[vim/vim] gvim 9.2.1037 my toolbar plugin icons don't dispaly (Issue #21246)
Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit created an issue (vim/vim#21246)Steps to reproduce
pull current version of vim on git hub configure for Gtk4 and compile then use
full steps
git pull
./configure --disable-darwin --enable-luainterp=dynamic --enable-mzschemeinterp --enable-perlinterp=yes --enable-python3interp=yes --enable-python3interp=yes --enable-tclinterp=yes --enable-rubyinterp=yes --enable-terminal --enable-autoservername --enable-socketserver --enable-multibyte --enable-fontset --enable-wayland-focus-steal --enable-gui=gtk4 --enable-gpm=yes --with-wayland --with-gnome --enable-year2038 --enable-gnome-check --with-vim-name=gvim --with-compiledby="Francis Grizzly Smit" --with-features=huge --with-lua-prefix=/usr --enable-fail-if-missing --enable-cscope --enable-gtk4-check --enable-gnome-check --enable-socketserver --enable-autoservername --with-python3-command=/usr/bin/python --with-luajit
make
sudo make install .
then gvim -p files
Expected behaviour
I expected my icons defined in my plugin to display
Version of Vim
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.2 (2026 Feb 14, compiled Sep 8 2026 05:29:14) Included patches: 1-1037 I compiled it myself
Environment
OS environment: No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Release: 26.04
Codename: resolute
running gnome 50.1 on Wayland
terminal = term I am using gvim but I use terminator and gnome-trerminal
shell = BASH
Logs and stack traces
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#21246)Please be precise, I cannot make sense out of this:
I expected my icons defined in my plugin to display
What does it mean? Where should those icons be displayed? Where did you place your icons? Does it work with GTK3?
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)Please be precise, I cannot make sense out of this:
I expected my icons defined in my plugin to display
What does it mean? Where should those icons be displayed? Where did you place your icons? Does it work with GTK3?
on the GVim toolbar, and yes this works fine under GTK3, but GTK3 lacks the print dialogue and is way old compared to GTK4
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Foxe Chen
64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#21246)Can you provide a script to reproduce this issue?
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)Can you provide a script to reproduce this issue?
yes
function! Joinpath(a, ...) if has('win32') || has('win64') || has('win32unix') let pathsep = '\' else let pathsep = '/' endif let path = a:a for b in a:000 if b =~# pathsep let path = b elseif path ==# '' || path =~# pathsep .'$' let path .= b else let path .= pathsep . b endif endfor return path endfunction function! PosixPath(sPath) if has('win32') || has('win64') || has('win32unix') return substitute(a:sPath, '\', '/', 'g') else return a:sPath endif endfunction let tabstuf_dir = Joinpath(fnamemodify(fnamemodify(s:sfile, ':h'), ':h'), '_tabstuff') let rtp_bak = &runtimepath let &runtimepath = PosixPath(tabstuf_dir) . ',' . &runtimepath tmenu ToolBar.CreateInNewTab Create File In New Tab anoremenu <silent> icon=create-in-tabs 1.16 ToolBar.CreateInNewTab :call TabNewFile()<cr> anoremenu <silent> icon=/home/grizzlysmit/.vim/bundle/tabstuff.vim/_tabstuff/bitmaps/create-in-tabs.xpm 1.16 echo 'hello'<cr>
the first fails the second works so it has to do with the runtimepath parameter
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Foxe Chen
64-bitman left a comment (vim/vim#21246)So is this a problem with the runtimepath option or a problem with the GTK4 toolbar?
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)yes
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)it works in GTK3
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)I need runtimepath to work as I cannot put absolute paths in the plugin
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)I am the author of the tabstuff plugin
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)from the help for the icon parameter of anoremenu command
The toolbar is defined as a special menu called ToolBar, which only has one
level. Vim interprets the items in this menu as follows:
1) If an "icon=" argument was specified, the file with this name is used.
The file can either be specified with the full path or with the base name.
In the last case it is searched for in the "bitmaps" directory in
'runtimepath', like in point 3. Examples: >
:amenu icon=/usr/local/pixmaps/foo_icon.xpm ToolBar.Foo :echo "Foo"<CR>
:amenu icon=FooIcon ToolBar.Foo :echo "Foo"<CR>
< Note that in the first case the extension is included, while in the second
case it is omitted.
If the file cannot be opened the next points are tried.
A space in the file name must be escaped with a backslash.
A menu priority must come _after_ the icon argument: >
:amenu icon=foo 1.42 ToolBar.Foo :echo "42!"<CR>
2) An item called 'BuiltIn##', where ## is a number, is taken as number ## of
the built-in bitmaps available in Vim. Currently there are 31 numbered
from 0 to 30 which cover most common editing operations |builtin-tools|. >
:amenu ToolBar.BuiltIn22 :call SearchNext("back")<CR>
3) An item with another name is first searched for in the directory
"bitmaps" in 'runtimepath'. If found, the bitmap file is used as the
toolbar button image. Note that the exact filename is OS-specific: For
example, under Win32 the command >
:amenu ToolBar.Hello :echo "hello"<CR>
< would find the file 'hello.bmp'. Under GTK+/X11 it is 'Hello.xpm'. With
GTK+ 2 the files 'Hello.png', 'Hello.xpm' and 'Hello.bmp' are checked for
existence, and the first one found would be used.
For MS-Windows and GTK+ 2 the bitmap is scaled to fit the button. For
MS-Windows a size of 18 by 18 pixels works best.
For MS-Windows the bitmap should have 16 colors with the standard palette.
The light grey pixels will be changed to the Window frame color and the
dark grey pixels to the window shadow color. More colors might also work,
depending on your system.
4) If the bitmap is still not found, Vim checks for a match against its list
of built-in names. Each built-in button image has a name.
So the command >
:amenu ToolBar.Open :e
< will show the built-in "open a file" button image if no open.bmp exists.
All the built-in names can be seen used in menu.vim.
5) If all else fails, a blank, but functioning, button is displayed.
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Christian Brabandt
chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#21246)Did you use xpm icons? I think those are no longer supported
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)I also use bmp's and png's bmp's at least are still which are supported still I think
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Francis Grizzly Smit
grizzlysmit left a comment (vim/vim#21246)I have converted all xpm's to bmp's to test makes no difference
Just converted all to png's as well no difference
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