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dln949
Asked: 2018-01-29 16:34:41 +0800 CST

Firefox profiles with different icons in Ubuntu dock

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Ubuntu 17.10 (xorg), GNOME 3.26.2, Firefox 58.0 (64 bit).

I have a few Firefox profiles setup. When I run each profile, I would like it to be a separate icon on the dock. How do I make that happen? Right now what happens is that they are all grouped in the standard Firefox icon.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Edit profile's .desktop file:

    The string SomeClass must be the same in both changes.

    Example .desktop file:

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox Test
Exec=firefox -p test -no-remote --class FxTest
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=/path/to/custom/icon.png
StartupWMClass=FxTest
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  2. Copy the firefox icon file. 

    cp /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop \
   /usr/share/applications/firefox-dev.desktop

    In the new file edit 4 lines, using the full path for the executable and icon. The icon shown below is a blue colored version of the firefox icon.

    [Desktop Entry]
...
Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox
Icon=/opt/firefox-dev/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
...
[Desktop Action new-window]
...
Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -new-window
...
[Desktop Action new-private-window]
...
Exec=/opt/firefox-dev/firefox -private-window

    Then follow the instructions here to put the new icon file in the gnome registry.

    sudo apt install dconf-editor
dconf-editor

    Navigate to org.gnome.shell favorite-apps and add in your new icon 

    [ ..., 'firefox.desktop', 'firefox-dev.desktop', ... ]

    It may necessary to log out and log back in before using the icon.

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