Change the appearance of the dash icons

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Hello, I am writing to ask a question…
Is it possible to edit gnome-shell.css or gtk-3.0.css/gtk-4.0.css to change the desktop appearance so that active application icons have borders around them?

I want it to look like this image, which shows three icons: one for an open but minimized application, one for a currently open application, and one for a closed application.

I captured this image by hovering the mouse over the minimized icon; without the mouse focus, the icon looks dim, just like the third one.

I already tried adding:
.app-well-app:active .overview-icon {
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}
but it didn’t work.

Is it not possible?

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The dash is an extension, it might have its own CSS…

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Check out Dash to Panel in Gnome extensions, lots to play with there!

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There is no image, just a “postimage” ad to upgrade to premium for embedding. You can upload images to Discourse; it’s just a little spotty at times. (Re)try multiple times; seems easiest to just paste an image from the clipboard, because one doesn’t have to go through the selection dialog.

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Same here. Guessing its some top secret stuff :detective:

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Funnily, I see the image on my phone:

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But not on the desktop:

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Off-topic, but thank you for this! I didn’t know that it was possible, and it works a treat.

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Now seeing the OP’s icons, this can be achieved using the Dash to Panel extension in Gnome extensions.

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Perhaps the OP will respond sometime?