Filebrowser Custom Icon Colors - How To

This css colorizes some file types' icons, so different files can be distinguished more easily. It also changes some icons to make distinguishing them even more easy.

How to use this

Download the custom.css file from here or copy from below.

/* 
    filebrowser-css - a custom stylesheet for filebrowser
    that adds colors and changes some icons
    https://github.com/jniggemann/filebrowser-css

    Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Jan Niggemann
        With kind contributions of
        * Richard Asplin (https://github.com/richneptune)

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
    License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

*/


/* remove a bit of padding from the file list entries */
#listing.list .item {
    padding: 0.7em;
}

/* make folders yellow-ish */
#listing .item[data-dir=true] div i {
    color: #ffc84b;
}

/* packed files - colorize and change icon */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".7z"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".7z"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".7z"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".arj"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".arj"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".arj"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".zip"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".zip"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".zip"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".gz"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".gz"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".gz"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".tar"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".tar"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".tar"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}


#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz2"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz2"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".bz2"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".xz"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".xz"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".xz"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".tbz"] div i {
    color: #a268a1;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".tbz"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".tbz"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "archive";
    visibility: visible;
}


/* office files */
/* PDF - colorize and change icon /*
/* Note: This is yellow because I use SumatraPDF */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".pdf"] div i {
    color: #FFEE00;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".pdf"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".pdf"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "picture_as_pdf";
    visibility: visible;
}

/* word processors - colorize and change icon */
/* Word */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".doc"] div i {
    color: #185ABD;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".doc"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".doc"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}

#listing .item[aria-label$=".docx"] div i {
    color: #185ABD;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".docx"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".docx"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}

/* OpenOffice Writer */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".odt"] div i {
    color: #185ABD;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".odt"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".odt"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}

/* LibreOffice Writer */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".sxw"] div i {
    color: #185ABD;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".sxw"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".sxw"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}


/* PowerPoint */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".ppt"] div i {
    color: #D35230;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".pptx"] div i {
    color: #D35230;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".pps"] div i {
    color: #D35230;
}
/* OpenOffice Impress */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".odp"] div i {
    color: #D35230;
}


/* Excel */
#listing .item[aria-label$=".xls"] div i {
    color: #107C41;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".xlsx"] div i {
    color: #107C41;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".ods"] div i {
    color: #107C41;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".sxc"] div i {
    color: #107C41;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".wri"] div i {
    color: #336eff;
}


/* sound files - colorize */
#listing .item[data-type=audio] div i {
    color: #F47900;
}

/* video files - colorize */
#listing .item[data-type=video] div i {
    color: #F47900;
}

/* text files - change icon*/
#listing .item[aria-label$=".txt"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".txt"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".md"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".md"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "description";
    visibility: visible;
}

/* various other files*/
/* iCal - change icon*/
#listing .item[aria-label$=".ics"] .material-icons {
    visibility: hidden;
}
#listing .item[aria-label$=".ics"] .material-icons::before {
    content: "event";
    visibility: visible;
}

In Filebrowser, go to Settings → Global Settings and enter the path to where you saved the custom.css in "Branding Directory path"

You can also set this on the commandline.

Since no one else showed exactly how to do this, I will be kind and explain it for you. Since I am using a docker image of Filebrowser, it uses the 'srv' directory as the volume mount for the file directory.

I created a new folder in my root Filebrowser called custom then placed the custom.ss file there.

It's important to leave the trailing slash so the path can call and append the custom.css file.

Once you save this path, you might need to clear your browser cache to see the changes.

Filebrowser Custom Icon Colors - How To

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