Public bug reported:
this is repost from https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-icons-is-the-
firefox-desktop-file-missing-startupwmclass/37400
I have the mozilla stable version installed using the mozilla binary
method, and snap for the beta channel. The snap icon is broken, both in
the menu entry and in the panel. That is, there is no icon in menu, and
the generic cog icon in the panel.
This is on 22.04 But I have the same problem in 23.10 and in a VM 22.04.
That is, I can reproduce this every time.
I did snap remove firefox
to uninstall, but this file
/home/tim/.local/share/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
remains.
So I remove it manually, and reinstall.
The desktop file for this is now:
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
It is called Firefox Web Browser in the gnome launcher, and it has an
icon. But after launching, it still uses the generic cog icon in the
panel. The context menu from this icon has no actions, except to Quit.
If I create a second window, both are associated with this icon, which
is good.
In the Gnome launcher, if you search for an app and if that app is
running, the Gnome launcher indicates it with a dot. However, while this
works for the mozilla binary, the icon of Firefox Web Browser (installed
with snap) does not show a dot, even though I have two windows from it
open.
image: see attachment firefox_bug_0.png
image: see attachment firefox_bug_1.png
Fix?
>From chatgpt help, I see this:
image: see attachment firefox_bug_3.png
Add this line to the snap .destkop file, near the top, fixed it:
StartupWMClass=firefox-beta
Therefore my suggestion is that the .desktop file have a channel-
dependent StartupWMClass value set.
** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "Screenshot 1"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2045820/+attachment/5726920/+files/firefox_bug_1.png
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Title:
firefox snap .desktop missing StartupWMClass
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
this is repost from https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/snap-icons-is-the-
firefox-desktop-file-missing-startupwmclass/37400
I have the mozilla stable version installed using the mozilla binary
method, and snap for the beta channel. The snap icon is broken, both
in the menu entry and in the panel. That is, there is no icon in menu,
and the generic cog icon in the panel.
This is on 22.04 But I have the same problem in 23.10 and in a VM
22.04. That is, I can reproduce this every time.
I did snap remove firefox
to uninstall, but this file
/home/tim/.local/share/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
remains.
So I remove it manually, and reinstall.
The desktop file for this is now:
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/firefox_firefox.desktop
It is called Firefox Web Browser in the gnome launcher, and it has an
icon. But after launching, it still uses the generic cog icon in the
panel. The context menu from this icon has no actions, except to Quit.
If I create a second window, both are associated with this icon, which
is good.
In the Gnome launcher, if you search for an app and if that app is
running, the Gnome launcher indicates it with a dot. However, while
this works for the mozilla binary, the icon of Firefox Web Browser
(installed with snap) does not show a dot, even though I have two
windows from it open.
image: see attachment firefox_bug_0.png
image: see attachment firefox_bug_1.png
Fix?
From chatgpt help, I see this:
image: see attachment firefox_bug_3.png
Add this line to the snap .destkop file, near the top, fixed it:
StartupWMClass=firefox-beta
Therefore my suggestion is that the .desktop file have a channel-
dependent StartupWMClass value set.
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