How to change folder icon on XFCE?

[DaffyDuck]

Hi.
I use Xfce 4.12
The icon pic in properties isn't clickable.

[Ivanwah]

Not possible with Thunar. As far as I know, Nemo and Nautilus can do that, but both come with a lot of dependencies (Nemo, for example, installs whole Cinnamon desktop). Not sure about other file managers.

If you really want that feature, and don't mind switching your DE, I wholeheartedly suggest switching to Cinnamon.

[telephone]

@Ivanwah it can be done. It's just not easy to figure out how .

I'll demonstrate with the Menda-Circle icon set:

1) Know which icon set you're using (Menda-Circle in this case): Settings > Appearance > Icons
2) Open Thunar Root: "pkexec thunar"
3) Go to your icon installation: "/usr/share/icons/Menda-Circle"
4) With Menda-Circle, go to the following sub-directory: "places" > "/usr/share/icons/Menda-Circle/places"
5) Name your custom folder icon: "inode-directory.<extension>". E.g. inode-directory.svg
6) Copy your icon to both 'scalable' and 'small' sub-directories: "/usr/share/icons/Menda-Circle/places/scalable" and "/usr/share/icons/Menda-Circle/places/small"
6.5) If you have a small and large/scalable icon then copy them respectively
7) Close all Thunar windows, and re-open Thunar


NOTE: If you delete your custom folder icon, I've found easier to re-install the icon set (via package manager) as Thunar reverts back to it's default folder icon.

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Source: https://urukrama.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/why-doesnt-thunar-use-your-icon-themes-folder-icons/
Backup: https://archive.is/AMar5

[Ivanwah]

Yeah, but that will change the icon for all folders.I think DaffyDuck wants to change icons for only specific folders, which as far as I know, isn't possible with Thunar.

[DaffyDuck]

Yeah, but that will change the icon for all folders.I think DaffyDuck wants to change icons for only specific folders, which as far as I know, isn't possible with Thunar.

Yes, this is what I want. I lost some default folder here (Menda-Circle) and I remember that change is possible in other distros. But, in xfce with Thunar, maybe this is not possible.
I did a search in this forum looking for a way to do this and I found nothing about it. So, I post this question here.
Thanks @Ivanwah and @telephone for your help