# Firefox web shortcuts do not show an icon

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/firefox-web-shortcuts-do-not-show-an-icon/3296>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/firefox-web-shortcuts-do-not-show-an-icon/3296 "2020-04-04T15:24:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/firefox-web-shortcuts-do-not-show-an-icon/3296/4 "2020-04-04T20:09:59Z")

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Welcome into Linux, where such a simple thing to think about is a pain in the neck for years…

 ![Capture d’écran du 2020-04-04 22-02-04](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/e/e07ac7928f377a55fcffe999ad37d7b932b2e5fc.jpeg)  
I can not drag and drop that link into icon tasks list in the panel, UBudgie 19.10 here too ( which sounds normal to me since it’s not a `.desktop` file )  
You may modify the `Icon=` later but it seems to only accept path to local resource.  
 ![Capture d’écran du 2020-04-04 22-06-52](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/1/10d601d2a4ffc8cc5c14b74b6e22bc88d904c6a0.jpeg)  
Ideally this link « mechanism » should automatically grab the favicon ( if any ).  
I don’t know if it’s browser or system specific though.

Now if using Firefox why not rearranging this page :

 ![Capture d’écran du 2020-04-04 22-18-31](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/6/6bf67d6982f2511c229231faa226ce0936a8ef62.png)  
or bookmarks ?

There is also a nice utility coming from [peppermintOS called ICE](https://github.com/peppermintos/ice), it aims to create webapp ( which is different from links/shortcuts/bookmarks ) for any website using almost any browser - needs some tricks with chromium-as-a-snap but it works - I use ICE ( .deb [here](https://launchpad.net/~peppermintos/+archive/ubuntu/p10-release/+packages), v6.0.6 ) for sites like google-drive/maps, deezer, fip-radio ( as you may see on my screenshots ). Now each of these websites have their own .desktop file, appear in app’menu and are displayed in « naked » web-browser window.

Note that this feature will soon be enabled natively in Firefox - where it’s called SSB, Single Site Browser.

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