This seems to be something to do with the version of the dash under mantic, and with the fact it's running under Wayland specifically. A similar issue came up on the Pi forums, and included an excellent minimal reproduction case (which I'll include here for simplicity). Notably, the issue does *not* occur (with either this reproduction case, or with quassel) under Xorg, only under a Wayland session:
~/.local/bin/stopwatch: #!/bin/bash echo "STOP" echo "Watch" read ~/.local/share/applications/stopwatch.desktop: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon=StopWatch Name=StopWatch Exec=gnome-terminal --class=StopWatchTerminal -- /home/ubuntu/.local/bin/stopwatch StartupWMClass=StopWatchTerminal Adjust the /home/ubuntu/ path as necessary. Pin the "StopWatch" application to the dash and launch it; under Xorg a dot appears next to the pinned application. Under Wayland, an additional "gnome-terminal- server" icon appears on the dash. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2044382 Title: Quassel opens "another" icon under Gnome Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: New Status in quassel package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm unsure if this is a bug in quassel, or in the gnome dock itself. Under Ubuntu 23.10 (mantic), running Quassel from a pinned icon on the left bar results in the pinned icon appearing "idle" (not running), and a second icon appearing below those that are pinned which apparently represents the running quassel instance. Pressing the idle quassel icon (or pressing the Super+4 shortcut for it) runs *another* instance of quassel rather than switching to the running instance. The "extra" icon also cannot be pinned (and occasionally strange "copies" of it are left lying around if one tries to drag it to the pinned icon locations). This may be because quassel is a Qt based application, but I also run KeepassXC (another Qt application) without such issues (other than unusual window borders and icons which appear on both applications), hence why I'm unsure this is an issue in quassel or in the gnome dock. I'll attach a screenshot demonstrating the issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/+bug/2044382/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
