icons would look similar size to that of one downloaded from repo.
  
  So, inshort i just wanna know which resolution icon does Unity dash shows, is it 240x240 200x200 or abc x pqr.
  
  I think you understand my query. Sorry If I am failing to make you understand what I really need.
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  durga ch

  .. umm is there any possibility of setting it to default size ? or can you open another application details to check what size it's icon is?
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  Abhishek Rawal

  durga

  .. umm is there any possibility of setting it to default size ?

  I couldn't find one. There is setting to increase or decrease icon size in launcher panel (the one which is on left-corner of desktop) but not in Dash.
  
  

  durga

  can you open another application details to check what size it's icon is?

  Searched :
  /bin
  /usr/sbin
  /usr/bin
  /sbin
  where usually applications are installed. Couldn't find anything except executables, shared libs,shell scripts & perl scripts.
  
  Thanks anyways.
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  Anoop Kumar

  Search with .png in root, you will get all png icons. 😁
  In my virtual machine default 13.04 VLC is using 16*16 to 256*256.
  I am sure in application launcher it is 128*128
  Look like application launcher is using 48*48. search for
  

  wine- .png

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  Abhishek Rawal

  That was so simple.Silly me 👀
  
  

  ianoop

  Look like application launcher is using 48*48. search for

  I don't think so.
  Because code-blocks uses 64x64
  Firefox uses 128x128
  Friends uses 16x16 to 256x256
  Gimp with 16x16 to 256x256
  
  In short, We can't know which size is used for application menu in Dash.
  God! 😡
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  Anoop Kumar

  wineConfiguration launcher is using 48*48 only. search for that you will find it.
  Any way use max size as you can, say 256*256, It should fit in lower size basket.
  
  Anyway,
  How Linux uses size of icons from different files of png?
  In windows there is only one .ico file which consist all sizes of png and whatever size is needed it fits automatically.
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  Abhishek Rawal

  ianoop

  wineConfiguration launcher is using 48*48 only. search for that you will find it.
  Any way use max size as you can, say 256*256, It should fit in lower size basket

  Testing with 48*48, 64*64, 128*128, 256*256
  I will report the result asap.
  But, I feel it should be 48*48 as under 'Settings->Appearance', launcher icon size by default is 48. (but again, that's for launcher not Dash menu)
  
  

  ianoop

  Anyway,
  How Linux uses size of icons from different files of png?
  In windows there is only one .ico file which consist all sizes of png and whatever size is needed it fits automatically.

  No idea buddy
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  Abhishek Rawal

  #-Link-Snipped-# 48*48 it is. Thanks man for helping me out.
  Thank you to #-Link-Snipped-# too for trying to solve my problem.
  
  No more big fat icons in Dash. Yuppie 😁