The design for the theme selection explicitly limited the selection to the 4 themes we show, so I guess we don't want the 'custom' thing you mention, but at least I've fixed the patch in our package to not change the icon theme unless the user really selects one from the combo box.
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Oneiric) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/834240 Title: custom icon theme resets to ubuntu-mono when opening appearance properties To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/834240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs