Public bug reported: Problem: On Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, everything latest, I have run into the inconvenience that when I'm running a GUI program without a freedesktop .desktop launcher, the Ubuntu Dock shows it as an empty space (since it has no icon of its own).
Expected behavior: I would expect a generic placeholder / fallback icon to be shown for such applications, as an empty space at the bottom of the Dock is hard to find, and makes navigating applications frustrating. (In older versions of Ubuntu, a generic application icon was shown in such cases.) Steps to reproduce: 1. Open terminal 2. Run "xclock" from the terminal 3. Observe the blank space on Ubuntu Dock Some relevant package versions: gnome-shell: 3.36.3-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock: 68ubuntu1~20.04.1 yaru-theme-icon: 20.04.7 ** Affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: dock freedesktop gnome icon -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1888240 Title: Ubuntu Dock shows empty space for apps lacking a .desktop file To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock/+bug/1888240/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs