[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
The user can make a workaround, by using the .desktop the same as the `WM_CASS` (returned by the command `xprop`). e.g. - for Doplin use `dolphin.desktop` - for JabRef use `org.jabref.gui.JabRefMain.desktop` source&details: https://askubuntu.com/a/1347954/676490 -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** No longer affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Apologies, to clarify comment #9, the inconsistent results were when right clicking on the dock icon. -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Daniel, the results of some brief tests installing applications such as kate, konsole, konversation and krusader were not consistent with respect to adding to and removing from the dock as a favourite. Some applications gave me both the add and remove options, one application gave just a remove option while another gave me neither option. The work around of right clicking on a search result worked for all the applications that I tested while using Ubuntu 20.04.1. ** Tags added: focal -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Is this a problem in Ubuntu 20.04? ** Tags removed: eoan ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
For me on 19.10 the workaround of adding to Favorites by searching through the shell view works, as shown in this answer: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1166171/ubuntu-18-04-add-to-favorites- missing-for-certain-qt-based-applications#answer-1223635 -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
** Also affects: gnome-shell via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738672 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
I have managed to workaround this problem in Ubuntu 19.10 by creating a symlink inside directory /usr/share/applications executed as root in terminal ln -s org.kde.ksysguard.desktop ksysguard.desktop ln -s org.kde.kexi-3.1.desktop kexi-3.1.desktop the only side effect is that now they appear twice in installed applications menu -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
** Tags removed: disco -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
@seb128 >The issue looks similar to e.g >https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738672 and those applications >probably need to be fixed GNOMEs Hell should be fixed, not the applications. In all other desktops with dock - Unity, MATE (with Mutiny panel layout) - it works as expected. ** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: disco eoan ** Bug watch added: bugzilla.gnome.org/ #738672 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738672 -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-meta package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768609/+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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768609] Re: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- 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/1768609 Title: can't add KDE apps to GNOME dock Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, I clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 yesterday and noticed I couldn't add KDE apps to the GNOME dock. Basically, the "Add to Favorites" option is missing from the right-click menu of dock icons of currently- running KDE apps. If I search for a KDE app using the "Show Applications" button, and right-click on an app in the search results before running it, that menu does contain "Add to Favorites". However, if this is used, the added app behaves incorrectly, in that clicking on its icon in the dock always launches a new instance rather than bringing any existing instance to the front. Previously I used Ubuntu 14.04 (with Unity) and KDE apps could be added to the dock and managed as expected (i.e. clicking app icon when app is running brought it to the front). Some searching around suggests this might be related to missing StartWMClass fields in the .desktop files of the KDE apps. I added StartWMClass=kate to /usr/share/applications/org.kde.kate.desktop and that seemed to fix the problem. However this didn't work for Konsole, so there might be more to fixing this in general. I think this is probably either a KDE bug (they need to correct all their .desktop files?), a GNOME bug, or at the very least an Ubuntu- level regression in the Unity->GNOME transition that may justify taking action somewhere. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/+bug/1768609/+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