TreeIcon Defaults to None

[maheshrajrp]

Hi,
Earlier, TreeIcons were set to theia-file-icons as default. But, since it is set to none now, is there any way to set the default file icon to theia-file-icons. I tried setting via package.json

  "theia": {
    "frontend": {
      "config": {
        "applicationName": "Custom Theia",
        "preferences": {
          "workbench.iconTheme": "theia-file-icons",
          "workbench.colorTheme": "light"
        }
      }
    }
  },

But, this isn't being picked up by Eclipse Che. Is there anyother way to make it work or Am I missing something ?
Personally I feel like we could set theia-file-icons as default.

[msujew]

Hi @maheshrajrp,

managing the default themes (icons/colors) is not done using the preferences but purely through the config:

  "theia": {
    "frontend": {
      "config": {
        "applicationName": "Custom Theia",
        "defaultIconTheme": "theia-file-icons",
        "defaultTheme": "light"
      }
    }
  },

Personally I feel like we could set theia-file-icons as default.

I'm not too sure about that. With the most recent Theia update, we heavily improved the handling of contributed default icon themes. Using none as the default encourages downstream apps to employ their own icon themes (like the VSCode seti theme), instead of relying on Theia's theia-file-icon theme. Still, I will pick this topic up for discussion in our next dev-call.

[maheshrajrp]

Thanks, @msujew . Works like a charm !!