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Common Desktop Environment: Advanced User's and System Administrator's Guide

Chapter 12 Creating Icons for the Desktop

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Icon Image Files

Icon File Formats
Icon File Names
Icon Size Conventions
Icon Search Path
Accessing Icons across the Network

Icon Associations

Specifying Icon Files
To Associate an Icon with an Action or Data Type
To Display an Icon in a Front Panel Control
To Associate an Icon with an Application Window
To Use File Manager as an Icon Browser

Icon Design Recommendations

Color Usage

Desktop icons are associated with:

Action files and data types in File Manager and Application Manager
Front Panel controls
Minimized application windows
Graphics used by applications such as palettes and toolbars
Workspace backdrop
“Icon Image Files”
“Icon Associations”
“Icon Design Recommendations”




	NOTE: The development environment documentation contains additional information about desktop icons. See Chapter 4, "Visual Design," in the Style Guide and Certification Checklist.

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